ua

ua

1. BIPM recommendation for the unit symbol of astronomical unit

• au (IAU recommendation for the unit symbol of astronomical units)
• ㍳ (Unicode glyph for astronomical unit)

• IPA^(key): [uwa]

ua

1. nothing

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

• IPA^(key): /ɑ/

ua

1. I

ua

1. I am
2. I was

From Proto-Central Pacific *ua, from Proto-Oceanic *uʀat, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *uʀat, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *uʀat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uʀat, from Proto-Austronesian *huʀaC.

• IPA^(key): /ˈu.a/

ua

1. (anatomy) vein (blood vessel)

• IPA^(key): /y.a/

• Audio:

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ua m (plural ua)

1. abbreviation of unité astronomique

• au

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

ua(combining form: u-, plural uarang)

1. that, it

From either Mandarin 做 (zuò) ("to do", "to perform") or Mandarin 作 ("to do", "to perform"), both have identical meanings, with the loss of the consonant due to sound simplification over time.

• IPA^(key): /ʔu̯ə˧/

ua

1. to do
2. to make
3. to proceed
4. to become

• IPA^(key): /ˈu.a/, [ˈu.wə]

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

ua

1. used before a verb to denote completed action

   Ua ʻai ka pōpoki i ka ʻiole.

   The cat ate the mouse.

   • 1840, October 8th, 1840 Constitution of the Hawaiian Kingdom

     Ua hana mai ke Akua i nā lāhui kānaka a pau i ke koko hoʻokahi, e noho like lākou ma ka honua nei me ke kuʻikahi, a me ka pōmaikaʻi. Ua hāʻawi mai nō ke Akua i kekahi mau waiwai like, no nā kānaka a pau, me nā aliʻi a pau o nā ʻāina a pau loa.

     God hath made of one blood all nations of men, to dwell on the face of the earth in unity and blessedness. God has also bestowed certain rights alike on all men, and all chiefs and all people of all lands.

From Proto-Eastern Polynesian, from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian, from Proto-Polynesian *quha (compare with Maori ua, Tahitian ua, Samoan ua, Tongan ʻuha),^[1] from Proto-Oceanic *qusan (compare with Fijian uca), from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *quzan (compare with Malay hujan, Tagalog ulan), from Proto-Austronesian *quzaN.^[2][3]

ua

1. rain (condensed water from a cloud)

ua

1. (intransitive) to rain

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

ua

1. the aforementioned

• ó (current)

From Old Irish aue.

ua m (genitive singular ua, nominative plural uaí)

1. archaic form of ó (“grandson, grandchild; descendant”)

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ua”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “ua”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎^[1], Stirling, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “úa, óa, ó”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “ua”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 768

• awa, uwa, wa (Súlat Wáwâ)
• aua

• IPA^(key): /ˈwa/ [ˈwä]
• IPA^(key): /ˈwa/ [ˈuːə]
• Hyphenation: ua, u‧a

ua or úa

1. yes

   Antonym: ali

IPA^(key): /u.a/, [ʉ.ɐ]

Inherited from Proto-Polynesian *quha (compare with Tahitian ua, Samoan ua and Tongan ʻuha) from Proto-Oceanic *qusan (compare with Fijian uca)), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *quzan (compare with Malay hujan, Tagalog ulan).^[1][2]

ua

1. rain (condensed water from a cloud)

• uawhatu

ua (passive uaina)

1. to rain

From Proto-Eastern Polynesian, from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian, from Proto-Polynesian, from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uʀat (compare with Malay urat, Javanese otot, Tagalog ugát).^[1][2]

ua (plural uaua)

1. (anatomy) vein (blood vessel)

• Williams, Herbert William (1917) “ua”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 545
• “ua” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

• u̯a

From Vulgar Latin *ad hac, from Latin ad + hac. Compare Aromanian aoa.^[1]

ua

1. here

ua f sg

1. alternative spelling of ũa

• In standard Mirandese orthography, the character ⟨ũ⟩ represents the phoneme /ũ/ in hiatus. However, because Portuguese keyboards do not support this character, it is often replaced with ⟨u⟩.

Niuean cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : ua

From Proto-Polynesian *rua, from Proto-Oceanic *rua, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

ua

1. two

Inherited from Proto-Polynesian *quha.

ûa

1. rain

• “ua”, in Diccionario etimológico Rapanui-Español, Valparaíso: Comisión para la Estructuración de la Lengua Rapanui, 2000, →ISBN

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

ua

1. present tense marker

Inherited from Proto-Polynesian *quha.

ua

1. rain

• uva

From Latin ūva.

• IPA^(key): /ˈua/

ua f (plural uas)

1. grape, (collective noun) grapes (fruit)

   Synonym: aghina

• Audio (Kenya):

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From Common Bantu *dìdʊ̀bà.

ua class V (plural maua class VI)

1. flower
   • 1993, Ben R. Mtobwa, Pesa Zako Zinanuka [Your Money Stinks]‎^[2], →ISBN, page 104:

     Maua alikuwa katika hali halisi inayopendeza kama maua yenyewe.

     Maua was in fact as beautiful as flowers themselves.

From Common Bantu *dʊ̀bàdà.

ua class XI (plural nyua class X)

1. yard, court (an enclosure typically attached to the back of a house)
   • 2016, Dag Heward-Mills, Hatua Za Kufikia Upako‎^[3], →ISBN, page 136:

     Waliopanda katika nyumba ya BWANA watasitawi katika nyua za Mungu wetu.

     Those that be planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God.

2. fence (of sticks or grass, of the type used for such an enclosure)

From Proto-Bantu *-bʊ́da (“to break, to smash, to kill”).

-ua (infinitive kuua)

1. to kill

   Synonym: -fisha

   • 2001, Visiki‎^[4], →ISBN, page 1:

     KIONGOZI: Ndovu aliua watu kama kuku na mbwa.

     LEADER: The elephant killed people as if they were chickens and dogs.

Conjugation of -ua
Positive present -naua Subjunctive -ue Negative -ui Imperative singular ua
Infinitives
Positive kuua Negative kutoua
Imperatives
Singular ua Plural ueni
Tensed forms
Habitual huua Positive past positive subject concord + -liua Negative past negative subject concord + -kuua
Positive present (positive subject concord + -naua) Singular Plural 1st person ninaua/naua tunaua 2nd person unaua mnaua 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anaua wanaua other classes positive subject concord + -naua
Negative present (negative subject concord + -ui) Singular Plural 1st person siui hatuui 2nd person huui hamuui 3rd person m-wa(I/II) haui hawaui other classes negative subject concord + -ui
Positive future positive subject concord + -taua Negative future negative subject concord + -taua
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -ue) Singular Plural 1st person niue tuue 2nd person uue muue 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aue waue other classes positive subject concord + -ue
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -siue Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngeua Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singeua Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaliua Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaliua
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aua) Singular Plural 1st person naua twaua 2nd person waua mwaua 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aua waua m-mi(III/IV) waua yaua ji-ma(V/VI) laua yaua ki-vi(VII/VIII) chaua vyaua n(IX/X) yaua zaua u(XI) waua see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwaua pa(XVI) paua mu(XVIII) mwaua
Perfect positive subject concord + -meua "Already" positive subject concord + -meshaua "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jaua "If/When" positive subject concord + -kiua "If not" positive subject concord + -sipoua Consecutive kaua / positive subject concord + -kaua Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kaue
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -niua -tuua 2nd person -kuua -waua/-kuueni/-waueni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -muua -waua m-mi(III/IV) -uua -iua ji-ma(V/VI) -liua -yaua ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kiua -viua n(IX/X) -iua -ziua u(XI) -uua see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuua pa(XVI) -paua mu(XVIII) -muua Reflexive -jiua
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -ua- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -uaye -uao m-mi(III/IV) -uao -uayo ji-ma(V/VI) -ualo -uayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -uacho -uavyo n(IX/X) -uayo -uazo u(XI) -uao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -uako pa(XVI) -uapo mu(XVIII) -uamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -ua) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yeua -oua m-mi(III/IV) -oua -youa ji-ma(V/VI) -loua -youa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -choua -vyoua n(IX/X) -youa -zoua u(XI) -oua see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -koua pa(XVI) -poua mu(XVIII) -moua
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

• Verbal derivations:
  • Passive: -uawa, -uliwa
  • Reciprocal: -uana

• Nominal derivations:
  • mauaji (“killing, murder”)
  • muuaji (“killer”)
  • mwuaji (“killer”)
  • uuaji (“killing, murder”)

From Proto-Eastern Polynesian, from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian, from Proto-Polynesian, from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *quzan, from Proto-Austronesian *quzaN.

ua

1. rain (condensed water from a cloud)

• IPA^(key): [ˈu.a]

ua (Jawi ؤواة)

1. sentence-final negation particle; not

   mina motika mifala ua ― she does not leave her house

   • An Account of the Earthquake in 1840:

     ibadan saki ua

     he does not feel well

     (literally, “his body is not feeling well”)

     ngasisioko giki bariman bato simara ibingun ua

     all the believers were not bewildered

     aku ua sakali-sakali ana ihoru sosira

     it is absolutely not allowed that they paddle earlier

The verbs sema (“to exist”) and mau (“to want”) are not negated by ua, which would be ungrammatical. Instead, one uses the verbs malo (“to not exist”) and hodu (“to not want”), respectively.

• Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Tongan cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : ua

From Proto-Polynesian *rua, from Proto-Oceanic *rua, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *dua, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *dua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

• IPA^(key): /u.a/

ua

1. two

   Pamphlets in the Tonga language, "Koe Hisitolia o Natula", page 58:

   Oku faa vahe ae kalasi huhu kihe faahiga e hiva, o behe:—

   1. Koe manu nima ua (Bimana)

   There are nine things like parts called the classes which have breasts, like so:—

   1. The animals with two hands (Bimana)

From Proto-Oceanic *ua.

• IPA^(key): /ua/

ua

1. to go

• Ross, Malcolm D. (2003) Andrew Pawley, editor, The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic: Volume 2, The Physical Environment, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, →OCLC; republished as Meredith Osmond, editor, (Please provide a date or year)

• ùa, ova

From Latin ūva. Compare Italian uva.

ua f (plural ue)

1. grape

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *ʔəjH (“to do, work”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ʔuə̯˧/

ua

1. to do
2. to make
3. to proceed
4. to become

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