úa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ua"

North Marquesan

Numeral

úa

  1. two

Old Irish

Etymology 1

From older aue, recorded in Ogham Irish only in the genitive Primitive Irish ᚐᚃᚔ (avi) (Old Irish aui/oe, Modern Irish uí), from Proto-Celtic *awyos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewh₂yos. Cognate with Old Prussian awis, Latin avus, Gothic 𐌰𐍅𐍉 (awō) and Old Armenian հաւ (haw).

Noun

úa m

  1. grandson
  2. descendant
Inflection
Masculine io-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative úa úaL uíL
Vocative úa úaL uu
Accusative úaN úaL uuH
Genitive uíL úaL óeN
Dative uuL uib uib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization
Descendants
  • Irish: ó, ua
  • Manx: oe
  • Scottish Gaelic: ogha
    • → Scots: oe

Etymology 2

From Proto-Celtic *aw (“away”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew (“away, down”).

Conjunction

úa

  1. Alternative form of ó (“since”)

Preposition

úa

  1. Alternative form of ó

Etymology 3

Univerbation of úa (“from”) +‎ a (“his/her/its/their”)

Determiner

úa (‘his’ and ‘its’ trigger lenition; ‘her’ triggers /h/-prothesis; ‘their’ triggers eclipsis)

  1. from his/her/its/their

Etymology 4

úa (“from”) +‎ -a (relative pronoun)

Pronoun

úa·

  1. from/of/by whom/which

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
úa unchanged n-úa
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

South Marquesan

Numeral

úa

  1. two

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Adjective

úa • (𦼇, 𪹪, 𬅂)

  1. sear, withered

Verb

úa • (𦼇, 𪹪, 𬅂)

  1. to wither

Yámana

Noun

úa

  1. man
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