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{{also|Appendix:Variations of "ua"}}
==Translingual==

===Symbol===
{{head|mul|symbol}}

# {{n-g|[[BIPM]] recommendation for the [[unit symbol]] of [[astronomical unit]]}} {{attention|mul|symbol?}}

====Synonyms====
* {{l|mul|au}} {{gloss|IAU recommendation for the unit symbol of astronomical units}}
* {{l|mul|㍳}} {{gloss|Unicode glyph for astronomical unit}}

==Bukiyip==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|ape|[uwa]}}

===Pronoun===
{{head|ape|pronoun}}

# [[nothing]]

===References===
* 2007. [http://archive.phonetics.ucla.edu/Language/APE/ape.html The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive]. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

==Chuukese==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|chk|/ɑ/}}

===Pronoun===
{{head|chk|pronoun}}

# {{l|en|I}}

===Adjective===
{{head|chk|adjective}}

# I [[am]]
# I was

===Related terms===
{{chk-tense chart}}

==Fijian==

===Etymology===
From Proto-Central Pacific ''*ua'', from {{inh|fj|poz-oce-pro|*uʀat}}, from {{inh|fj|pqe-pro|*uʀat}}, from {{inh|fj|poz-cet-pro|*uʀat}}, from {{inh|fj|poz-pro|*uʀat}}, from {{inh|fj|map-pro|*huʀaC}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|fj|/ˈu.a/}}

===Noun===
{{head|fj|noun}}

# {{lb|fj|anatomy}} [[vein]] {{gloss|blood vessel}}

==French==

===Pronunciation===
* {{fr-IPA|u-a}}
* {{audio|fr|LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-ua.wav}}

===Noun===
{{fr-noun|m|#}}

# {{abbreviation of|fr|unité astronomique}}

===Anagrams===
* {{l|fr|au}}

==Garo==

===Etymology===
{{rfe|grt}}

===Pronoun===
{{head|grt|pronoun}}(combining form: [[u-]], plural [[uarang]])

# [[that]], [[it]]

====Declension====
{{grt-determiners}}

==Green Hmong==

===Etymology===
From either {{bor|hnj|cmn| 做}} ("to [[do]]", "to [[perform]]") or {{bor|hnj|cmn| 作}} ("to [[do]]", "to [[perform]]"), both have identical meanings, with the loss of the [[consonant]] due to sound [[simplification]] over time.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|hnj|/ʔu̯ə˧/}}

===Verb===
{{head|hnj|verb}}

# to [[do]]
# to [[make]]
# to [[proceed]]
# to [[become]]

==Hawaiian==

===Pronunciation===
* {{haw-IPA|ua}}

===Etymology 1===
{{rfe|haw}}

====Particle====
{{head|haw|particle}}

# {{non-gloss|used before a verb to denote completed action}}
#: {{ux|haw|'''Ua''' {{l|haw|ʻai}} {{l|haw|ka}} {{l|haw|pōpoki}} {{l|haw|i}} ka {{l|haw|ʻiole}}.|The cat ate the mouse.}}
#* '''1840,''' October 8th, {{w|1840 Constitution of the Hawaiian Kingdom}}
#*: {{quote|haw|'''Ua''' {{l|haw|hana}} {{l|haw|mai}} {{l|haw|ke}} {{l|haw|Akua}} i nā lāhui kānaka a pau i ke koko hoʻokahi, e noho like lākou ma ka honua nei me ke kuʻikahi, a me ka pōmaikaʻi. '''Ua''' {{l|haw|hāʻawi}} mai nō ke Akua i kekahi mau waiwai like, no nā kānaka a pau, me nā aliʻi a pau o nā ʻāina a pau loa.
|translation=God '''hath''' made of one blood all nations of men, to dwell on the face of the earth in unity and blessedness. God '''has''' also bestowed certain rights alike on all men, and all chiefs and all people of all lands.}}

===Etymology 2===
From {{inh|haw|poz-pep-pro|-}}, from {{inh|haw|poz-pnp-pro|-}}, from {{inh|haw|poz-pol-pro|*quha}} (compare with {{cog|mi|ua}}, {{cog|ty|ua}}, {{cog|sm|ua}}, {{cog|to|ʻuha}}),<ref>{{cite-book |last= Pukui |first= Mary Kawena |last2=Elbert |first2=Samuel H. |entry=ua |page=361|title= Hawaiian Dictionary |edition= revised & enlarged |location= Honolulu, HI |publisher= University of Hawai'i Press |year=1986 |isbn= 9780824807030}}</ref> from {{inh|haw|poz-oce-pro|*qusan}} (compare with {{cog|fj|uca}}), from {{inh|haw|pqe-pro|-}}, from {{inh|haw|poz-cet-pro|-}}, from {{inh|haw|poz-pro|*quzan}} (compare with {{cog|ms|hujan}}, {{cog|tl|ulan}}), from {{inh|haw|map-pro|*quzaN}}.<ref>{{R:Pollex|quha}}</ref><ref>{{cite-book | last = Ross | first = Malcolm D. | first2=Andrew |last2= Pawley |first3=Meredith |last3=Osmond | year=  2008 | title = The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic | volume = 2: The Physical Environment | location = Canberra | publisher = Australian National University | isbn = 978-1-921313-19-6 |pages=546-7}}</ref>

====Noun====
{{head|haw|noun}}

# [[rain]] {{gloss|condensed water from a cloud}}

====Verb====
{{head|haw|verb}}

# {{lb|haw|intransitive}} to [[rain]]

====References====
<references/>

===Etymology 3===
{{rfe|haw}}

====Determiner====
{{head|haw|determiner}}

# the [[aforementioned]]

{{topics|haw|Liquids|Weather}}

==Irish==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|ga|ó||current}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|ga|sga|aue}}.

===Noun===
{{ga-noun|m|~|~í}}

# {{archaic form of|ga|ó||grandson, grandchild; descendant}}

====Declension====
{{ga-decl-m4|u|a|aí}}

===Mutation===
{{ga-mut|msn}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:ga:Ó Dónaill}}
* {{R:MacBain}}
* {{R:DIL|head=úa, óa, ó|42573}}
* {{R:ga:Dinneen 1904|768|head=ua}}

==Maori==

===Pronunciation===
{{mi-IPA}}

===Etymology 1===
{{dercat|mi|poz-oce-pro|poz-pro|map-pro|inh=3}}
{{inh+|mi|poz-pol-pro|*quha}} (compare with {{cog|ty|ua}}, {{cog|sm|ua}} and {{cog|to|ʻuha}}) from {{inh|mi|poz-oce-pro|*qusan}} (compare with {{cog|fj|uca}})), from {{inh|mi|poz-pro|*quzan}} (compare with {{cog|ms|hujan}}, {{cog|tl|ulan}}).<ref>{{R:Pollex|quha}}</ref><ref>{{cite-book | last = Ross | first = Malcolm D. | first2=Andrew |last2= Pawley |first3=Meredith |last3=Osmond | year=  2008 | title = The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic | volume = 2: The Physical Environment | location = Canberra | publisher = Australian National University | isbn = 978-1-921313-19-6 |pages=546-7}}</ref>

====Noun====
{{mi-noun}}

# [[rain]] {{gloss|condensed water from a cloud}}

=====Derived terms=====
* {{l|mi|uawhatu}}

====Verb====
{{mi-verb|ina}}

# to [[rain]]

====References====
<references/>

===Etymology 2===
From {{inh|mi|poz-pep-pro|-}}, from {{inh|mi|poz-pnp-pro|-}}, from {{inh|mi|poz-pol-pro|-}}, from {{inh|mi|poz-oce-pro|-}}, from {{inh|mi|pqe-pro|-}}, from {{inh|mi|poz-cet-pro|-}}, from {{inh|mi|poz-pro|*uʀat}} (compare with {{cog|ms|urat}}, {{cog|jv|otot}}, {{cog|tl|ugát}}).<ref>{{R:Pollex|ua.1}}</ref><ref>{{cite-book |pages=98-9 | first = Malcolm D.  | last = Ross | first2=Andrew |last2= Pawley |first3=Meredith |last3=Osmond | year=  2016 | title = The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic | volume = 5: People, body and mind | location = Canberra | publisher = Australian National University | isbn = 9781922185327 }}</ref>

====Noun====
{{head|mi|noun|plural|uaua}}

# {{lb|mi|anatomy}} [[vein]] {{gloss|blood vessel}}

====References====
<references/>

===Further reading===
* {{cite-book|entry=ua|entryurl=https://digital.soas.ac.uk/CB00000037/00001/573x|page=545|title=A Dictionary of the Maori Language|first=Herbert William |last=Williams|year= 1917}}
* {{R:Te Aka 3}}

{{C|mi|Liquids|Weather}}

==Megleno-Romanian==

===Alternative forms===
* {{l|ruq|u̯a}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|ruq|VL.|*ad hac}}, from {{inh|ruq|la|ad}} + {{m|la|hac}}. Compare {{cog|rup|aoa}}.<ref>https://ro.wikisource.org/wiki/Pagin%C4%83:Theodor_Capidan_-_Meglenorom%C3%A2nii,_vol._I_(Istoria_%C8%99i_graiul_lor).pdf/78</ref>

===Adverb===
{{head|ruq|adverb}}

# [[here]]

===References===
<references/>

==Mirandese==

===Alternative forms===
* {{l|mwl|ũa}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|mwl|/ˈũɐ/}}

===Article===
{{head|mwl|article|g=f|masculine|un}}

# [[a]], [[an]]

====Usage notes====
Often use in place of ''ũa'' because Portuguese keyboards lack the ability to output ''ũ''.

==Niuean==
{{cardinalbox|niu|1|2|3|taha|tolu}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|niu|poz-pol-pro|*rua}}, from {{inh|niu|poz-oce-pro|*rua}}, from {{inh|niu|pqe-pro|*duha}}, from {{inh|niu|poz-cet-pro|*duha}}, from {{inh|niu|poz-pro|*duha}}, from {{inh|niu|map-pro|*duSa}}.

===Numeral===
{{head|niu|numeral|cat2=cardinal numbers}}

# {{l|en|two}}

==Rapa Nui==

===Etymology===
{{dercat|rap|poz-oce-pro|poz-pro|map-pro|inh=3}}
{{inh+|rap|poz-pol-pro|*quha}}.

===Noun===
{{head|rap|noun|head=ûa}}

# [[rain]]

===References===
* {{R:rap:DERE|ua}}

==Samoan==

===Etymology 1===
{{rfe|sm}}

====Particle====
{{head|sm|particle}}

# [[present tense]] marker

===Etymology 2===
{{dercat|sm|poz-oce-pro|poz-pro|map-pro|inh=3}}
{{inh+|sm|poz-pol-pro|*quha}}.

====Noun====
{{head|sm|noun}}

# [[rain]]

==Sardinian==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|sc|uva}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|sc|la|ūva}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|sc|/ˈua/}}

===Noun===
{{sc-noun|f|uas}}

# [[grape]], {{lb|sc|collective noun}} [[grapes]] (fruit)
#: {{syn|sc|aghina}}

{{C|sc|Fruits}}
{{c|sc|Foods}}

==Swahili==
{{was fwotd|sw|2020|March|23}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|sw|Sw-ke-ua.flac|a=Kenya}}

===Etymology 1===
[[File:Flower poster 2.jpg|thumb]]
{{wikipedia|lang=sw}}
From {{inh|sw|bnt-cmn|*dìdʊ̀bà}}.

====Noun====
{{sw-noun|ma}}

# [[flower]]
#* {{quote-book|sw|title=Pesa Zako Zinanuka|trans-title=Your Money Stinks|author=Ben R. Mtobwa|page=104|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KEx8t1Be1ywC&pg=PA104|isbn=9789966469397|year=1993
|text=Maua alikuwa katika hali halisi inayopendeza kama '''maua''' yenyewe.
|t=Maua was in fact as beautiful as '''flowers''' themselves.}}

===Etymology 2===
From {{inh|sw|bnt-cmn|*dʊ̀bàdà}}.

====Noun====
{{sw-noun|u|nyua}}

# [[yard]], [[court]] {{gloss|an enclosure typically attached to the back of a house}}
#* {{quote-book|sw|title=Hatua Za Kufikia Upako|page=136|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sYhqDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT136|author=Dag Heward-Mills|year=2016|isbn=9781613953709
|text=Waliopanda katika nyumba ya BWANA watasitawi katika '''nyua''' za Mungu wetu.
|t=Those that be planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the '''courts''' of our God.}}
# [[fence]] {{gloss|of sticks or grass, of the type used for such an enclosure}}

===Etymology 3===
From {{inh|sw|bnt-pro|*-bʊ́da|t=to break, to smash, to kill}}.

====Verb====
{{sw-verb}}

# to [[kill]]
#: {{syn|sw|fisha|alt1=-fisha}}
#* {{quote-book|sw|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aWnSCDjPrAsC&pg=PA1|page=1|title=Visiki|year=2001|isbn=9789966462046
|text=KIONGOZI: Ndovu '''aliua''' watu kama kuku na mbwa.
|t=LEADER: The elephant '''killed''' people as if they were chickens and dogs.}}

=====Conjugation=====
{{sw-conj}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{sw-der|pass=uawa|pass2=uliwa|nom=mauaji|nom-g=killing, murder|nom2=mwuaji|nom-g2=killer|nom3=uuaji|nom-g3=killing, murder|nom4=muuaji|nom-g4=killer}}

{{topics|sw|Botany}}

==Tahitian==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|ty|poz-pep-pro|-}}, from {{inh|ty|poz-pnp-pro|-}}, from {{inh|ty|poz-pol-pro|-}}, from {{inh|ty|poz-oce-pro|-}}, from {{inh|ty|poz-cet-pro|-}}, from {{inh|ty|pqe-pro|-}}, from {{inh|ty|poz-pro|*quzan}}, from {{inh|ty|map-pro|*quzaN}}.

===Noun===
{{head|ty|noun}}

# [[rain]] {{gloss|condensed water from a cloud}}

{{topics|ty|Liquids|Weather}}

==Ternate==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|tft|[ˈu.a]}}

===Particle===
{{head|tft|particle|Jawi|ؤواة}}

# {{n-g|sentence-final negation particle}}; [[not]]
#: {{uxi|tft|mina motika mifala '''ua'''|t=she '''does not''' leave her house}}
#* {{quote-text|tft|title=An Account of the Earthquake in 1840|nodate=yes}}
#*: {{quote|tft|ibadan saki '''ua'''|t=he '''does not''' feel well|lit=his body '''is not''' feeling well}}
#*: {{quote|tft|ngasisioko giki bariman bato simara ibingun '''ua'''|t=all the believers were '''not''' bewildered}}
#*: {{quote|tft|aku '''ua''' sakali-sakali ana ihoru sosira|t=it is absolutely '''not''' allowed that they paddle earlier}}

====Usage notes====
The verbs {{m|tft|sema|t=to exist}} and {{m|tft|mau|t=to want}} are not negated by ''ua'', which would be ungrammatical. Instead, one uses the verbs {{m|tft|malo|t=to not exist}} and {{m|tft|hodu|t=to not want}}, respectively.

===References===
* {{R:tft:Clercq:1890}}
* {{R:tft:Hayami-Allen:2001}}

==Tongan==
{{cardinalbox|to|1|2|3|taha|tolu|ord=}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|to|poz-pol-pro|*rua}}, from {{inh|to|poz-oce-pro|*rua}}, from {{inh|to|pqe-pro|*dua}}, from {{inh|to|poz-cet-pro|*dua}}, from {{inh|to|poz-pro|*duha}}, from {{inh|to|map-pro|*duSa}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{to-IPA}}

===Numeral===
{{head|to|numeral|cat2=cardinal numbers}}

# [[two]]
#: ''Pamphlets in the Tonga language'', "Koe Hisitolia o Natula", [http://books.google.com/books?id=8ogBAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA58&lpg=PA58 page 58]:
#:: Oku faa vahe ae kalasi huhu kihe faahiga e hiva, o behe:&mdash;
#::: 1. Koe manu nima '''ua''' (Bimana)
#:: There are nine things like parts called the classes which have breasts, like so:&mdash;
#::: 1. The animals with two hands (Bimana)

==Uneapa==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|bbn|poz-oce-pro|*ua}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|bbn|/ua/}}

===Verb===
{{head|bbn|verb}}

# to [[go]]

===Further reading===
* {{cite-book | last = Ross | first = Malcolm D. |authorlink= Malcolm Ross (linguist) |editor=Andrew Pawley |editor2=Meredith Osmond | year =  2003 | title = The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic: Volume 2, The Physical Environment | location = Canberra | publisher = Australian National University | isbn = 978-0-85883-507-8 | oclc = 40267977 }}

==Venetan==

===Alternative forms===
* {{l|vec|ùa}}, {{l|vec|ova}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|vec|la|ūva}}. Compare {{cog|it|uva}}.

===Noun===
{{vec-noun|u|f|a|e}}

# [[grape]]

{{C|vec|Fruits}}

==White Hmong==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|mww|hmx-pro|*ʔəjH|t=to do, work}}.<ref>{{R:hmx-pro:Ratliff 2010|pages=106; 285}}</ref>
{{rfe|mww|Possiblity of a Sinitic borrowing for the Proto-HM term? {{bor|mww|cmn|做|t=to do, perform}} or {{bor|mww|cmn|作|t=id}} seem like good candidates. The correspondence of the ''*ʔs'' in the Old Chinese terms with the ''ʔ'' in the HM proto-form would have to be established, as well as the collapsing of ''gs'' to ''H''.}}

===Pronunciation===
{{mww-pron}}

===Verb===
{{head|mww|verb}}

# to [[do]]
# to [[make]]
# to [[proceed]]
# to [[become]]

===References===
* {{R:mww:Heimbach}}
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