uaua

Inherited from Proto-Polynesian *uaua.

• IPA^(key): /uˈau̯.a/, [uˈwɐwwə]
• (rapid speech) IPA^(key): [uˈwɔwwə]

uaua

1. (stative) tough, sinewy, glutinous, viscid, leathery
2. (figuratively) hardheaded, willful, obstinate, tough-minded

• hoʻouaua

• “uaua” in the Hawaiian Dictionary, Revised and Enlarged Edition, University of Hawaii Press, 1986

Inherited from Proto-Polynesian *uaua.

ùaùa

1. vein; tendon

• Edward Tregear (1899) A Dictionary of Mangareva (or Gambier Islands), Wellington: New Zealand Institute

From Proto-Polynesian *uaua.

• IPA^(key): /u.a.u.a/, [ʉ.ɐ.ʉ.ɐ]

uaua

1. vein; artery; sinew; muscle
2. difficulty; dilemma; problem; trouble

uaua

1. (stative) difficult; hard; demanding

• “uaua” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori-English, English-Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Inherited from Proto-Polynesian *uaua.

ûaûa

1. tendons; muscles

   hau ûaûa kio'e ― line made from rats' tendons

   ûaûa toto ― vein, artery

   ûaûa piki ― spasm

• Diccionario etimológico Rapanui-Español, Valparaíso: Comisión para la Estructuración de la Lengua Rapanui, 2000, →ISBN

From Proto-Polynesian *uaua.

uaua

1. vein; artery; gland; sinew; tendon; muscle; nerve
2. rubber tube; inner tube (of tyre)
3. toughness

uaua

1. (stative) sinewy; stringy; tough
2. (stative) elastic; flexible; adaptable

• “uaua” in Cook Islands Languages, 2016.

Inherited from Proto-Polynesian *uaua.

uaua

1. thews and sinews
2. vein; artery
3. pulse

• George Pratt (1861) Samoan dictionary: English and Samoan and Samoan and English with a short grammar of the Samoan dialect, Matautu, Samoa: London Missionary Society Press

From Proto-Polynesian *uaua.

uaua

1. vein; sinew; tendon; ligament

• Sven Wahlroos (2002) English–Tahitian, Tahitian–English Dictionary, First edition, Honolulu: The Mā'ohi Heritage Press, →ISBN
• “uaua” in John Davies, A Tahitian and English dictionary, with introductory remarks on the Polynesian language, and a short grammar of the Tahitian dialect: with an appendix containing a list of foreign words used in the Tahitian Bible, in commerce, etc., with the sources from whence they have been derived, 1851.

Inherited from Proto-Polynesian *uaua.

uaua

1. blood vessel; sinew; tendon or ligament
2. thin wire (for trace in fishing)
3. string (of a guitar or other stringed instruments)

uaua

1. to troll for fish with a small line and a lure

• R. Simona, editor (1986) Tokelau Dictionary‎, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs