cua

See also: Cua, CUA, của, cưa, cửa, cu-a, and cúa

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin cōda, early monophthongized variant of Latin cauda. Compare Occitan coa, French queue, Spanish cola.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈku.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈku.a]

• Audio:

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Noun

cua f (plural cues)

1. tail
2. queue, (line)

   les italianes es van saltar la cua ― the Italian girls skipped the line

3. ponytail (hairdo)

Derived terms

• capicua
• cua de cavall
• cua de guilla
• cua de guineu
• cua de rabosa
• cua de ventall
• cua-roig
• cuaample
• cuablau
• cuacurt
• cuaespinós
• cuafí
• cuaforcat
• cuallarg
• cuat
• cuejar
• cuereta
• cueta
• saltar-se la cua

 

Further reading

• “cua” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “cua” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• qua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʷa/

Verb

cua

1. (transitive) To eat.

Derived terms

• tlacualli

Franco-Provençal

Noun

cua

1. Alternative form of cova (“tail”)

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kuə˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kuə˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [kuə˧˧]

Etymology 1

Noun

(classifier con) cua • (𧍏, 𧍆, 姑, 𩸰)

1. crab (a crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura)

Derived terms

• càng cua
• cầy móc cua
• chắc như cua gạch
• cua bấy
• cua bể
• cua biển
• cua bò
• cua dẽ
• cua dừa
• cua đá
• cua đồng
• cua gạch
• cua kí cư
• cua nước
• cua óp
• cua thịt
• đầu cua tai nheo
• đồng mắt cua
• nói ngang như cua

 

See also

• dã tràng (“sand-bubbler crab”); ghẹ (“swimming crab”); cúm (“Calappa”)
• càng (“pincer”)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French courtiser or French cour.

Verb

cua

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

   Synonym: cưa

Etymology 3

Borrowed from French cours.

Noun

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.

Adjective

cua

1. (informal) having a buzzcut, crewcut

   đầu húi cua ― a buzzcut haircut

References

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

White Hmong

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /cuə̯˧/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Hmong *cu̯aᶜ (“to chew”), borrowed from Middle Chinese 嚼 (MC dzjak, “to chew”).

Verb

cua

1. to chew hard, bite hard (on something)

   Tus aub cua pob txha. ― The dog chews on bone.

Derived terms

• cua nab (“earthworm”)

 

Etymology 2

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *N-cæwH (“wind”).

Noun

cua (classifier: tw or nthwv (for gusts))

1. the wind

   Cov cua tshuab ceev heev ― The wind blows very fast

   Cov cua twj cuab huv dua cua nruab nroog. ― The air in the suburbs is cleaner than the air in the city.

2. (figuratively) the carrier of death, normally represented by the bamboo carriage made to carry the dead

   Nws lub tsev muaj cua. ― His home has death.

   Nws ua neeb xa cua. ― He performs a shaman ritual to send away death.

Derived terms

• cua daj cua dub (“bad windy storm; hurricane, typhoon”)

 

References

• Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎^[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 18.