aua

See also:AUA,auã,auā,auă,andÂu-Á

English

Etymology

Borrowed fromMaoriaua.

Noun

aua(pluralaua)

1. (New Zealand)Aldrichetta forsteri,amulletof thefamilyMugilidae.
   • 1855,Richard Taylor,Te Ika a Maui: Or, New Zealand and Its Inhabitants,page133:

     When the eyes of those who fish for eels are closed, the eyes of those who fish for theauaare open.

   • 1872,Frederick Wollaston Hutton, Sir James Hector,Fishes of New Zealand: Catalogue with Diagnoses of the Species:

     The Picton Herring, a dried fish commonly known throughout the colony, is theAuapreserved by smoking.

Anagrams

• A.A.U.,AAU

Annobonese

Etymology

FromPortugueseágua(“water”).

Noun

aua

1. water
   • 1957,Rvd. P. Natalio Barrena,Gramatica Annobonesa,Instituto de Estudios Africanos, page43:

     bo da mi ja d’aua;

     give me somewater;

Aromanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):[aˈwa]

Adverb

aua

1. Alternative form ofaoa

Chuukese

Pronoun

aua

1. we(exclusive)

Adjective

aua

1. we are(exclusive)

Related terms

		Present and past tense	Negative tense	Future	Negative future	Distant future	Negative determinate
Singular	First person	ua	use	upwe	usap	upwap	ute
	Second person	ka,ke	kose,kese	kopwe,kepwe	kosap,kesap	kopwap,kepwap	kote,kete
	Third person	a	ese	epwe	esap	epwap	ete
Plural	First person	aua(exclusive) sia(inclusive)	ause(exclusive) sise(inclusive)	aupwe(exclusive) sipwe(inclusive)	ausap(exclusive) sisap(inclusive)	aupwap(exclusive) sipwap(inclusive)	aute(exclusive) site(inclusive)
	Second person	oua	ouse	oupwe	ousap	oupwap	oute
	Third person	ra,re	rese	repwe	resap	repwap	rete

Fi gian

Etymology

BorrowedfromEnglishhour.

Noun

aua

1. hour

German

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Interjection

aua

1. ouch(expression of one's own physical pain)

Synonyms

• autsch,au

Further reading

• “aua”inDudenonline
• “aua”inDigitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Gilbertese

Numeral

aua

1. four

Maori

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/a.u.a/, [ɐ.ʉ.ɐ]

Etymology 1

FromProto-Polynesian*qaua(“a kind of mullet”).

Noun

aua

1. yellow-eye mullet,(Aldrichetta forsteri)

Etymology 2

FromProto-Polynesian*qaua(“negative imperative”).

Particle

aua

1. Negative imperative particle:no!don't!

   Synonym:kaua

References

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

Minangkabau

Etymology

InheritedfromProto-Malayic*haur,fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*qauʀ,fromProto-Austronesian*qauʀ.

Noun

aua

1. a type ofbamboo

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From the interjectionau!.

Alternative forms

• aue(e and split infinitives)

Verb

aua(present tenseauar,past tenseaua,past participleaua,passive infinitiveauast,present participleauande,imperativeaua/au)

1. (intransitive)to sayouch!, towail

Etymology 2

Noun

auan(pluralaua)

1. Eye dialectspelling ofauga.

References

• “aua”inThe Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Alternative forms

• ała

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/aˈwa/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes:-awa
• Syllabification:a‧ua

Interjection

aua

1. ouch(expression of one's own physical pain)

   Synonyms:au,auć

Further reading

• auain Polish dictionaries at PWN

Pukapukan

Etymology

FromProto-Polynesian*qaua(“a kind of mullet”).

Noun

aua

1. silvery mullet(Mugil curema)

Further reading

• Te Pukamuna | Pukapuka Dictionary

Romansch

Alternative forms

• ava(Surmiran)
• ova(Puter)

Etymology

FromLatinaqua,fromProto-Indo-European*h₂ekʷeh₂.

Noun

auaf

1. (Rumantsch Grischun,Sursilvan,Sutsilvan,Puter)water

Derived terms

• aua da baiver,aua da beiber,aua da bever
• aua minerala
• aua da spina,aua da tgiern,aua da la spegna

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio(Kenya):

  (file)

Verb

-aua(infinitivekuaua)

1. tosurvey,inspect,examine,traceout

Conjugation

Conjugation of-aua
Positive present -naaua Subjunctive -aue Negative -aui Imperative singular aua
Infinitives
Positive kuaua Negative kutoaua
Imperatives
Singular aua Plural aueni
Tensed forms
Habitual huaua Positive past positive subject concord+ -liaua Negative past negative subject concord+ -kuaua
Positive present (positive subject concord+ -naaua) Singular Plural 1st person ninaaua/naaua tunaaua 2nd person unaaua mnaaua 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anaaua wanaaua other classes positive subject concord+ -naaua
Negative present (negative subject concord+ -aui) Singular Plural 1st person siaui hatuaui 2nd person huaui hamwaui 3rd person m-wa(I/II) haaui hawaaui other classes negative subject concord+ -aui
Positive future positive subject concord+ -taaua Negative future negative subject concord+ -taaua
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord+ -aue) Singular Plural 1st person niaue tuaue 2nd person uaue mwaue 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aaue waaue other classes positive subject concord+ -aue
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord+ -siaue Positive present conditional positive subject concord+ -ngeaua Negative present conditional positive subject concord+ -singeaua Positive past conditional positive subject concord+ -ngaliaua Negative past conditional positive subject concord+ -singaliaua
Gnomic (positive subject concord+ -aaua) Singular Plural 1st person naaua twaaua 2nd person waaua mwaaua 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aaua waaua m-mi(III/IV) waaua yaaua ji-ma(V/VI) laaua yaaua ki-vi(VII/VIII) chaaua vyaaua n(IX/X) yaaua zaaua u(XI) waaua seen(X)orma(VI)class ku(XV/XVII) kwaaua pa(XVI) paaua mu(XVIII) mwaaua
Perfect positive subject concord+ -meaua "Already" positive subject concord+ -meshaaua "Not yet" negative subject concord+ -jaaua "If/When" positive subject concord+ -kiaua "If not" positive subject concord+ -sipoaua Consecutive kaaua/positive subject concord+ -kaaua Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord+ -kaaue
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -niaua -tuaua 2nd person -kuaua -waaua/-kuaueni/-waaueni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mwaua -waaua m-mi(III/IV) -uaua -iaua ji-ma(V/VI) -liaua -yaaua ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kiaua -viaua n(IX/X) -iaua -ziaua u(XI) -uaua seen(X)orma(VI)class ku(XV/XVII) -kuaua pa(XVI) -paaua mu(XVIII) -muaua Reflexive -jiaua
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord+ (object concord) + -aua- +relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -auaye -auao m-mi(III/IV) -auao -auayo ji-ma(V/VI) -aualo -auayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -auacho -auavyo n(IX/X) -auayo -auazo u(XI) -auao seen(X)orma(VI)class ku(XV/XVII) -auako pa(XVI) -auapo mu(XVIII) -auamo Other forms (subject concord+tense marker+relative marker+ (object concord) + -aua) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yeaua -oaua m-mi(III/IV) -oaua -yoaua ji-ma(V/VI) -loaua -yoaua ki-vi(VII/VIII) -choaua -vyoaua n(IX/X) -yoaua -zoaua u(XI) -oaua seen(X)orma(VI)class ku(XV/XVII) -koaua pa(XVI) -poaua mu(XVIII) -moaua
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. SeeAppendix:Swahili verbsfor more information.

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Causative:-auza,-ausha
  • Passive:-auliwa

Tagalog

Noun

aua(Baybayin spellingᜀᜏ)

1. Obsoletespelling ofawa.

Tok Pisin

Etymology

FromEnglishhour.

Noun

aua

1. hour

Usage notes

Also used to mark the counting of time. Seekilok.

Tokelauan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):[a.ˈu.a]
• Hyphenation:a‧u‧a

Etymology 1

Te aua (1).

FromProto-Polynesian*qaua.Cognates includeMaoriauaandSamoanaua.

Noun

aua

1. silvery mullet(Mugil curema)

Derived terms

• auā

Etymology 2

FromProto-Polynesian*qaua.Cognates includeMaoriauaandTonganʻoua.

Particle

aua

1. Negative imperative particle:no!don't!

References

• R. Simona, editor (1986),Tokelau Dictionary‎^[1],Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 3