cua

From Old Occitan, from Vulgar Latin cōda, variant of Latin cauda. Compare Occitan coa.

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈku.ə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈku.a/

cua f (plural cues)

1. tail
2. queue
3. ponytail

• cuejar

• qua

• IPA^(key): /kʷa/

cua

1. (transitive) To eat.

• tlacualli

• cova

From Latin coda.

cua f (plural cues)

1. tail

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kuə˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kuə˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kuə˧˧]

From Proto-Vietic *kua.

(classifier con) cua (蠏, 蛌, 蛄, 𧍏, 𧍆)

1. (zoology) crab

• nói ngang như cua

• càng
• dã tràng
• ghẹ

cua (蠏, 蛌, 蛄, 𧍏, 𧍆)

1. (Southern Vietnam, slang) to take out a girl

• cưa

Borrowed from French cours.

cua

1. (dated, informal) corner, curve, bend (point where a route changes sharply)

   Xe chạy qua cua.

   The car rounded a corner.

2. (informal) period, term, round (period of time required to complete a task)

   theo học một cua ngoại ngữ

   to study a foreign language for a term

   Học mỗi cua ba tháng.

   Each term of study is three months.

cua

1. (informal) having a buzzcut, crewcut

   đầu húi cua

   a buzz-cut head

• "cua" in Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)