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• tuagh, tuaigh (superseded)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”)

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
tua	thua	dtua
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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

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): [tuə], [tʷə]

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/, [ˈtʊ.a]
• 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

			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

• Audio (Kenya):

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-tua (infinitive kutua)

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

Conjugation of -tua
Positive present -natua Subjunctive -tue Negative -tui Imperative singular tua
Infinitives
Positive kutua Negative kutotua
Imperatives
Singular tua Plural tueni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutua Positive past positive subject concord + -litua Negative past negative subject concord + -kutua
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natua) Singular Plural 1st person ninatua/natua tunatua 2nd person unatua mnatua 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatua wanatua other classes positive subject concord + -natua
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tui) Singular Plural 1st person situi hatutui 2nd person hutui hamtui 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatui hawatui other classes negative subject concord + -tui
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatua Negative future negative subject concord + -tatua
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tue) Singular Plural 1st person nitue tutue 2nd person utue mtue 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atue watue other classes positive subject concord + -tue
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -situe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetua Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetua Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitua Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitua
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atua) Singular Plural 1st person natua twatua 2nd person watua mwatua 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atua watua m-mi(III/IV) watua yatua ji-ma(V/VI) latua yatua ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatua vyatua n(IX/X) yatua zatua u(XI) watua see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwatua pa(XVI) patua mu(XVIII) mwatua
Perfect positive subject concord + -metua "Already" positive subject concord + -meshatua "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatua "If/When" positive subject concord + -kitua "If not" positive subject concord + -sipotua Consecutive katua / positive subject concord + -katua Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katue
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nitua -tutua 2nd person -kutua -watua/-kutueni/-watueni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtua -watua m-mi(III/IV) -utua -itua ji-ma(V/VI) -litua -yatua ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitua -vitua n(IX/X) -itua -zitua u(XI) -utua see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kutua pa(XVI) -patua mu(XVIII) -mutua Reflexive -jitua
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tua- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -tuaye -tuao m-mi(III/IV) -tuao -tuayo ji-ma(V/VI) -tualo -tuayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tuacho -tuavyo n(IX/X) -tuayo -tuazo u(XI) -tuao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -tuako pa(XVI) -tuapo mu(XVIII) -tuamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tua) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yetua -otua m-mi(III/IV) -otua -yotua ji-ma(V/VI) -lotua -yotua ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotua -vyotua n(IX/X) -yotua -zotua u(XI) -otua see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kotua pa(XVI) -potua mu(XVIII) -motua
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

• 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): [tuə˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tuə˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [tuə˧˧]

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”)