nua

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Catalan

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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nua f sg

  1. feminine singular of nu

Etymology 2

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Verb

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nua

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

Gbari

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Noun

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nua

  1. water

References

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish núa, from Old Irish nuae, from Proto-Celtic *nowyos (compare Welsh newydd, Breton nevez), from Proto-Indo-European *néwyos (new).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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nua (genitive singular feminine nuaí, comparative nuaí)

  1. new; fresh, recent, novel

Declension

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Derived terms

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Noun

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nua m (genitive singular nua)

  1. newness; new thing

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 27, page 16
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 46, page 21

Further reading

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Old Galician-Portuguese

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin nūdam.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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nua

  1. feminine singular of nuu

Descendants

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  • Galician: núa
  • Portuguese: nua

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -uɐ
  • Hyphenation: nu‧a

Adjective

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nua

  1. feminine singular of nu

Rapa Nui

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Noun

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nua

  1. mother

Usage notes

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Considered archaic. Modern usage is matu'a vahine or matu'a poreko.

Shuar

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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nua

  1. woman, person of female sex

Coordinate terms

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References

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  • Chicham: Dictionario Enciclopédico Shuar-Castellano
  • George Saad (2014) A Grammar Sketch of Shuar (Thesis)‎[1], Radboud University Nijmegen, page 25

Uab Meto

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha.

Numeral

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nua

  1. two

Vietnamese

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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nua ()

  1. (only in compounds) old; aged

See also

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Derived terms