nua

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈnu.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈnu.a]
• Rhymes: -ua

nua f sg

1. feminine singular of nu

nua

1. inflection of nuar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

nua

1. water

• Frank Edgar, A Grammar of the Gbari Language, page 94

• nuadh (nonstandard)

From Middle Irish núa, from Old Irish nuae, from Proto-Celtic *nouyos (compare Welsh newydd, Breton nevez), from Proto-Indo-European *néwyos (“new”).

• (Cork) IPA^(key): /n̪ˠoː/
• (Kerry) IPA^(key): /n̪ˠuə/[1]
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /n̪ˠuː/[2]

nua (genitive singular feminine nuaí, comparative nuaí)

1. new; fresh, recent, novel

• nuacht f (“news”)

nua m (genitive singular nua)

1. newness; new thing

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “núa, núae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “nua”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “nua” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “nua” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Inherited from Latin nūdam.

• IPA^(key): /ˈnu.a/
• Rhymes: -ua

nua

1. feminine singular of nuu

• Galician: núa
• Portuguese: nua

• Rhymes: -uɐ
• Hyphenation: nu‧a

nua

1. feminine singular of nu

nua

1. mother

Considered archaic. Modern usage is matu'a vahine or matu'a poreko.

• núa

nua

1. woman, person of female sex

• aishmank

• Chicham: Dictionario Enciclopédico Shuar-Castellano
• George Saad (2014) A Grammar Sketch of Shuar (Thesis)‎, Radboud University Nijmegen, page 25

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha.

nua

1. two

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• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [nuə˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [nuə˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [nuə˧˧]

nua • (奴)

1. (only in compounds) old; aged