cua

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin cōda, early monophthongized variant of Latin cauda. Compare Occitan coa, French queue, Spanish cola.

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Noun

cua f (plural cues)

1. tail
2. queue, (line)
3. ponytail

Derived terms

Further reading

• “cua” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “cua” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• qua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʷa/

Verb

cua

1. (transitive) To eat.

Derived terms

• tlacualli

Franco-Provençal

Alternative forms

• cova

Etymology

From Latin coda.

Noun

cua f (plural cues)

1. tail

Vietnamese

Vietnamese Wikipedia has an article on:

Phân thứ bộ Cua

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Etymology 1

Noun

(classifier con) cua • (𧍏, 𧍆, 姑, 𩸰)

1. (zoology) a crab (a crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura)

Derived terms

See also

• dã tràng (“sand-bubbler crab”); ghẹ (“swimming crab”); cúm (“Calappa”)
• càng (“pincer”)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French courtiser or French cour.

Verb

cua

1. (Southern Vietnam, slang) to take out a girl

   Synonym: cưa

Etymology 3

Borrowed from French cours.

Noun

cua

1. (dated, informal) corner, curve, bend (point where a route changes sharply)

   Xe chạy qua cua. ― The car rounded a corner.

2. (informal) period, term, round (period of time required to complete a task)

   theo học một cua ngoại ngữ ― to study a foreign language for a term

   Học mỗi cua ba tháng. ― Each term of study is three months.

Adjective

cua

1. (informal) having a buzzcut, crewcut

   đầu húi cua ― a buzzcut haircut

References

• "cua" in Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)

White Hmong

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /cuə̯˧/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Hmong *cu̯aᶜ (“to chew”), borrowed from Middle Chinese 嚼 (MC dzjak, “to chew”).

Verb

cua

1. to chew hard, bite hard (on something)

   Tus aub cua pob txha. ― The dog chews on bone.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *N-cæwH (“wind”).

Noun

cua (classifier: tw or nthwv (for gusts))

1. the wind

   Cov cua tshuab ceev heev ― The wind blows very fast

   Cov cua twj cuab huv dua cua nruab nroog. ― The air in the suburbs is cleaner than the air in the city.

2. (figuratively) the carrier of death, normally represented by the bamboo carriage made to carry the dead

   Nws lub tsev muaj cua. ― His home has death.

   Nws ua neeb xa cua. ― He performs a shaman ritual to send away death.

Derived terms

References

• Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 18.