kua

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

Hawaiian

Noun

kua

  1. (anatomy) back
  2. burden

Verb

kua

  1. to chop

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.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kua/

Verb

kua (infinitive gũkua)

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

Antonyms

Derived terms

(Proverbs)

  • mũici na mũndũ mũka atigaga kĩeha akua

(Nouns)

(Adjectives)

  • -kuũ

See also

References

  1. ↑ Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 18–19. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  2. 1 2 Barlow, A. Ruffell (1960). Studies in Kikuyu Grammar and Idiom, p. 49.

Mandarin

Romanization

kua

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

Usage notes

  • English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

kua m, f

  1. definite feminine singular of ku

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse kúga. Akin to English cow.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²kʉːɑ/

Verb

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

  1. to cow, subdue

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʉːɑ/

Noun

kua f

  1. singular definite of ku

References

Papiamentu

Pronoun

kua

  1. which

Sulung

Noun

kua

  1. water

References

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