kua

kua

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Kwanyama.

kua

1. absolutive singular of ku

Compare Cebuano and Tagalog kuha.

• IPA^(key): /kuˈʔa/ [kuˈʔa]
• Hyphenation: ku‧a

kùa (plural kurua, Basahan spelling ᜃᜓᜀ)

1. to get; to take; to seize; to acquire; to obtain
2. to hire; to employ
3. to major (in a course)
4. to extract; to derived from
5. to find; to discovery

   Synonyms: dukay, hanap

6. (by extension) to grab

   Synonym: takma

kua

1. to eat.

kua

1. snake

kua

1. bee

• Ross Perlin (2019) A Grammar of Trung‎^[3], Santa Barbara: University of California

• IPA^(key): /ˈku.a/, [ˈku.wə]

From Proto-Polynesian *tuqa (compare with Maori tua “back, behind, beyond”, Samoan tua “beyond, outside”, Tahitian tua “ridge, crest”, and Tongan tuʻa),^[1][2] from Proto-Oceanic *tuqan (“bone”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuqəlaŋ (compare with Chamorro to'lang, Malay tulang, Ilocano tulang), *tuqəlan (“bone”), from Proto-Austronesian *CuqəlaN.^[3]

kua

1. (anatomy) back
2. back; rear
3. burden

• hoʻokua (“burdensome”)
• kuaʻāina (“countryside”)

• hulikua (“turn one's back”, verb)
• kuahiwi (“mountain”)
• kuamoʻo (“backbone”)

kua

1. to carry on the back, as a child

kua

1. windward

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

kua

1. (transitive) to chop, chip, hack, dub, strike, cut out

• kua in Combined Hawaiian Dictionary, at trussel2.com.

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kua. Cognates with Kankanaey kua, Central Bontoc kuwani, Pangasinan kuan, Tagalog kuwan, Hanunoo kuwa, Cebuano kuwan, and Tontemboan kua, kuan.

• IPA^(key): /kuˈa/, [kwa]

kuá

1. Replaces a word or root that the speaker cannot recall; whatchamacallit; thingy; thingamajig
2. With initial CV reduplication, used to form possessive pronouns

Hinde (1904) records kukua (or kuite) as equivalents of English die in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also “Nganyawa dialect” (spoken then in Kitui District) of Kamba kugua as its equivalent.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /kua/

kua (infinitive gũkua)

1. to die^[2]
2. to break into pieces, to fall into pieces^[2]

• (antonym(s) of “to die”): gũtũũra

(Proverbs)

• mũici na mũndũ mũka atigaga kĩeha akua

(Nouns)

• gĩkuũ class 7
• mũkuũ class 1

(Adjectives)

• -kuũ

• (to break into pieces): gwatũka

kua

1. nonstandard spelling of kuā
2. nonstandard spelling of kuǎ
3. nonstandard spelling of kuà

• 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.

From Bavarian Kuah, from Middle High German kuo, from Old High German kuo, from Proto-West Germanic *kō, from Proto-Germanic *kōz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws. Cognate with German Kuh, English cow.

kua f

1. cow

• “kua” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.

• kuen

kua m or f

1. definite feminine singular of ku

From Old Norse kúga. Akin to English cow.

• kue

• IPA^(key): /²kʉːɑ/

kua (present tense kuar, past tense kua, past participle kua, passive infinitive kuast, present participle kuande, imperative kua/ku)

1. to cow, subdue

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʉːɑ/

kua f

1. definite singular of ku

• “kua” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Portuguese qual and Spanish cual.

kua

1. which

• IPA^(key): /kua/

-kua

1. (transitive) to buy

Inherited from Proto-Puroik *kua.

kua^[1][2]

1. water

Inherited from Proto-Bantu [Term?].

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

-kua (infinitive kukua)

1. to grow (to become bigger)

Conjugation of -kua
Positive present -nakua Subjunctive -kue Negative -kui Imperative singular kua
Infinitives
Positive kukua Negative kutokua
Imperatives
Singular kua Plural kueni
Tensed forms
Habitual hukua Positive past positive subject concord + -likua Negative past negative subject concord + -kukua
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nakua) Singular Plural 1st person ninakua/nakua tunakua 2nd person unakua mnakua 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anakua wanakua other classes positive subject concord + -nakua
Negative present (negative subject concord + -kui) Singular Plural 1st person sikui hatukui 2nd person hukui hamkui 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hakui hawakui other classes negative subject concord + -kui
Positive future positive subject concord + -takua Negative future negative subject concord + -takua
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -kue) Singular Plural 1st person nikue tukue 2nd person ukue mkue 3rd person m-wa(I/II) akue wakue other classes positive subject concord + -kue
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sikue Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngekua Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singekua Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalikua Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalikua
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -akua) Singular Plural 1st person nakua twakua 2nd person wakua mwakua 3rd person m-wa(I/II) akua wakua m-mi(III/IV) wakua yakua ji-ma(V/VI) lakua yakua ki-vi(VII/VIII) chakua vyakua n(IX/X) yakua zakua u(XI) wakua see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwakua pa(XVI) pakua mu(XVIII) mwakua
Perfect positive subject concord + -mekua "Already" positive subject concord + -meshakua "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jakua "If/When" positive subject concord + -kikua "If not" positive subject concord + -sipokua Consecutive kakua / positive subject concord + -kakua Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kakue
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nikua -tukua 2nd person -kukua -wakua/-kukueni/-wakueni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mkua -wakua m-mi(III/IV) -ukua -ikua ji-ma(V/VI) -likua -yakua ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kikua -vikua n(IX/X) -ikua -zikua u(XI) -ukua see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kukua pa(XVI) -pakua mu(XVIII) -mukua Reflexive -jikua
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -kua- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -kuaye -kuao m-mi(III/IV) -kuao -kuayo ji-ma(V/VI) -kualo -kuayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kuacho -kuavyo n(IX/X) -kuayo -kuazo u(XI) -kuao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuako pa(XVI) -kuapo mu(XVIII) -kuamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -kua) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yekua -okua m-mi(III/IV) -okua -yokua ji-ma(V/VI) -lokua -yokua ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chokua -vyokua n(IX/X) -yokua -zokua u(XI) -okua see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kokua pa(XVI) -pokua mu(XVIII) -mokua
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

• Verbal derivations:
  • Causative: -kuza (“to enlarge / to glorify”)

• Nominal derivations:
  • ukuaji (“growth”)

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d/s-kəw.

kua

1. nine

• Zomi Ordbog by D.L. Haokip

From Proto-Polynesian *kua. Cognates include Maori kua and Samoan ʻua.

• IPA^(key): [ˈku.a]
• Hyphenation: ku‧a

kua

1. Used to indicate the present perfect.

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎^[4], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 167

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *klæwX (“liquid, soup”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /kuə̯˧/

kua

1. runny liquid, fluid
2. juice

• Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎^[5], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 89.