kua

kua

1. (anatomy) back
2. burden

kua

1. to chop

Hinde (1904) records kukua (or kuite) as equivalents of English die in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also “Nganyawa dialect” (spoken then in Kitui District) of Kamba kugua as its equivalent.[1]

• IPA^(key): /kua/

kua (infinitive gũkua)

1. to die[2]
2. to break into pieces, to fall into pieces[2]

• (to die): gũtũũra

(Proverbs)

• mũici na mũndũ mũka atigaga kĩeha akua

(Nouns)

• gĩkuũ class 7
• mũkuũ class 1

(Adjectives)

• -kuũ

• (to break into pieces): gwatũka

kua

1. Nonstandard spelling of kuā.
2. Nonstandard spelling of kuǎ.
3. Nonstandard spelling of kuà.

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

• kuen

kua m or f

1. definite feminine singular of ku

From Old Norse kúga. Akin to English cow.

• kue

• IPA^(key): /²kʉːɑ/

kua (present tense kuar, past tense kua, past participle kua, passive infinitive kuast, present participle kuande, imperative ku/kua)

1. to cow, subdue

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʉːɑ/

kua f

1. singular definite of ku

• “kua” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Portuguese qual and Spanish cual.

kua

1. which

kua

1. water

• Roger Blench, Mark Post, (De)classifying Arunachal languages: Reconstructing the evidence (2011)