tua

• tuha

From Proto-Malayic *tuha, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)tuqah, from Proto-Austronesian *(ma-)tuqaS.

• IPA^(key): /tua/
• (Kedayan) IPA^(key): /tuha/
• Hyphenation: tu‧a

tua

1. old (age of a living being)

• (antonym(s) of “age”): muda (“young”) (living being)

• (age): lama (“old”) (non-living being)

tua

1. (archaic, Northern, Alghero)
   1. feminine singular of teu
   2. feminine singular of tou

From Proto-Germanic *twai, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.

tua

1. two
   • 1562, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, (Please provide the book title or journal name):

     Jussus ita numerabat. Ita, tua, tria, fyder, fyuf, seis, sevene, prorsus, ut nos Flandri.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• IPA^(key): /tɥa/

tua

1. third-person singular past historic of tuer

• tau

Most likely it comes from the devoicing of the initial consonant of the word dua.

• IPA^(key): /tua/

tua

1. we (both of us)

From tu +‎ -a.

• IPA^(key): /tua/

tua

1. your: belonging to you (informal, singular)

From Malay tua, tuha, from Classical Malay tua, tuha, from Proto-Malayic *tuha, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *tuha, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *tuha, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)tuqah, from Proto-Austronesian *(ma-)tuqaS.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtua̯/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: tu‧a

tua

1. old (of a living being: having lived for relatively many years)
2. ripe (ready for reaping or gathering, of fruits and seeds)

   Synonyms: butut, lama

• “tua” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

• tuagh, tuaigh (superseded)

• IPA^(key): /t̪ˠuə/^[1]
• Homophone: tuath (some accents)

From Old Irish túag (“axe, hatchet”).^[2]

tua f (genitive singular tua or tuaighe, nominative plural tuanna)

1. axe; hatchet

• Alternative genitive singular: tuaighe (Cois Fharraige)
• Alternative dative singular: tuaigh (Cork)

From Old Irish túag (“arch”).^[3]

tua f (genitive singular tua, nominative plural tuanna)

1. Alternative form of stua (“arch”)

• tua cheatha (“rainbow”)

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tua”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

From Latin tua, feminine of tuus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtu.a/
• Rhymes: -ua
• Hyphenation: tù‧a

tua f sg

1. feminine singular of tuo

tua f sg

1. feminine singular of tuo

• tu
• tue
• tuoi
• tuo

• -uta, tau

tua

1. Nonstandard spelling of tuwa.

• tua: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈtu.a/,
• tua: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtu.a/,
• tuā: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈtu.aː/,
• tuā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtu.a/,

tua

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

tuā

1. ablative singular feminine of tuus

• tuha

From tuha, from Proto-Malayic *tuha, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *tuha, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *tuha, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)tuqah, from Proto-Austronesian *(ma-)tuqaS.

• IPA^(key): /tua/
• Rhymes: -ua, -a
• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): ,

tua (Jawi spelling توا)

1. old (of a living being: having lived for relatively many years)
2. ripe (ready for reaping or gathering, of fruits and seeds)

• “tua” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

From Proto-Polynesian *tuqa (compare with Samoan tua (“beyond, outside”), Tahitian tua (“ridge, crest”), Tongan tuʻa and Hawaiian kua).^[1][2]

tua

1. back

   Synonym: muri

tua

1. further, beyond

tua

1. (location) this side, here

• tuatua

• tuatara
• tuawhenua

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

tua

1. to fell, chop down a tree

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

tua f (definite singular tua, indefinite plural tuer or tuor, definite plural tuene or tuone)

1. definite singular of tue
2. (pre-2012) alternative form of tue

tua

1. feminine singular of tou

• IPA^(key): /ˈtua/,
• Hyphenation: tu‧a

túa

1. truth

• Rhymes: -uɐ
• Homophone: Tua
• Hyphenation: tu‧a

tua

1. feminine singular of teu

tua

1. feminine singular of teu

• Audio (Kenya):

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-tua (infinitive kutua)

1. to halt, to stop; to cause to settle or rest

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -tulia
  • Causative: -tuliza

• Nominal derivations:
  • kituo (“station”)

tua

1. back

From ti- + Proto-Oceanic *walu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *walu, from Proto-Austronesian *walu.

• IPA^(key): /tua/

tua

1. eight

• François, Alexandre. 2021. Teanu dictionary (Solomon Islands). Dictionaria 15. 1-1877. DOI:10.5281/zenodo.5653063. – entry tua.
• François, Alexandre. 2021. Online Teanu–English dictionary, with equivalents in Lovono and Tanema. Electronic files. Paris: CNRS. – entry tua.

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuak, compare Malay tuak.

tua

1. indigenous arrack
2. European wine made from grapes

• tua-uvas
• tuaka
• tua-aka
• tua-mutin

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key):
• (Huế) IPA^(key):
• (Saigon) IPA^(key):

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 鬚 (SV: tu). Doublet of râu.

tua • (𦄼, 𬗲)

1. fringe; tassel
2. fringe- or tassel-like object; feeler (of certain animals); antenna

From French tour.

tua

1. turn; rotation; round
2. trip; tour
3. stroll; walk

tua

1. to rewind or skip forward; to rewind or fast forward (a movie, video, etc.)

   Coi phim kiểu gì mà tua riết vậy ông?

   What kind of watcher are you to just keep on fast forwarding movies?

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 須 (SV: tu).

tua

1. (archaic) must; should

• tau

• tuag (used before vowels)

tu (“side; beside”) +‎ â (“with”)^[1]

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈtɨː.a/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈtiː.a/
• Rhymes: -ɨːa

tua

1. towards

   Synonym: tuag at

2. about, approximately

   Synonym: oddeutu

   tua naw o’r gloch

   about nine o’clock

   tua phum pwys o datws

   about five pounds of potatoes

• Triggers the aspirate mutation in formal language but not often in colloquial language, where the aspiriate mutation is mostly found in set phrases.
• Takes the form tuag before vowels when the meaning is "towards" but not when it means "about, approximately".

• tuag at (“towards”)
• tua thref (“homewards”)