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una

See also: Appendix:Variations of "una"

Asturian

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    Cardinal : una
    Ordinal : primeru

Etymology

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Inherited from Latin ūna, inflected form of ūnus.

Numeral

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una f (masculine un or unu)

  1. feminine singular of un

Bepour

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Noun

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una

  1. louse

Further reading

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  • Johannes A. Z'graggen, A comparative word list of the Northern Adelbert Range Languages, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea (1980, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics), cited by transnewguinea.org
  • Bepour Swadesh List (The Rosetta Project: A Long Now Foundation Library of Human Language)

Bura

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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una

  1. salt

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin ūna, feminine of ūnus.

Pronunciation

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una

  1. feminine singular of un

Numeral

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una

  1. feminine singular of un

Pronoun

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una

  1. feminine singular of un

Cebuano

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Cebuano numbers (edit)
10[a], [b]
 ←  0 1 2  →  10  → [a], [b]
    Cardinal: usá, (Mindanao) isá
    Spanish cardinal: uno
    Ordinal: una
    Adverbial: makausá
    Distributive: usa-úsa, tag-usá, tagsa

Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *unah, from Proto-Austronesian *(q)uNah.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈuna/
  • Hyphenation: una

Numeral

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una

  1. first; 1st
    Synonyms: ika-1, ikausa
    Ang Mercury ang unang planeta gikan sa adlaw. ― Mercury is the first planet from the sun.

Usage notes

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  • The suffix -ng is used with the word to modify the word it modifies.
    unang oras ― first hour

Noun

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una

  1. (comparable) ahead, early
    Siya ang pinakauna nga na-abot. ― He was the very first to arrive.
  2. (not comparable) the first place
    Una si Juan, ikaduha si Maria. ― First is John, second is Mary.
  3. (not comparable) the first placer: someone or something ranked first place, that is, one who is above all the other ranks

Adverb

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una

  1. first, firstly; before anything else
    Synonym: una sa tanan
    Dugay na mi naka-uli kay, una, late na man kaayo naabot ang amoang drayber, ikaduha,...
    We didn't arrive home early because, first, our driver arrived very late to take us home, second,...
  2. (ordinal adverbial) first time
    Mao ni ang pinakauna nakong sakay sa eroplano. ― This is my very first time on a plane.

Derived terms

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Corsican

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin una, feminine of unus. Cognates include Italian una and Spanish una.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈuna/
  • Hyphenation: u‧na

Numeral

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una

  1. feminine singular of unu

Article

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una

  1. feminine singular of un

Usage notes

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  • Before a vowel, una becomes un'.

References

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  • “unu” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

Dongxiang

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Mongolic *una-.

Verb

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una

  1. to fall

Franco-Provençal

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Determiner

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una

  1. feminine singular of un

Greenlandic

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Etymology 1

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Particle

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una (plural uku)

  1. an enclitic written by hyphenating or by assimilation which indicates to be.
    ujarak-una ― It is a stone.
    kia-una nasaa? or kianna nasaa? ― Whose cap is it?

Etymology 2

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Inherited from Proto-Inuit *ụ-nạ (“this near the speaker, here it is”), from Proto-Eskimo *u- (“this near, here it is”).

Pronoun

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una

  1. medial pronoun; that nearby, he/she/it nearby.
    • 1992, Erik Münster (quoting anonymous), "Kinguaassiuutikkut nappaataava", Atuagagdliutit
      Siggunni seerisut tassaapput herpes taakkulu qallunaatut taaguutit nuannarineqartut "forkølelses- imlt. kyssesår" atorneqarput, kiinami tinupasunut seerisunut, pingaartumik siggunni.
      ["Leakings/leakers"? (seerivoq + -toq)] on the mouth are herpes, and the Danish popular [probably a mistranslation of populær, which also means "widely used"] terms "forkølelses- or kyssesår" are used about leaking lumps in the face, especially on the mouth.
    • 1988, “AIDS-INFO”, in Atuagagdliutit:
      Naqitigaaqqat AIDS pillugu paasisitsiniutit Afrikami kujallermi umiarsualivinnut agguaanneqarsimapput umiartortut nappaassuarmut ulorianartumut taassumunnga mianersoqquniarlugit, ...
      Pamphlets informing about AIDS were distributed to harbours in South Africa, so as to warn sailors against this dangerous big disease [nappaassuaq "big disease" might be idiomatic], ...
Declension
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Declension of una
case singular plural
absolutive una uku
ergative uuma ukua
allative uumunnga ukununnga
ablative uumannga ukunannga
prolative uumuuna ukunuuna
locative uumani ukunani
instrumental uuminnga ukuninnga
equative uumatut ukunatut

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  • manna (“this here”)
  • innga (“that yonder”)
  • kanna (“that down a medial distance”)
  • sanna (“that down a long distance”)
  • pinnga (“that up a medial distance”)
  • panna (“that up a long distance”)
  • qanna (“that in there/out there”)
  • anna (“that in the north”)
  • kinnga (“that in the south/that outside”)

Icelandic

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Norse una, from Proto-Germanic *wunāną.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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una (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative undi, supine unað)

  1. (intransitive) to be satisfied, feel happy
    Synonym: líða vel
  2. to be satisfied by, to acquiesce in [with dative]
  3. (intransitive) to stay, to linger
    Synonym: dveljast

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Derived terms

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  • venja (“to accustom, to make accustomed”)
  • yndi (“joy, happiness, pleasure”)

Italian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin ūna, feminine of ūnus.

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una

  1. feminine singular of uno

Numeral

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una

  1. feminine singular of uno

Pronoun

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una

  1. feminine singular of uno

Japanese

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Romanization

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una

  1. Rōmaji transcription of うな

Ladin

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Adjective

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una f

  1. one

Ladino

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Old Spanish una (“an; a”), from Latin ūna, feminine of ūnus (“one”), from Old Latin oinos, from Proto-Italic *oinos, from Proto-Indo-European *óynos (“one, single”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈuna/
  • Audio (Paris):(file)

Article

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una (Hebrew spelling אונה, plural unas, masculine un)[1]

  1. feminine singular of un [ca. 1510[2]]
    • 2006, Matilda Koén-Sarano, Por el plazer de kontar‎[1], Nur Afakot, page 28:
      Este es un kuento atado a una eksperiensa emosional sovrenatural, ke sea una eksperiensa emosional sovrenatural, ke sea una eksperiensa emosional relijioza personal, komo por exemplo un kuento sovre un santo sovrenatural o sovre un amahamiento mirakolozo, ke se trate de una eksperiensia emosional de un enkontro kon un ser sovrenatural o de un ser de otro mundo, komo un guerko o un fantazma.
      This is an account connected to an emotional supernatural experience, whether it be an emotional supernatural experience, or a personal emotional religious experience, as for example an account about a supernatural saint or about a miracle cure, it is about an emotional experience from an encounter with a supernatural being or a being from another world, like a demon or a ghost.

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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una

  1. first-person singular present subjunctive of unir
  2. third-person singular present subjunctive of unir

References

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  1. ^ “una”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola.
  2. ^ Dov Cohen and Ora (Rodrigue) Schwarzwald (2019 June 19) “Coṃpendio delas šeḥiṭót (Constantinople ca. 1510): The First Judeo-Spanish Printed Publication”, in Journal of Jewish Languages, volume 7, number 1, Leiden: Koninklijke Brill NV, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 48–50

Latin

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Etymology

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Inflected form of ūnus (“one”)

Pronunciation

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Numeral

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ūna

  1. nominative/vocative feminine singular of ūnus

Numeral

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ūnā

  1. ablative feminine singular of ūnus

Adverb

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ūnā (not comparable)

  1. together, simultaneously, at the same time
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.117-118:
      “Vēnātum Aenēās ūnāque miserrima Dīdō
      in nemus īre parant, [...].”
      “Hunting — Aeneas and lovesick Dido, together — they are preparing to go into the woods, [...].”
      (The two characters’ names appear together on a line only at 4.117.)
  2. with company, along with
  3. at the same place

Usage notes

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  • Sometimes written as "ūnā cum"

Nigerian Pidgin

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Etymology

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Derived from Igbo ụnụ.

Pronoun

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una

  1. you all

Occitan

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin ūna (“one”).

Pronunciation

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una f (masculine un)

  1. feminine singular of un

Old Spanish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin ūna, feminine of ūnus (“one”), from Old Latin oinos, from Proto-Italic *oinos, from Proto-Indo-European *óynos (“one, single”).

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una (plural unas, masculine un)

  1. feminine singular of un
    • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 44r:
      […] en una cueua muy fonda en que a una albuhera quadrada.
      In a very deep cave in which there is a square pool.

Descendants

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  • Ladino: una, אונה
  • Spanish: una

Old Tupi

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Etymology

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From un (“black”, adjective) +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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una (possessable, IIa class pluriform, absolute tuna, R1 runa, R2 suna)

  1. black
  2. blackness
  3. darkness
    Synonyms: putumimbyka, putuna, putunusu

Descendants

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  • Nheengatu: una (adjective)

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Colors in Old Tupi (layout · text)
Nouns      piranga      îuba, tagûá (LGA)              oby      obyeté      *umbyka      morotinga, tinga      una, pyxuna (LGA)              tingaíba, pytanga / pyxanga
Adjectives      pirang      îub, tagûá (LGA)      *umbyk      moroting, ting      un, pyxun (LGA)              tingaíb, pytang / pyxang

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Portuguese

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Verb

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una

  1. inflection of unir:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Adjective

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una

  1. feminine singular of uno

Romagnol

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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  • (Central Romagnol): IPA(key): [ˈuːnɐ]

Numeral

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una f

  1. feminine of un
    A j’o sôl una sperânza.
    I have only one hope.

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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  • (Central Romagnol): IPA(key): [unɐ]

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una f

  1. feminine of un
    Una dòna la cușéna da magnê’.
    A woman cooks what she eats.

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Masotti, Adelmo (1996) Vocabolario Romagnolo Italiano [Romagnol-Italian dictionary] (in Italian), Bologna: Zanichelli, page 683

Romanian

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Pronunciation

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Numeral

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una f

  1. feminine of unu: one

Pronoun

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una

  1. nominative/accusative feminine singular of unul
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Sardinian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin ūna, feminine of ūnus.

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una f (masculine unu)

  1. (Logudorese, Campidanese, Nuorese) a, an (indefinite article)

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  • When preceded by cun (Logudorese, Campidanese)/chin (Nuorese) or in, a prothetic [d] is inserted, ortographically realized as d' (e.g. Logudorese cun d'una fémina (“with a woman”)), .

References

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  • Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes

Sassarese

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin ūna, feminine of ūnus (“one”), from Old Latin oinos, from Proto-Italic *oinos, from Proto-Indo-European *óynos (“one, single”).

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una f (indefinite, masculine un or unu)

  1. a, an

Pronoun

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una f (indefinite, masculine un or unu)

  1. one, someone, a person

References

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  • Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈuna/ [ˈu.na]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -una
  • Syllabification: u‧na

Etymology 1

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Inherited from Old Spanish una (“an; a”), from Latin ūna, feminine of ūnus (“one”), from Old Latin oinos, from Proto-Italic *oinos, from Proto-Indo-European *óynos (“one, single”).

Noun

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una f (plural unas)

  1. feminine of uno
    a la una, a las dos y a las tres
    after three...one, two, three
Derived terms
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Article

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una f sg

  1. feminine singular of un

Determiner

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una f sg

  1. feminine singular of uno

Pronoun

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una f (masculine uno)

  1. one (an indefinite plural pronoun using a singular feminine item, used for females)

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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una

  1. inflection of unir:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

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Swahili

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Verb

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una

  1. inflection of -wa na:
    1. second-person singular present affirmative
    2. m-mi class subject inflected singular present affirmative
    3. u class subject inflected singular present affirmative

Tagalog

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Tagalog numbers (edit)
10[a], [b], [c]
1 2  → [a], [b] 10  → [a], [b], [c]
    Cardinal: isa
    Spanish cardinal: uno
    Ordinal: una, pang-una, ikaisa
    Spanish ordinal: primero, primera
    Ordinal abbreviation: ika-1, pang-1
    Adverbial: minsan
    Multiplier: isang ibayo
    Distributive: tig-isa, isahan, isa-isa
    Restrictive: iisa
    Fractional: buo
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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *unah, from Proto-Austronesian *(q)uNah. Compare Remontado Agta u-na. False cognate of Spanish una.

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Adjective

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una (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜈ)

  1. first (ahead of others)
    Synonyms: pang-una, nauna
  2. earliest
    Synonyms: pinakauna, kauna-unahan
  3. foremost; ranking before others (in quality, rank, etc.)
    Synonyms: pangunahin, primera

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Adverb

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una (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜈ)

  1. for the first time
  2. before any other thing or person; at the beginning
    Synonyms: sa simula, sa umpisa

Noun

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una (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜈ)

  1. first in a series
    Synonyms: pang-una, nauna
  2. first (of a person, thing, kind, rank, etc.)
    Synonyms: pang-una, nauna

Further reading

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  • “una”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*(q)uNah”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Ternate

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Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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una (subject clitic o, possessive prefix i, Jawi ؤن)

  1. (masculine) third-person singular pronoun, he

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Dialectally, una may collocate with the possessive prefix ai in place of i.

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Ternate personal pronouns
independent subject proclitic possessive
informal formal
singular 1st person ngori fangarem, fajaruf to ri
2nd person ngana ngoni, jou ngoni no ni
3rd person unam, minaf om, mof, inh im, mif, manh
plural 1st person inclusive ngone fo na, nga
1st person exclusive ngomi fangare ngomim, fajaru ngomif,
fara ngomi1 		mi mi, mia
2nd person ngoni ni na, nia
3rd person anah, enanh ih, nh, yoh, †, yanh, † nah, ngah, manh
  • unmarked pronouns are gender non-specific
  • m - masculine, f - feminine, h - human, nh - non-human
  • 1 - for mixed-gender groups
  • † - archaic

References

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  • Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Welsh

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Alternative forms

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  • unaf (first-person singular future)
  • uniff (colloquial, third-person singular future)
  • unith (colloquial, third-person singular future)

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Verb

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una

  1. inflection of uno:
    1. first-person singular future colloquial
    2. third-person singular future literary
    3. second-person singular imperative

Mutation

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Mutated forms of una
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
una unchanged unchanged huna

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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