nua

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nua"

Catalan

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈnu.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈnu.a]
• Rhymes: -ua

Adjective

nua f sg

1. feminine singular of nu

Etymology 2

Verb

nua

1. inflection of nuar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Gbari

Noun

nua

1. water

References

• Frank Edgar, A Grammar of the Gbari Language, page 94

Irish

Alternative forms

• nuadh (nonstandard)

Etymology

From Middle Irish núa, from Old Irish nuae, from Proto-Celtic *nowiyos (compare Welsh newydd, Breton nevez), from Proto-Indo-European *néwyos (“new”).

Pronunciation

• (Cork) IPA^(key): /n̪ˠoː/
• (Kerry) IPA^(key): /n̪ˠuə/
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /n̪ˠuː/

Adjective

nua (genitive singular feminine nuaí, comparative nuaí)

1. new; fresh, recent, novel

Declension

Declension of nua

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine
nominative	nua	nua	nua
vocative	nua		nua
genitive		nuaí	strong noun	weak noun
			nua	nua
dative	nua	nua	nua
Comparative	níos nuaí
Superlative	is nuaí

Derived terms

• Albain Nua f (“Nova Scotia”)
• Droichead Nua (“Newbridge, Co. Kildare”)
• nua-aimseartha (“modern”, adjective)
• nua-aoiseach (“modern”, adjective)
• nuabheirthe (“newborn”, adjective)
• nuafhocal m (“neologism”)
• nuaphósta (“newlywed”, adjective)
• Sasana Nua f (“New England”)
• Tiomna Nua m (“New Testament”)

Related terms

• nuacht f (“news”)

Noun

nua m (genitive singular nua)

1. newness; new thing

Declension

Declension of nua (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative nua vocative a nua genitive nua dative nua forms with the definite article case singular nominative an nua genitive an nua dative leis an nua don nua

Related terms

• adhnua m (“novelty”)

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “núa, núae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “nua”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “nua”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “nua”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin nūdam.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnu.a/
• Rhymes: -ua

Adjective

nua

1. feminine singular of nuu

Descendants

• Galician: núa
• Portuguese: nua

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnu.ɐ/

• Rhymes: -uɐ
• Hyphenation: nu‧a

Adjective

nua

1. feminine singular of nu

Rapa Nui

Noun

nua

1. mother

Usage notes

Considered archaic. Modern usage is matu'a vahine or matu'a poreko.

Shuar

Alternative forms

• núa

Noun

nua

1. woman, person of female sex

Coordinate terms

• aishmank

References

• Chicham: Dictionario Enciclopédico Shuar-Castellano
• George Saad (2014) A Grammar Sketch of Shuar (Thesis)‎^[1], Radboud University Nijmegen, page 25

Uab Meto

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha.

Numeral

nua

1. two

Vietnamese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

nua • (奴)

1. (only in compounds) old; aged

See also

• già nua