sua

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See also: SUA, súa, suâ, süä, sủa, sửa, and sữa

Balinese

Romanization

sua

  1. Romanization of ᬲ᭄ᬯ
  2. Romanization of ᬰ᭄ᬯ

Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Pronoun

sua

  1. (archaic, Northern, Alghero)
    1. feminine singular of seu
    2. feminine singular of sou

Etymology 2

Verb

sua

  1. inflection of suar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Finnish

Pronoun

sua

  1. (colloquial) partitive singular of
    Synonym: sinua

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɥa/
  • (file)

Verb

sua

  1. third-person singular past historic of suer

Anagrams

Galician

Verb

sua

  1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of suar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Garo

Verb

sua

  1. to bite (of an animal)

Guaraní

Numeral

sua

  1. million

Derived terms

Ido

Etymology

From su +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

Determiner

sua (plural sui)

  1. his, hers, its, their
    Il amas sua patrino.He loves his mother.

Inupiaq

Alternative forms

Pronoun

sua (Kobuk)

  1. what
    Sua pisukpiuŋ?What do you want?

Italian

Etymology

From Latin sua.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsu.a/
  • Rhymes: -ua
  • Hyphenation: sù‧a

Pronoun

sua

  1. feminine singular of suo

Determiner

sua

  1. feminine singular of suo

Anagrams

Latin

Pronunciation

Pronoun

sua

  1. inflection of suus:
    1. nominative singular feminine
    2. nominative/accusative plural neuter

Pronoun

suā

  1. ablative singular feminine of suus

References

Macanese

Alternative forms

  • (more common) sa

Etymology

From Portuguese sua (her, belonging to her), feminine form of seu. Semantically derived from Cantonese (ge3, possessive marker).

Particle

sua

  1. Alternative form of sa: possessive particle

Usage notes

  • According to native speakers, sa is more commonly used than sua.
  • The particle is not inflected for gender.

Related terms

See also

Macanese personal pronouns (edit)
Person Singular Possessive Plural Possessive Reflexive Possessive
First iou, io, mi*, ieu* iou-sa, iou-sua#, minha, io-sa, io-sua# nôs, nosôtro* nôs-sa, nôsso, nôs-sua# onçóm su, onçóm-sa*, onçóm-sua#
Second vôs vôs-sa, vôsso, su, vôs-sua# vosôtro vosôtro-sa, su, vosôtro-sua#
Third êle, êla* êle-sa, su, êle-sua# ilôtro, elôtro*, olôtro*, ulôtro* ilôtro-sa, su, ilôtro-sua#

#: dated.
*: rare.

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

sua f

  1. definite singular of su

Old Catalan

Etymology

From Latin sua.

Adjective

sua

  1. feminine singular of sou

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

  • sa (atonic)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin sua.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

sua

  1. feminine singular of seu; her

Descendants

  • Galician: súa
  • Portuguese: sua

Further reading

Papiamentu

Alternative forms

  • swa (alternative spelling)

Etymology

From Dutch zwager (brother-in-law).

Noun

sua

  1. friend, pal, comrade
  2. brother-in-law

Plautdietsch

Adjective

sua

  1. sour

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -uɐ
  • Hyphenation: su‧a

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese sua, from Latin sua. Cognate with Galician súa.

Pronoun

sua

  1. Feminine singular form of possessive seu.
  2. feminine singular of seu
Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:seu.

See also

Possessee
Singular Plural
Masculine Feminine Masculine Feminine
Possessor Singular First person meu minha meus minhas
Second person teu tua teus tuas
Third person seu sua seus suas
Plural First person nosso nossa nossos nossas
Second person vosso vossa vossos vossas
Third person seu sua seus suas
See also: Appendix:Possessive#Portuguese


Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

sua

  1. inflection of suar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative
Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:suar.

Romansch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin, Late Latin soca. Compare Friulian soe, Venetian soga, Albanian shokë, French suage, Spanish and Portuguese soga.

Noun

sua f (plural suas)

  1. (Puter, Vallader) rope

Swahili

Pronunciation

Verb

-sua (infinitive kusua)

  1. to spit

Conjugation

Conjugation of -sua
Positive present -nasua
Subjunctive -sue
Negative -sui
Imperative singular sua
Infinitives
Positive kusua
Negative kutosua
Imperatives
Singular sua
Plural sueni
Tensed forms
Habitual husua
Positive past positive subject concord + -lisua
Negative past negative subject concord + -kusua
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nasua)
Singular Plural
1st person ninasua/nasua tunasua
2nd person unasua mnasua
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anasua wanasua
other classes positive subject concord + -nasua
Negative present (negative subject concord + -sui)
Singular Plural
1st person sisui hatusui
2nd person husui hamsui
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hasui hawasui
other classes negative subject concord + -sui
Positive future positive subject concord + -tasua
Negative future negative subject concord + -tasua
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -sue)
Singular Plural
1st person nisue tusue
2nd person usue msue
3rd person m-wa(I/II) asue wasue
other classes positive subject concord + -sue
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sisue
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngesua
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singesua
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalisua
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalisua
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -asua)
Singular Plural
1st person nasua twasua
2nd person wasua mwasua
3rd person m-wa(I/II) asua wasua
m-mi(III/IV) wasua yasua
ji-ma(V/VI) lasua yasua
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chasua vyasua
n(IX/X) yasua zasua
u(XI) wasua see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwasua
pa(XVI) pasua
mu(XVIII) mwasua
Perfect positive subject concord + -mesua
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshasua
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jasua
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kisua
"If not" positive subject concord + -siposua
Consecutive kasua / positive subject concord + -kasua
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kasue
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nisua -tusua
2nd person -kusua -wasua/-kusueni/-wasueni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -msua -wasua
m-mi(III/IV) -usua -isua
ji-ma(V/VI) -lisua -yasua
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kisua -visua
n(IX/X) -isua -zisua
u(XI) -usua see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kusua
pa(XVI) -pasua
mu(XVIII) -musua
Reflexive -jisua
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -sua- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -suaye -suao
m-mi(III/IV) -suao -suayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -sualo -suayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -suacho -suavyo
n(IX/X) -suayo -suazo
u(XI) -suao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -suako
pa(XVI) -suapo
mu(XVIII) -suamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -sua)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yesua -osua
m-mi(III/IV) -osua -yosua
ji-ma(V/VI) -losua -yosua
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chosua -vyosua
n(IX/X) -yosua -zosua
u(XI) -osua see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kosua
pa(XVI) -posua
mu(XVIII) -mosua
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Ternate

Pronunciation

Verb

sua

  1. (transitive) to comb hair

Conjugation

Conjugation of sua
Singular Plural
Inclusive Exclusive
1st tosua fosua misua
2nd nosua nisua
3rd Masculine osua isua, yosua
Feminine mosua
Neuter isua
- archaic

References

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Tok Pisin

Etymology 1

From English sore.

Noun

sua

  1. sore; wound

Etymology 2

From English shore.

Noun

sua

  1. shore