aua

Borrowed from Maori aua.

aua (plural aua)

1. (New Zealand) Aldrichetta forsteri, a mullet of the family Mugilidae.
   • 1855, Richard Taylor, Te Ika a Maui: Or, New Zealand and Its Inhabitants, page 133:

     When the eyes of those who fish for eels are closed, the eyes of those who fish for the aua are open.

   • 1872, Frederick Wollaston Hutton, Sir James Hector, Fishes of New Zealand: Catalogue with Diagnoses of the Species:

     The Picton Herring, a dried fish commonly known throughout the colony, is the Aua preserved by smoking.

• A.A.U., AAU

From Portuguese água (“water”).

aua

1. water
   • 1957, Rvd. P. Natalio Barrena, Gramatica Annobonesa, Instituto de Estudios Africanos, page 43:

     bo da mi ja d’ aua;

     give me some water;

• IPA^(key): [aˈwa]

aua

1. alternative form of aoa

aua

1. we (exclusive)

aua

1. we are (exclusive)

Borrowed from English hour.

aua

1. hour

• IPA^(key): /a.u.a/

aua

1. father; a male parent

   Aua’una ― my father

   Auamuna ― your father

   Auanana ― his/her father

   Aua’una mai kadi’una osida gegana robana. ― My father and my small brother went to the garden.

• Oa, Morea and Ma`oni Paul. (2014-02-24). Tentative Grammar Description for the Gabadi Language. [working paper, draft created November 2013; editor: Eileen Gasaway]. Ukarumpa, Papua New Guinea: SIL International. Available online: [1].
  • Example 82, p.33 (example "Aua’una")

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aua

1. ouch, ow (expression of one's own physical pain)

• autsch, au

• “aua” in Duden online
• “aua” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

aua

1. four

• awa (Súlat Wáwâ)

• IPA^(key): /əˈwa/ [əˈwä]
• Hyphenation: a‧ua

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *quhaw (compare Tagalog uhaw, Cebuano uhaw, Hiligaynon uhaw, Tausug uhaw, Waray-Waray uhaw), from Proto-Austronesian *quSaw.

áua

1. thirst
2. (figurative) craving; strong desire (for something)

   Synonyms: bisa, maibug, kasabikan

áua

1. thirsty

   Synonyms: maua, kaua

2. lacking moisture; dry (as of soil)

   Synonyms: tigang, langi

3. (figurative) having a craving or strong desire (for something)

   Synonyms: bisa, maibug, kasabikan

áua

1. alternative form of ua

• IPA^(key): /a.u.a/, [ɐ.ʉ.ɐ]

From Proto-Polynesian *qaua (“a kind of mullet”).

aua

1. yellow-eye mullet, (Aldrichetta forsteri)

From Proto-Polynesian *qaua (“negative imperative”).

aua

1. Negative imperative particle: no! don't!

   Synonym: kaua

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

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *haur, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qauʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *qauʀ.

aua

1. a type of bamboo

From the interjection au!.

• aue (e and split infinitives)

aua (present tense auar, past tense aua, past participle aua, passive infinitive auast, present participle auande, imperative aua/au)

1. (intransitive) to say ouch!, to wail

aua n (plural aua)

1. eye dialect spelling of auga

• “aua” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• ała

Onomatopoeic.

• IPA^(key): /aˈwa/

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• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: a‧ua

aua

1. ouch (expression of one's own physical pain)

   Synonyms: au, auć

• aua in Polish dictionaries at PWN

From Proto-Polynesian *qaua (“a kind of mullet”).

aua

1. silvery mullet (Mugil curema)

• Te Pukamuna | Pukapuka Dictionary

• ava (Surmiran)
• ova (Puter)

From Latin aqua, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂.

aua f

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Puter) water

• aua da baiver, aua da beiber, aua da bever
• aua minerala
• aua da spina, aua da tgiern, aua da la spegna

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-aua (infinitive kuaua)

1. to survey, inspect, examine, trace out

Conjugation of -aua
Positive present -naaua Subjunctive -aue Negative -aui Imperative singular aua
Infinitives
Positive kuaua Negative kutoaua
Imperatives
Singular aua Plural aueni
Tensed forms
Habitual huaua Positive past positive subject concord + -liaua Negative past negative subject concord + -kuaua
Positive present (positive subject concord + -naaua) Singular Plural 1st person ninaaua/naaua tunaaua 2nd person unaaua mnaaua 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anaaua wanaaua other classes positive subject concord + -naaua
Negative present (negative subject concord + -aui) Singular Plural 1st person siaui hatuaui 2nd person huaui hamwaui 3rd person m-wa(I/II) haaui hawaaui other classes negative subject concord + -aui
Positive future positive subject concord + -taaua Negative future negative subject concord + -taaua
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -aue) Singular Plural 1st person niaue tuaue 2nd person uaue mwaue 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aaue waaue other classes positive subject concord + -aue
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -siaue Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngeaua Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singeaua Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaliaua Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaliaua
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aaua) Singular Plural 1st person naaua twaaua 2nd person waaua mwaaua 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aaua waaua m-mi(III/IV) waaua yaaua ji-ma(V/VI) laaua yaaua ki-vi(VII/VIII) chaaua vyaaua n(IX/X) yaaua zaaua u(XI) waaua see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwaaua pa(XVI) paaua mu(XVIII) mwaaua
Perfect positive subject concord + -meaua "Already" positive subject concord + -meshaaua "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jaaua "If/When" positive subject concord + -kiaua "If not" positive subject concord + -sipoaua Consecutive kaaua / positive subject concord + -kaaua Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kaaue
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -niaua -tuaua 2nd person -kuaua -waaua/-kuaueni/-waaueni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mwaua -waaua m-mi(III/IV) -uaua -iaua ji-ma(V/VI) -liaua -yaaua ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kiaua -viaua n(IX/X) -iaua -ziaua u(XI) -uaua see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuaua pa(XVI) -paaua mu(XVIII) -muaua Reflexive -jiaua
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -aua- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -auaye -auao m-mi(III/IV) -auao -auayo ji-ma(V/VI) -aualo -auayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -auacho -auavyo n(IX/X) -auayo -auazo u(XI) -auao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -auako pa(XVI) -auapo mu(XVIII) -auamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -aua) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yeaua -oaua m-mi(III/IV) -oaua -yoaua ji-ma(V/VI) -loaua -yoaua ki-vi(VII/VIII) -choaua -vyoaua n(IX/X) -yoaua -zoaua u(XI) -oaua see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -koaua pa(XVI) -poaua mu(XVIII) -moaua
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

• Verbal derivations:
  • Causative: -ausha, -auza
  • Passive: -auliwa

aua (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜏ)

1. obsolete spelling of awa

From English hour.

aua

1. hour

Also used to mark the counting of time. See kilok.

• IPA^(key): [a.ˈu.a]
• Hyphenation: a‧u‧a

From Proto-Polynesian *qaua. Cognates include Maori aua and Samoan aua.

aua

1. silvery mullet (Mugil curema)

From Proto-Polynesian *qaua. Cognates include Maori aua and Tongan ʻoua.

aua

1. Negative imperative particle: no! don't!

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎^[2], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 3