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Definitions and meaning of aua

aua

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Maori aua.

Noun

aua (plural aua)

  1. (New Zealand) Aldrichetta forsteri, a mullet of the family Mugilidae.

Anagrams

  • A.A.U., AAU

Annobonese

Etymology

From Portuguese água (“water”).

Noun

aua

  1. water

Aromanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [aˈwa]

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

Gabadi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.u.a/

Noun

aua

  1. father; a male parent
    Aua’una ― my father
    Auamuna ― your father
    Auanana ― his/her father
    Aua’una mai kadi’una osida gegana robana. ― My father and my small brother went to the garden.

Declension

References

  • Oa, Morea and Ma`oni Paul. (2014-02-24). Tentative Grammar Description for the Gabadi Language. [working paper, draft created November 2013; editor: Eileen Gasaway]. Ukarumpa, Papua New Guinea: SIL International. Available online: [1].
    • Example 82, p.33 (example "Aua’una")

German

Pronunciation

Interjection

aua

  1. ouch, ow (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

Kapampangan

Alternative forms

  • awa (Súlat Wáwâ)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əˈwa/ [əˈwä]
  • Hyphenation: a‧ua

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *quhaw (compare Tagalog uhaw, Cebuano uhaw, Hiligaynon uhaw, Tausug uhaw, Waray-Waray uhaw), from Proto-Austronesian *quSaw.

Noun

áua

  1. thirst
  2. (figurative) craving; strong desire (for something)
    Synonyms: bisa, maibug, kasabikan

Adjective

áua

  1. thirsty
    Synonyms: maua, kaua
  2. lacking moisture; dry (as of soil)
    Synonyms: tigang, langi
  3. (figurative) having a craving or strong desire (for something)
    Synonyms: bisa, maibug, kasabikan

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Interjection

áua

  1. alternative form of ua

Maori

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.u.a/, [ɐ.ʉ.ɐ]

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.

Minangkabau

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *haur, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qauʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *qauʀ.

Noun

aua

  1. a type of bamboo

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/
  • Rhymes: -a
  • 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

Verb

-aua (infinitive kuaua)

  1. to survey, inspect, examine, trace out

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • Verbal derivations:
    • Causative: -ausha, -auza
    • 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): [a.ˈu.a]
  • 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[2], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 3

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