thua

See also: thưa and þúa

Albanian

Etymology

Apocope of *thuan, from Proto-Albanian *(a)tsāna,[1]from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”) (compare Lithuanian ašni̇̀s (“blade edge”), Ancient Greek ἄκανος (ákanos, “pine thistle”), English awn (“bristle of barley”)).

Noun

thua m (plural thonj, definite thoi, definite plural thonjtë)

  1. (anatomy) nail (of the body), fingernail, toenail

Declension

Declension of thua
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative thua thoi thonj thonjtë
accusative thoin
dative thoi thoit thonjve thonjve
ablative thonjsh

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “thua”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 481

Cacgia Roglai

Numeral

thua

  1. two

Haroi

Numeral

thua

  1. two

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [huə]

Noun

thua f

  1. lenited form of tua

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 輸 (“to lose”, SV: thâu).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tʰuə˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [tʰuə˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [tʰuə˧˧]
  • Audio (Saigon):(file)

Verb

thua • (輸, 𪿐)

  1. to lose

Antonyms

Derived terms

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