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.

rua

1. two

• Kateřina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

rua

1. two

rua

1. Romanization of ᬭ᭄ᬯ

rua

1. two

• Steve Gallagher, Peirce Baehr, Bariai Grammar Sketch (2005)

Inherited from Latin rūga (“wrinkle”). Doublet of ruga.

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

rua f (plural rues)

1. (archaic) street

   Synonym: carrer

2. pack, line

   Synonyms: corrua, colla

3. parade

   Synonyms: desfilada, cavalcada

   rua de carnaval ― Carnival parade

• arruga

• “rua” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

From Proto-Central Pacific *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.

rua

1. two

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rua

1. third-person singular past historic of ruer

rua

1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of ruar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• IPA^(key): /ɾua/

From Proto-Bodo-Garo *ru¹-a (“axe”).

rua

1. axe

rua

1. to pour slowly and carefully
2. to take down; to take apart

• roa

rua

1. rice seedling after removal from seedbed or after transplanting

• roa

rua

1. to mate (of animals)

• roa

rua

1. to dance

From Portuguese rua (“street”), from Old Galician-Portuguese rua (“street”), from or influenced by Old French rue (Modern French rue) or Old Spanish rua (Modern Spanish rúa), from Vulgar Latin *ruga (“furrow, path, street”), from Latin ruga (“wrinkle”), from Proto-Indo-European *krewp- (“to become encrusted”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈrua̯]
• Hyphenation: rua

rua (plural rua-rua, first-person possessive ruaku, second-person possessive ruamu, third-person possessive ruanya)

1. (rare) street.

   Synonym: jalan

Unknown, probably same as above.

• IPA^(key): [ˈrua̯]
• Hyphenation: rua

rua

1. (obsolete) wide.

   Synonym: lebar

• ruwa

• “rua” 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.

• ruadh (superseded)

• IPA^(key): /ɾˠuə/

From Old Irish rúad, from Proto-Celtic *roudos (compare Welsh rhudd), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- (compare Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός (eruthrós), Sanskrit रुधिर (rudhirá), Old English rēad).

rua (genitive singular masculine rua, genitive singular feminine rua or ruaí, comparative rua or ruacha)

1. red(-haired)

   Synonyms: ceannrua, fionnrua, foltrua, ruafholtach

2. reddish-brown, russet, copper brown
3. wild, fierce; rough, strong

• Alternative genitive singular feminine: ruaí (dialectal)
• Alternative comparative: ruacha (Cois Fharraige)

rua m (genitive singular rua, nominative plural ruanna)

1. red-haired person, redhead
2. reddish-brown, russet, colour

an rua f

1. (pathology) the rose, erysipelas

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “rua”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “rúad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Entries containing “rua” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “rua” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 44

• IPA^(key): /ˈru.a/
• Rhymes: -ua
• Hyphenation: rù‧a

rua f (plural rue)

1. Alternative form of ruga

• -ura, Aru

From Portuguese rua.

rua

1. road; route; street

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rua f (plural ruas)

1. street, road

• AEDLL

From Portuguese rua.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɾuɐ/

rua

1. street

   na meo di rua ― in the middle of the street

   tambâ buraco di rua ― to fill in the hole in the street

   atâi di rua ― uneducated boy (literally, “boy of the street”)

• Some usages of rua are calques of Cantonese usages; for example, vai rua is a calque of Cantonese 出街 (ceot¹ gaai¹), while andâ rua is a calque of Cantonese 行街 (haang⁴ gaai¹).

• andâ rua (“to stroll around the streets”)
• vai rua (“to go out”, literally “to go street”)
• varê rua (“to always stay outside”, literally “to sweep the street”)

• https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

• IPA^(key): [ˈrua]

rua (Lontara spelling ᨑᨘᨕ)

1. two

rua

1. Nonstandard spelling of ruá.

• 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 Proto-Eastern Polynesian *rua, from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *rua, 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.

rua

1. two

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 (compare Malay lubang).

rua

1. pit
2. cavity

rua f

1. definite singular of rue

From Old Occitan rua, from Latin ruga.

rua f (plural ruas)

1. (Limousin) street

From Vulgar Latin *ruga (“furrow, path, street”) (likely through or influenced by Old French rue), from Latin ruga (“wrinkle”), from Proto-Indo-European *krewp- (“to become encrusted”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈru.a/
• Rhymes: -ua

rua f (plural ruas)

1. street
   • 1525-1526, Cancioneiro da Biblioteca Nacional, João de Gaia, B 1433: Vosso pai na rua (facsimile)

     Vosso pay na Rua / anta porta sua

     Your dad [is] on the street / before your door

   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 34 (facsimile):

     Hṽa omage pintada na rua siya / en tauoa mui bẽ feita de ſanta Maria.

     There was in the street a well-made icon of Holy Mary, painted on wood.

• Galician: rúa
• Portuguese: rua

• Universo Cantigas - "rua"

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

rua

1. two

• Rhymes: -uɐ
• Hyphenation: ru‧a

From Old Galician-Portuguese rua (“street”), from or influenced by Old French rue (Modern French rue) or Old Spanish rua (Modern Spanish rúa), from Vulgar Latin *ruga (“furrow, path, street”), from Latin ruga (“wrinkle”), from Proto-Indo-European *krewp- (“to become encrusted”). Cognate with Galician rúa. Doublet of ruga.

rua f (plural ruas)

1. street; road (paved path)

   Eu moro na rua da Igreja.

   I live on Church Street.

   Olha para os dois lados antes de atravessar a rua.

   Look both ways before you cross the street.

2. streets (urban areas outside buildings)

   O mendigo mora na rua.

   The beggar lives in the streets.

rua!

1. out! (strong, impolite demand for someone to leave)

   Synonyms: andor, fora

rua

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈɾu.a/
• Hyphenation: ru‧a

From Proto-Eastern Polynesian *rua. Cognates include Hawaiian lua and Maori rua.

rua

1. two

From Proto-Polynesian *lua. Cognates include Samoan lua and Tokelauan lua.

rua

1. (intransitive) to vomit

• Veronica Du Feu (1996) Rapanui (Descriptive Grammars), Routledge, →ISBN, page 207
• Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui‎, Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 147

From Proto-Eastern Polynesian *rua, from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *rua, 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.

rua

1. two

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

rua

1. two

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.

rua

1. two

• ruga

From Latin rūga.

rua f (plural ruas)

1. street

rua

1. to be rich

r- +‎ ua

rua

1. not anymore, no longer

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001). A Descriptive Study of the Language of Ternate, the Northern Moluccas, Indonesia. University of Pittsburgh.

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

rua

1. two

rua

1. two

• Antoinette Schapper, Marian Klamer, Numeral systems in the Alor-Pantar languages

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

• IPA^(key): /rua/

rua

1. two

• Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)

rua

1. two

• Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)
• ABVD

From Latin rota. Compare Italian ruota.

• roda

rua f (plural rue)

1. wheel
2. tyre

From Latin rūta, from Ancient Greek ῥυτή (rhutḗ). Compare Italian ruta.

rua f (plural rue)

1. rue (plant)