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/

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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

(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.

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

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, Stirling, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, 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

IPA^(key): /u.a/, [ʉ.ɐ]

Inherited from Proto-Polynesian *quha.

ua

1. rain (condensed water from a cloud)

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, from Proto-Austronesian.

ua (plural uaua)

1. (anatomy) vein (blood vessel)

• ũa

ua f (masculine un)

1. a, an

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

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From Common Bantu *dìdʊ̀bà.

ua (ma class, plural maua)

1. flower
   • 1993, Ben R. Mtobwa, Pesa Zako Zinanuka [Your Money Stinks]‎, →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 (u class, plural nyua)

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

     KIONGOZI: Ndovu aliua watu kama kuku na mbwa.

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

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

• 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

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, SEAP Publications, →ISBN.