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uta

See also: Uta, UTA, uța, úta, ũta, -uta, -uța, and -uță

English

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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.)

Noun

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uta (uncountable)

  1. cutaneous leishmaniasis

Etymology 2

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Japanese うた

Noun

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uta (plural utas or uta)

  1. A kind of Japanese poem.
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Anagrams

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Chuukese

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Verb

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uta

  1. to stand up

Gothic

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Romanization

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ūta

  1. Romanization of 𐌿𐍄𐌰

Japanese

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Romanization

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uta

  1. Rōmaji transcription of うた

Limos Kalinga

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Noun

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uta

  1. vomit

Maori

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Polynesian *quta (compare with Hawaiian uka and Tongan ʻuta), from Proto-Oceanic *qutan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qutan (compare with Malay hutan (“jungle, forest”) and Iban utan (“ibid.”)), from Proto-Austronesian *quCaN (“scrubland, bush”).[1][2][3]

Noun

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uta

  1. interior (the inside regions of a country or island)
  2. land (from a sea or water perspective)
  3. the shore

Adjective

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uta

  1. inland (from a coastal perspective)
  2. ashore

Usage notes

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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.

References

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  1. ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 582
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “quta.1”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
  3. ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2003) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 2: The Physical Environment, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 238

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Polynesian *uta, from Proto-Oceanic *(ʀ)ucan (“load, cargo, freight”).

Noun

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uta

  1. load
  2. contribution
  3. import; export
    uta mai ― import
    uta atu ― export

Verb

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uta (passive utaina)

  1. to load on, put on

Further reading

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“uta” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Pitjantjatjara

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Noun

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uta

  1. tick (tiny woodland arachnid)

Pukapukan

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Polynesian *quta, from Proto-Oceanic *qutan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qutan, from Proto-Austronesian *quCaN (“scrubland, bush”).

Noun

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uta

  1. land (as opposed to the sea)
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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From Proto-Polynesian *uta, from Proto-Oceanic *(ʀ)ucan (“load, cargo, freight”).

Verb

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uta

  1. 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?

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Swahili

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uta

Etymology

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From Proto-Bantu *bʊ̀táà.

Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

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uta (u class, plural nyuta)

  1. bow (for arrows)
    Synonym: upinde
    • 2017 August 18, “Chakula cha Wahadzabe cha matunda na nungunungu Tanzania”, in BBC News Swahili‎[2]:
      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

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ọkùnrin Awúsá tó ń ṣa uta láti tà

Alternative forms

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  • ita (Ìlàjẹ, Ọ̀wọ̀, Ìkálẹ̀)

Etymology

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From u- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ ta (“to be spicy”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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uta

  1. (Ào, Ekiti) Alternative form of ata (“pepper”)
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