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)

• (age): muda (“young”) (living being)

• (age): lama (“old”) (non-living being)

tua

1. (archaic, Northern Catalan, 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:

     Jussus ita numerabat. Ita, tua, tria, fyder, fyuf, seis, sevene, prorsus, ut nos Flandri.

• IPA^(key): /tɥa/

tua

1. third-person singular past historic of tuer

• tau

• 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): /tu.a/
• 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: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

• tuagh (superseded)

From Old Irish túag (“axe, hatchet”).

• IPA^(key): /t̪ˠuə/
• Homophone: tuath

tua f (genitive singular tua or tuaighe, nominative plural tuanna)

1. axe; hatchet

• Alternative genitive singular: tuaighe (Cois Fharraige)
• Alternative dative singular: tuaigh (Cork)

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “tua”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 túag”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 59

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

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)

• kakaktua / کاکقتوا‎
• mertua / مرتوا‎
• orang tua / اورڠ توا‎

• “tua” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

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

• Rhymes: -uɐ
• Homophone: Tua
• Hyphenation: tu‧a

tua

1. feminine singular of teu

tua

1. feminine singular of teu

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-tua (infinitive kutua)

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

• 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˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) 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
2. about, approximately

   Synonym: oddeutu

   tua naw o’r gloch

   about nine o’clock

   tua phum pwys o datws

   about five pounds of potatoes

Tua triggers the aspirate mutation, but in informal language this is usually absent. The word takes the form tuag before vowels when the meaning is "towards" but not when it means "about, approximately".

• tuag at (“towards”)
• tua thref (“homewards”)