uta
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
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Noun edit
uta (uncountable)
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
uta (plural utas or uta)
Related terms edit
Anagrams edit
Chuukese edit
Verb edit
uta
- to stand up
Gothic edit
Romanization edit
ūta
- Romanization of 𐌿𐍄𐌰
Japanese edit
Romanization edit
uta
Limos Kalinga edit
Noun edit
uta
Maori edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Polynesian *quta, from Proto-Oceanic *qutan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qutan, from Proto-Austronesian *quCaN (“scrubland, bush”).
Noun edit
uta
- interior (the inside regions of a country or island)
- land (from a sea or water perspective)
- the shore
Adjective edit
uta
Usage notes edit
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 2 edit
From Proto-Polynesian *uta, from Proto-Oceanic *(ʀ)ucan (“load, cargo, freight”).
Noun edit
uta
- load
- contribution
- import; export
- uta mai ― import
- uta atu ― export
Verb edit
uta (passive utaina)
References edit
“uta” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.
Pitjantjatjara edit
Noun edit
uta
- tick (tiny woodland arachnid)
Pukapukan edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Polynesian *quta, from Proto-Oceanic *qutan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qutan, from Proto-Austronesian *quCaN (“scrubland, bush”).
Noun edit
uta
- land (as opposed to the sea)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Polynesian *uta, from Proto-Oceanic *(ʀ)ucan (“load, cargo, freight”).
Verb edit
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?
Further reading edit
Swahili edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Bantu *bʊ̀táà.
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Noun edit
- 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.
Yoruba edit
Alternative forms edit
- ita (Ìlàjẹ, Ọ̀wọ̀, Ìkálẹ̀)
Etymology edit
From u- (“nominalizing prefix”) + ta (“to be spicy”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
uta