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 ), 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 L
Vocative úa úaL uu
Accusative úaN úaL uuH
Genitive L 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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