tua

Brunei Malay

Alternative forms

• tuha

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

tua

1. old (age of a living being)

Antonyms

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

Coordinate terms

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

Catalan

Pronoun

tua

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

Crimean Gothic

Etymology

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

Numeral

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)

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɥa/

Verb

tua

1. third-person singular past historic of tuer

Anagrams

• tau

Iban

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tua/

Pronoun

tua

1. we (both of us)

Ido

Etymology

From tu +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tua/

Determiner

tua

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

Indonesian

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtua̯/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: tu‧a

Adjective

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

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

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

Irish

Alternative forms

• tuagh (superseded)

Etymology

From Old Irish túag (“axe, hatchet”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪ˠuə/
• Homophone: tuath

Noun

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

1. axe; hatchet

Declension

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

Derived terms

Mutation

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tua”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 túag”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 59

Italian

Etymology

From Latin tua, feminine of tuus.

Pronunciation

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

Determiner

tua f sg

1. feminine singular of tuo

Pronoun

tua f sg

1. feminine singular of tuo

Related terms

• tu
• tue
• tuoi
• tuo

Anagrams

• -uta, tau

Javanese

Adjective

tua

1. Nonstandard spelling of tuwa.

Latin

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

tua

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

Adjective

tuā

1. ablative singular feminine of tuus

Malay

Alternative forms

• tuha
• توا
• توها

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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)

Derived terms

• kakaktua / کاکقتوا
• mertua / مرتوا
• orang tua / اورڠ توا

Further reading

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

Maori

Etymology 1

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

Noun

tua

1. back

   Synonym: muri

Adjective

tua

1. further, beyond

Adverb

tua

1. (location) this side, here

Related terms

• tuatua

Derived terms

• tuatara
• tuawhenua

Etymology 2

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

Verb

tua

1. to fell, chop down a tree

References

Further reading

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

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

Old Catalan

Adjective

tua

1. feminine singular of tou

Pangasinan

Pronunciation

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

Noun

túa

1. truth

Derived terms

Portuguese

Pronunciation

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

Determiner

tua

1. feminine singular of teu

Pronoun

tua

1. feminine singular of teu

See also

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

  (file)

Verb

-tua (infinitive kutua)

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

Conjugation

Derived terms

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

• Nominal derivations:
  • kituo (“station”)

Tahitian

Noun

tua

1. back

Teanu

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tua/

Numeral

tua

1. eight

References

• 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.

Tetum

Etymology

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

Noun

tua

1. indigenous arrack
2. European wine made from grapes

Derived terms

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

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key):
• (Huế) IPA^(key):
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key):

Etymology 1

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

Noun

tua • (𦄼, 𬗲)

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

See also

Etymology 2

From French tour.

Noun

tua

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

Verb

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?

Etymology 3

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

Adverb

tua

1. (archaic) must; should

Anagrams

• tau

Welsh

Alternative forms

• tuag (used before vowels)

Etymology

tu (“side; beside”) +‎ â (“with”)

Pronunciation

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

Preposition

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

Usage notes

• 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".

Derived terms

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

Mutation

References