thua

See also: thưa and þúa

Albanian

Etymology

Apocope of *thuan, from Proto-Albanian *(a)tsāna,[1] or *ćāhai,[2] from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”) (compare Lithuanian ašnìs (“blade edge”), Ancient Greek ἄκανος (ákanos, “pine thistle”), English awn (“bristle of barley”)).

Noun

thua m (indefinite plural thonj, definite singular thoi, definite plural thonjtë)

  1. (anatomy) nail (of the body), fingernail, toenail

Declension
Declension of thua
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative thua thonj thoi thonjtë
accusative thoin
dative thoi thonjve thoit thonjvet
ablative thonjsh

Derived terms

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (1998) Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 481
  2. Schumacher, Stefan; Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 237

Irish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [huə]

Noun

thua f

  1. Lenited form of tua.

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 輸 (“to lose”, SV: thâu).

Pronunciation
  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tʰuə˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [tʰuə˧˧]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [tʰuə˧˧]
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Verb

thua • (𪿐)

  1. to lose

Antonyms

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