kua

See also: Kua, kúa, kuà, kuā, Küa, kuǎ, and ku'a

Translingual

Symbol

kua

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Kwanyama.

Basque

Noun

kua

1. absolutive singular of ku

Bikol Central

Etymology

Compare Cebuano and Tagalog kuha.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuˈʔa/ [kuˈʔa]
• Hyphenation: ku‧a

Verb

kùa (plural kurua, Basahan spelling ᜃᜓᜀ)

1. to get; to take; to seize; to acquire; to obtain
2. to hire; to employ
3. to major (in a course)
4. to extract; to derived from
5. to find; to discovery

   Synonyms: dukay, hanap

6. (by extension) to grab

   Synonym: takma

Derived terms

• hingua
• kuahon
• kuanon
• magkua
• makakua
• makua
• makuanan
• mangua
• pangua

 

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Noun

kua

1. to eat.

Coatepec Nahuatl

Noun

kua

1. snake

Drung

Noun

kua

1. bee

References

• Ross Perlin (2019) A Grammar of Trung‎^[1], Santa Barbara: University of California

Hawaiian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈku.a/, [ˈku.wə]

Etymology 1

Noun

kua

1. (anatomy) back
2. back; rear
3. burden

Verb

kua

1. to carry on the back, as a child

Adverb

kua

1. windward

Etymology 2

Verb

kua

1. (transitive) to chop, chip, hack, dub, strike, cut out

References

• kua in Combined Hawaiian Dictionary, at trussel2.com.

Ilocano

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kua. Cognates with Kankanaey kua, Central Bontoc kuwani, Pangasinan kuan, Tagalog kuwan, Hanunoo kuwa, Cebuano kuwan, and Tontemboan kua, kuan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuˈa/, [kwa]

Noun

kuá

1. Replaces a word or root that the speaker cannot recall; whatchamacallit; thingy; thingamajig
2. With initial CV reduplication, used to form possessive pronouns

Derived terms

• aginkukua
• agkua
• agtagikua
• akinkua
• akinkukua
• idi kua
• ikua
• intono kua
• intono kuan
• ipakua
• ipatagikua
• kinasanikua
• kuaen
• kukua
• maipatagikua
• makapagtagikua
• makikua
• makipagkukua
• makipagtagikua
• managinkukua
• managtagikua
• masanikua
• matagikua
• nasanikua
• no kua
• no kua ngay
• panagkukua
• panagtagikua
• sanikua
• tagikua
• tagikuaen

 

Kikuyu

Etymology

Hinde (1904) records kukua (or kuite) as equivalents of English die in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also “Nganyawa dialect” (spoken then in Kitui District) of Kamba kugua as its equivalent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kua/

Verb

kua (infinitive gũkua)

1. to die
2. to break into pieces, to fall into pieces

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “to die”): gũtũũra

Derived terms

(Proverbs)

• mũici na mũndũ mũka atigaga kĩeha akua

Related terms

(Nouns)

• gĩkuũ class 7
• mũkuũ class 1

(Adjectives)

• -kuũ

See also

• (to break into pieces): gwatũka

Mandarin

Romanization

kua

1. Nonstandard spelling of kuā.
2. Nonstandard spelling of kuǎ.
3. Nonstandard spelling of kuà.

Usage notes

• 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.

Mòcheno

Etymology

From Bavarian Kuah, from Middle High German kuo, from Old High German kuo, from Proto-West Germanic *kō, from Proto-Germanic *kōz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws. Cognate with German Kuh, English cow.

Noun

kua f

1. cow

References

• “kua” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• kuen

Noun

kua m or f

1. definite feminine singular of ku

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse kúga. Akin to English cow.

Alternative forms

• kue

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²kʉːɑ/

Verb

kua (present tense kuar, past tense kua, past participle kua, passive infinitive kuast, present participle kuande, imperative kua/ku)

1. to cow, subdue

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʉːɑ/

Noun

kua f

1. definite singular of ku

References

• “kua” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese qual and Spanish cual.

Pronoun

kua

1. which

Pipil

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kua/

Verb

-kua

1. (transitive) to buy

Sulung

Noun

kua

1. water

References

• Roger Blench, Mark Post, (De)classifying Arunachal languages: Reconstructing the evidence (2011)

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Verb

-kua (infinitive kukua)

1. to grow (to become bigger)

Conjugation

Conjugation of -kua
Positive present -nakua Subjunctive -kue Negative -kui Imperative singular kua
Infinitives
Positive kukua Negative kutokua
Imperatives
Singular kua Plural kueni
Tensed forms
Habitual hukua Positive past positive subject concord + -likua Negative past negative subject concord + -kukua
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nakua) Singular Plural 1st person ninakua/nakua tunakua 2nd person unakua mnakua 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anakua wanakua other classes positive subject concord + -nakua
Negative present (negative subject concord + -kui) Singular Plural 1st person sikui hatukui 2nd person hukui hamkui 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hakui hawakui other classes negative subject concord + -kui
Positive future positive subject concord + -takua Negative future negative subject concord + -takua
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -kue) Singular Plural 1st person nikue tukue 2nd person ukue mkue 3rd person m-wa(I/II) akue wakue other classes positive subject concord + -kue
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sikue Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngekua Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singekua Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalikua Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalikua
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -akua) Singular Plural 1st person nakua twakua 2nd person wakua mwakua 3rd person m-wa(I/II) akua wakua m-mi(III/IV) wakua yakua ji-ma(V/VI) lakua yakua ki-vi(VII/VIII) chakua vyakua n(IX/X) yakua zakua u(XI) wakua see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwakua pa(XVI) pakua mu(XVIII) mwakua
Perfect positive subject concord + -mekua "Already" positive subject concord + -meshakua "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jakua "If/When" positive subject concord + -kikua "If not" positive subject concord + -sipokua Consecutive kakua / positive subject concord + -kakua Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kakue
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nikua -tukua 2nd person -kukua -wakua/-kukueni/-wakueni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mkua -wakua m-mi(III/IV) -ukua -ikua ji-ma(V/VI) -likua -yakua ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kikua -vikua n(IX/X) -ikua -zikua u(XI) -ukua see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kukua pa(XVI) -pakua mu(XVIII) -mukua Reflexive -jikua
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -kua- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -kuaye -kuao m-mi(III/IV) -kuao -kuayo ji-ma(V/VI) -kualo -kuayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kuacho -kuavyo n(IX/X) -kuayo -kuazo u(XI) -kuao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuako pa(XVI) -kuapo mu(XVIII) -kuamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -kua) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yekua -okua m-mi(III/IV) -okua -yokua ji-ma(V/VI) -lokua -yokua ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chokua -vyokua n(IX/X) -yokua -zokua u(XI) -okua see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kokua pa(XVI) -pokua mu(XVIII) -mokua
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Causative: -kuza (“to enlarge / to glorify”)

• Nominal derivations:
  • ukuaji (“growth”)

Tedim Chin

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d/s-kəw.

Numeral

kua

1. nine

References

• Zomi Ordbog by D.L. Haokip

Tokelauan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *kua. Cognates include Maori kua and Samoan ʻua.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈku.a]
• Hyphenation: ku‧a

Particle

kua

1. Used to indicate the present perfect.

References

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎^[2], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 167

White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *klæwX (“liquid, soup”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuə̯˧/

Noun

kua

1. runny liquid, fluid
2. juice

Derived terms

• kua ciab (“a gummy wax used as an adhesive”)
• kua dis (“rice gruel”)
• kua mem (“ink”)
• kua mis (“milk”)
• kua muag (“tears”)
• kua ntxhai (“rice water (poured-off cooked rice)”)
• kua paug (“a thick secretion”)
• kua tshuaj (“liquid medicine”)
• kua yeeb (“liquid opium”)
• kua yis (“a thin secretion”)

 

References

• Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎^[3], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 89.