See also: túa, tuã, tuʻa, tua-, and tú-á

Brunei MalayEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Malayic *tuha, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)tuqah, from Proto-Austronesian *(ma-)tuqaS.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /tua/
  • (Kedayan) IPA(key): /tuha/
  • Hyphenation: tu‧a

AdjectiveEdit

tua

  1. old (age of a living being)

AntonymsEdit

  • (age): muda (young) (living being)

Coordinate termsEdit

  • (age): lama (old) (non-living being)

CatalanEdit

PronounEdit

tua

  1. (archaic, Northern Catalan, Alghero)
    1. feminine singular of teu
    2. feminine singular of tou

Crimean GothicEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Germanic *twai, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.

NumeralEdit

tua

  1. two
    • 1562, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
      Jussus ita numerabat. Ita, tua, tria, fyder, fyuf, seis, sevene, prorsus, ut nos Flandri.
      (please add an English translation of this quote)

FrenchEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

tua

  1. third-person singular past historic of tuer

AnagramsEdit

IbanEdit

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

tua

  1. we (both of us)

IdoEdit

EtymologyEdit

From tu +‎ -a.

PronunciationEdit

DeterminerEdit

tua

  1. your: belonging to you (informal, singular)

IndonesianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Malay tua, tuha, from Classical Malay tua, tuha, from Proto-Malayic *tuha, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *tuha, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *tuha, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)tuqah, from Proto-Austronesian *(ma-)tuqaS.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /tu.a/
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: tu‧a

AdjectiveEdit

tua

  1. old (of a living being: having lived for relatively many years)
  2. ripe (ready for reaping or gathering, of fruits and seeds)
    Synonyms: butut, lama

Derived termsEdit

Related termsEdit

Further readingEdit

IrishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Irish túag (axe, hatchet).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

tua f (genitive singular tua or tuaighe, nominative plural tuanna)

  1. axe; hatchet

DeclensionEdit

Derived termsEdit

MutationEdit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
tua thua dtua
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further readingEdit

ItalianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin tua, feminine of tuus.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈtu.a/
  • Rhymes: -ua
  • Hyphenation: tù‧a

DeterminerEdit

tua f sg

  1. feminine singular of tuo

PronounEdit

tua f sg

  1. feminine singular of tuo

Related termsEdit

AnagramsEdit

JavaneseEdit

AdjectiveEdit

tua

  1. Nonstandard spelling of tuwa.

LatinEdit

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

tua

  1. inflection of tuus:
    1. nominative/vocative singular feminine
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural neuter

AdjectiveEdit

tuā

  1. ablative singular feminine of tuus

MalayEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From tuha, from Proto-Malayic *tuha, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *tuha, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *tuha, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)tuqah, from Proto-Austronesian *(ma-)tuqaS.

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

tua (Jawi spelling توا)

  1. old (of a living being: having lived for relatively many years)
  2. ripe (ready for reaping or gathering, of fruits and seeds)

Derived termsEdit

Further readingEdit

Norwegian NynorskEdit

NounEdit

tua f (definite singular tua, indefinite plural tuer or tuor, definite plural tuene or tuone)

  1. definite singular of tue
  2. (pre-2012) alternative form of tue

Old CatalanEdit

AdjectiveEdit

tua

  1. feminine singular of tou

PortugueseEdit

PronunciationEdit

DeterminerEdit

tua

  1. feminine singular of teu

PronounEdit

tua

  1. feminine singular of teu

See alsoEdit

Possessee
Singular Plural
Masculine Feminine Masculine Feminine
Possessor Singular First person meu minha meus minhas
Second person teu tua teus tuas
Third person seu sua seus suas
Plural First person nosso nossa nossos nossas
Second person vosso vossa vossos vossas
Third person seu sua seus suas
See also: Appendix:Possessive#Portuguese


SwahiliEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • (file)

VerbEdit

-tua (infinitive kutua)

  1. to halt, to stop; to cause to settle or rest

ConjugationEdit

Conjugation of -tua
Positive present -natua
Subjunctive -tue
Negative -tui
Imperative singular tua
Infinitives
Positive kutua
Negative kutotua
Imperatives
Singular tua
Plural tueni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutua
Positive past positive subject concord + -litua
Negative past negative subject concord + -kutua
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natua)
Singular Plural
1st person ninatua/natua tunatua
2nd person unatua mnatua
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatua wanatua
other classes positive subject concord + -natua
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tui)
Singular Plural
1st person situi hatutui
2nd person hutui hamtui
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatui hawatui
other classes negative subject concord + -tui
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatua
Negative future negative subject concord + -tatua
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tue)
Singular Plural
1st person nitue tutue
2nd person utue mtue
3rd person m-wa(I/II) atue watue
other classes positive subject concord + -tue
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -situe
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetua
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetua
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitua
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitua
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atua)
Singular Plural
1st person natua twatua
2nd person watua mwatua
3rd person m-wa(I/II) atua watua
m-mi(III/IV) watua yatua
ji-ma(V/VI) latua yatua
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatua vyatua
n(IX/X) yatua zatua
u(XI) watua see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwatua
pa(XVI) patua
mu(XVIII) mwatua
Perfect positive subject concord + -metua
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshatua
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatua
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kitua
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipotua
Consecutive katua / positive subject concord + -katua
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katue
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nitua -tutua
2nd person -kutua -watua/-kutueni/-watueni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtua -watua
m-mi(III/IV) -utua -itua
ji-ma(V/VI) -litua -yatua
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitua -vitua
n(IX/X) -itua -zitua
u(XI) -utua see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kutua
pa(XVI) -patua
mu(XVIII) -mutua
Reflexive -jitua
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tua- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -tuaye -tuao
m-mi(III/IV) -tuao -tuayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -tualo -tuayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tuacho -tuavyo
n(IX/X) -tuayo -tuazo
u(XI) -tuao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -tuako
pa(XVI) -tuapo
mu(XVIII) -tuamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tua)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yetua -otua
m-mi(III/IV) -otua -yotua
ji-ma(V/VI) -lotua -yotua
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotua -vyotua
n(IX/X) -yotua -zotua
u(XI) -otua see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kotua
pa(XVI) -potua
mu(XVIII) -motua
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived termsEdit

TahitianEdit

NounEdit

tua

  1. back

TeanuEdit

EtymologyEdit

From ti- + Proto-Oceanic *walu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *walu, from Proto-Austronesian *walu.

PronunciationEdit

NumeralEdit

tua

  1. eight

ReferencesEdit

TetumEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuak, compare Malay tuak.

NounEdit

tua

  1. indigenous arrack
  2. European wine made from grapes

Derived termsEdit

VietnameseEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese (SV: tu). Doublet of râu.

NounEdit

tua (𦄼, 𬗲)

  1. fringe; tassel
  2. fringe- or tassel-like object; feeler (of certain animals); antenna

Etymology 2Edit

From French tour.

NounEdit

tua

  1. turn; rotation; round
  2. trip; tour
  3. stroll; walk

VerbEdit

tua

  1. to rewind or skip forward; to rewind or fast forward (a movie, video, etc.)
    Coi phim kiểu gì mà tua riết vậy ông?
    What kind of watcher are you to just keep on fast forwarding movies?

Etymology 3Edit

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese (SV: tu).

AdverbEdit

tua

  1. (archaic) must; should

AnagramsEdit

WelshEdit

Alternative formsEdit

  • tuag (used before vowels)

EtymologyEdit

tu (side; beside) +‎ â (with)[1]

PronunciationEdit

PrepositionEdit

tua

  1. towards
  2. about, approximately
    Synonym: oddeutu
    tua naw o’r gloch
    about nine o’clock
    tua phum pwys o datws
    about five pounds of potatoes

Usage notesEdit

Tua triggers the aspirate mutation, but in informal language this is usually absent. The word takes the form tuag before vowels when the meaning is "towards" but not when it means "about, approximately".

Derived termsEdit

MutationEdit

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
tua unchanged nhua thua
Irregular.
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “tua”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies