uta
EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
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NounEdit
uta (uncountable)
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
uta (plural utas or uta)
AnagramsEdit
ChuukeseEdit
VerbEdit
uta
- to stand up
GothicEdit
RomanizationEdit
ūta
- Romanization of 𐌿𐍄𐌰
JapaneseEdit
RomanizationEdit
uta
Limos KalingaEdit
NounEdit
uta
MaoriEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Proto-Polynesian *quta, from Proto-Oceanic *qutan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qutan, from Proto-Austronesian *quCaN (“scrubland, bush”).
NounEdit
uta
- interior (the inside regions of a country or island)
- land (from a sea or water perspective)
- the shore
AdjectiveEdit
uta
Usage notesEdit
A location word, or locative, which follows immediately after particles such as ki, i, hei and kei or is preceded by a when used as the subject of the sentence.
Etymology 2Edit
From Proto-Polynesian *uta, from Proto-Oceanic *(ʀ)ucan (“load, cargo, freight”).
NounEdit
uta
- load
- contribution
- import; export
- uta mai ― import
- uta atu ― export
VerbEdit
uta (passive utaina)
ReferencesEdit
“uta” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori-English, English-Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.
PitjantjatjaraEdit
NounEdit
uta
- tick (tiny woodland arachnid)
PukapukanEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Proto-Polynesian *quta, from Proto-Oceanic *qutan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qutan, from Proto-Austronesian *quCaN (“scrubland, bush”).
NounEdit
uta
- land (as opposed to the sea)
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
From Proto-Polynesian *uta, from Proto-Oceanic *(ʀ)ucan (“load, cargo, freight”).
VerbEdit
uta
- to load onto, lift up, place on
- Uta atu ake aku niu ia ki lunga o tō poti nā.
- Please will you lift up my coconuts onto your boat?
- Uta atu ake aku niu ia ki lunga o tō poti nā.
Further readingEdit
SwahiliEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Bantu *bʊ̀táà.
PronunciationEdit
Audio (Kenya) (file)
NounEdit
- bow (for arrows)
- Synonym: upinde
- 2017 August 18, “Chakula cha Wahadzabe cha matunda na nungunungu Tanzania”, in BBC News Swahili[1]:
- Baada ya kukabidhi uta, mshale na shoka lake kwa mwindaji mwenzake wa Hadzabe, Zigwadzee alishika fimbo fupi iliyochongoka na akaingia shimoni.
- After handing over his bow, arrow and ax to his fellow Hadzabe hunter, Zigwadzee grabbed a short pointed stick and entered the pit.
YorubaEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- ita (Ìlàjẹ, Ọ̀wọ̀, Ìkálẹ̀)
EtymologyEdit
From u- (“nominalizing prefix”) + ta (“to be spicy”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
uta