aua

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Maori aua.

Noun

aua (plural aua)

1. (New Zealand) Aldrichetta forsteri, a mullet of the family Mugilidae.
   • 1855, Richard Taylor, Te Ika a Maui: Or, New Zealand and Its Inhabitants, page 133:

     When the eyes of those who fish for eels are closed, the eyes of those who fish for the aua are open.

   • 1872, Frederick Wollaston Hutton, Sir James Hector, Fishes of New Zealand: Catalogue with Diagnoses of the Species:

     The Picton Herring, a dried fish commonly known throughout the colony, is the Aua preserved by smoking.

Anagrams

• A.A.U., AAU

Annobonese

Etymology

From Portuguese água (“water”).

Noun

aua

1. water
   • 1957, Rvd. P. Natalio Barrena, Gramatica Annobonesa, Instituto de Estudios Africanos, page 43:

     bo da mi ja d’ aua;

     give me some water;

Aromanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Adverb

aua

1. Alternative form of aoa

Chuukese

Pronoun

aua

1. we (exclusive)

Adjective

aua

1. we are (exclusive)

Related terms

Fijian

Etymology

Borrowed from English hour.

Noun

aua

1. hour

German

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Interjection

aua

1. ouch (expression of one's own physical pain)

Synonyms

• autsch, au

Further reading

• “aua” in Duden online
• “aua” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Gilbertese

Numeral

aua

1. four

Maori

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.u.a/,

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *qaua (“a kind of mullet”).

Noun

aua

1. yellow-eye mullet, (Aldrichetta forsteri)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *qaua (“negative imperative”).

Particle

aua

1. Negative imperative particle: no! don't!

   Synonym: kaua

References

• “aua” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From the interjection au!.

Alternative forms

• aue (e and split infinitives)

Verb

aua (present tense auar, past tense aua, past participle aua, passive infinitive auast, present participle auande, imperative aua/au)

1. (intransitive) to say ouch!, to wail

Etymology 2

Noun

aua n (plural aua)

1. Eye dialect spelling of auga.

References

• “aua” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Alternative forms

• ała

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈwa/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -awa
• Syllabification: a‧ua

Interjection

aua

1. ouch (expression of one's own physical pain)

   Synonyms: au, auć

Further reading

• aua in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Pukapukan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *qaua (“a kind of mullet”).

Noun

aua

1. silvery mullet (Mugil curema)

Further reading

• Te Pukamuna | Pukapuka Dictionary

Romansch

Alternative forms

• ava (Surmiran)
• ova (Puter)

Etymology

From Latin aqua, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂.

Noun

aua f

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Puter) water

Derived terms

• aua da baiver, aua da beiber, aua da bever
• aua minerala
• aua da spina, aua da tgiern, aua da la spegna

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

  (file)

Verb

-aua (infinitive kuaua)

1. to survey, inspect, examine, trace out

Conjugation

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Causative: -auza, -ausha
  • Passive: -auliwa

Tagalog

Noun

aua (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜏ)

1. Obsolete spelling of awa

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English hour.

Noun

aua

1. hour

Usage notes

Also used to mark the counting of time. See kilok.

Tokelauan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: a‧u‧a

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *qaua. Cognates include Maori aua and Samoan aua.

Noun

aua

1. silvery mullet (Mugil curema)

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *qaua. Cognates include Maori aua and Tongan ʻoua.

Particle

aua

1. Negative imperative particle: no! don't!

References

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 3