gua

• bua (Ayer)
• guá (non-standard spelling)

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡwa/ [ˈɡwa]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: gua

gua m (uncountable)

1. (games) marbles (game)
2. (games) hole for marbles

• “gua” in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana. Xosé Lluis García Arias. →ISBN.

• guah (Bekasi)
• guè (Meester)
• guĕ (Tanah Abang)

Borrowed from Hokkien 我 (góa, “I, me, my”).

• (literary) IPA^(key): /ɡu(w)a/

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• (Bekasi) IPA^(key): [ɡu(w)ah]
• (Meester) IPA^(key): [ɡu(w)ɛ]

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• (Tanah Abang) IPA^(key): [ɡu(w)ɤː]
• Hyphenation: gu‧a

gua

1. I (personal pronoun)
2. me (direct object of a verb)
3. me (object of a preposition)
4. me (indirect object of a verb)
5. my (belonging to me)

Used mainly in a common situation, especially between friends or by someone older in terms of speaking to a younger person. As for the usage by a younger person speaking with an older person, there is no agreement whether it is appropriate to do so or not: some would regard it as inappropriate, some other would not.

• ané
• aya, saya
• kita (euphemistic)

Ultimately from Sanskrit गुहा (guhā). Cognate with Malay gua (“cave”).

• IPA^(key): /ɡua/
• Hyphenation: gu‧a

gua

1. cave (natural cavity formed underground)

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

gua

1. (botany) Areca palm, Areca nut

• Burling, R. (2003) The Language of the Modhupur Mandi (Garo) Vol. II: The Lexicon‎^[1], Bangladesh: University of Michigan

Ultimately from Sanskrit गुहा (guhā). Cognate with Malay gua (“cave”).

• IPA^(key): /ɡua/

gua

1. cave (natural cavity formed underground)

• (Standard Indonesian)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈɡua/ [ˈɡu.a] (noun)
    • Rhymes: -a
    • Syllabification: gu‧a
  • IPA^(key): /ˈɡwa/ [ˈɡwa] (pronoun)
    • Rhymes: -a

From Malay gua, from Sanskrit गुहा (guhā, “cave”).

gua

1. cave

   Synonyms: gaung, gohong, ngalau

• goa

From Betawi Udik gua (“I, me, my”), from Hokkien 我 (góa, “I, me, my”). Doublet of gue.

gua

1. (Jakarta, casual or informal) First-person singular pronoun: I, me, my

• wa (text messaging)
• gw (text messaging)

Indonesian first-person pronouns:

• aye, ogut, gue, gua (Jakarta)
• aku (informal)
• daku (poetic)
• saya (polite)
• hamba
• kami (euphemism)

• “gua” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Borrowed from Hokkien 我 (góa).

• (Baku, Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): /ˈɡwa/ [ˈɡwa]
  • Rhymes: -a

• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): /ˈɡwə/ [ˈɡwə] (rare)
  • Rhymes: -uə, -wə, -ə
• Hyphenation: gua

gua (Jawi spelling ݢوا)

1. (Malaysia, Singapore) I, me, my

• aku
• saya

From Sanskrit गुहा (guhā, “cave”).

• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): /ˈɡwə/ [ˈɡwə]
  • Rhymes: -uə, -wə, -ə
• (Baku, Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /ˈɡwa/ [ˈɡwa]
  • Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: gua

gua (Jawi spelling ݢوا, plural gua-gua)

1. cave

• > Indonesian: gua (inherited)

• “gua” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

gua

1. nonstandard spelling of guā
2. nonstandard spelling of guǎ
3. nonstandard spelling of guà

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Likely cognate with Tabaru goa and possibly Ternate ugu.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡu.a/

gua

1. the buttocks

   Synonym: pani

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[2], Pacific linguistics

• IPA^(key): /ɡu˧.(w)a˧/

gua

1. bamboo

• Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 45