rua

See also: Rua, rúa, ruà, ruá, rũa, rủa, rữa, and rửa

Languages (36)

Anuta • 'Are'are • Balinese • Bariai • Catalan • Fijian • Franco-Provençal • French • Galician • Garo • Indonesian • Irish • Italian • Kristang • Leonese • Macanese • Makasar • Mandarin • Maori • Norwegian Nynorsk • Occitan • Old Galician-Portuguese • Palu'e • Portuguese • Rapa Nui • Rarotongan • Ratahan • Rotuman • Sardinian • Sotho • Ternate • Tetum • Ujir • Uneapa • Uruava • Venetan

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Anuta

Numeral

rua

1. two

'Are'are

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *rua, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *dua, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *dua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

Numeral

rua

1. two

References

• Kateřina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

Balinese

Romanization

rua

1. Romanization of ᬭ᭄ᬯ

Bariai

Numeral

rua

1. two

References

• Steve Gallagher, Peirce Baehr, Bariai Grammar Sketch (2005)

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin rūga (“wrinkle”). Doublet of ruga.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

rua f (plural rues)

1. (archaic) street

   Synonym: carrer

2. pack, line

   Synonyms: corrua, colla

3. parade

   Synonyms: desfilada, cavalcada

   rua de carnaval ― Carnival parade

Related terms

• arruga

Further reading

• “rua” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Fijian

Fijian cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : rua

Etymology

From Proto-Central Pacific *rua, from Proto-Oceanic *rua, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *dua, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *dua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

Numeral

rua

1. two

Franco-Provençal

Noun

rua (Old Fribourgeois)

1. Alternative form of roua (“wheel”)

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “rŏta”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 10: R, page 490

French

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Verb

rua

1. third-person singular past historic of ruer

Galician

Verb

rua

1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of ruar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Garo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾua/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Bodo-Garo *ru¹-a (“axe”).

Noun

rua

1. axe

Etymology 2

Verb

rua

1. to pour slowly and carefully
2. to take down; to take apart

Etymology 3

Alternative forms

• roa

Noun

rua

1. rice seedling after removal from seedbed or after transplanting

Etymology 4

Alternative forms

• roa

Verb

rua

1. to mate (of animals)

Etymology 5

Alternative forms

• roa

Verb

rua

1. to dance

Indonesian

Etymology 1

From Portuguese rua (“street”), from Old Galician-Portuguese rua (“street”), from or influenced by Old French rue (Modern French rue) or Old Spanish rua (Modern Spanish rúa), from Vulgar Latin *ruga (“furrow, path, street”), from Latin ruga (“wrinkle”), from Proto-Indo-European *krewp- (“to become encrusted”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrua̯]
• Hyphenation: rua

Noun

rua

1. (rare) street.

   Synonym: jalan

Etymology 2

Unknown, probably same as above.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrua̯]
• Hyphenation: rua

Adjective

rua

1. (obsolete) wide.

   Synonym: lebar

Alternative forms

• ruwa

Further reading

• “rua” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Irish

Alternative forms

• ruadh (superseded)

Etymology

From Old Irish rúad, from Proto-Celtic *roudos (compare Welsh rhudd), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- (compare Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός (eruthrós), Sanskrit रुधिर (rudhirá), Old English rēad).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾˠuə/

Adjective

rua (genitive singular masculine rua, genitive singular feminine rua or ruaí, comparative rua or ruacha)

1. red(-haired)

   Synonyms: ceannrua, fionnrua, foltrua, ruafholtach

2. reddish-brown, russet, copper brown
3. wild, fierce; rough, strong

Declension

Declension of rua

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	rua	rua	rua
vocative	rua		rua
genitive		rua	rua	rua
dative	rua	rua	rua
Comparative	níos rua
Superlative	is rua

• Alternative genitive singular feminine: ruaí (dialectal)
• Alternative comparative: ruacha (Cois Fharraige)

Derived terms

• arán rua m (“brown bread”)
• cangarú rua m (“red kangaroo”)
• ceannrua (“redheaded”, adjective)
• donnrua (“brick red”, adjective)
• fia rua m (“red deer”)
• garal rua m (“red goral”)
• giolla rua m (“gillaroo”)
• lionn rua
• madra rua m (“fox”)
• Ruadhán
• Ruairí
• ruán m (“rudd; buckwheat”)
• ruóg
• siorc rua m (“copper shark”)

 

Noun

rua m (genitive singular rua, nominative plural ruanna)

1. red-haired person, redhead
2. reddish-brown, russet, colour

Declension

Declension of rua (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative rua ruanna vocative a rua a ruanna genitive rua ruanna dative rua ruanna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an rua na ruanna genitive an rua na ruanna dative leis an rua don rua leis na ruanna

Noun

an rua f (genitive singular rua)

1. (pathology) the rose, erysipelas

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “rua”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “rua”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “rua”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈru.a/
• Rhymes: -ua
• Hyphenation: rù‧a

Noun

rua f (plural rue)

1. Alternative form of ruga

Anagrams

• -ura, Aru

Kristang

Etymology

From Portuguese rua.

Noun

rua

1. road; route; street

Leonese

Etymology

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

Noun

rua f (plural ruas)

1. street, road

References

• AEDLL

Macanese

Etymology

From Portuguese rua.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɾuɐ/

Noun

rua

1. street

   na meo di rua ― in the middle of the street

   tambâ buraco di rua ― to fill in the hole in the street

   atâi di rua ― uneducated boy (literally, “boy of the street”)

Usage notes

• Some usages of rua are calques of Cantonese usages; for example, vai rua is a calque of Cantonese 出街 (ceot¹ gaai¹), while andâ rua is a calque of Cantonese 行街 (haang⁴ gaai¹).

Derived terms

• andâ rua (“to stroll around the streets”)
• vai rua (“to go out”, literally “to go street”)
• varê rua (“to always stay outside”, literally “to sweep the street”)

References

• https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm

Makasar

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrua]

Numeral

rua (Lontara spelling ᨑᨘᨕ)

1. two

Mandarin

Romanization

rua

1. Nonstandard spelling of ruá.

Usage notes

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Maori

Maori cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : rua

Etymology 1

From Proto-Eastern Polynesian *rua, from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *rua, from Proto-Polynesian *rua, from Proto-Oceanic *rua, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *dua, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *dua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

Numeral

rua

1. two

Etymology 2

From Proto-Eastern Polynesian [Term?], from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian [Term?], from Proto-Polynesian [Term?] (compare with Hawaiian lua), from Proto-Oceanic [Term?], from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian [Term?], from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *luaŋ (compare Malay luang (“gap”) and lubang (“hole”), Tagalog luwang (“vast space”)) or *liaŋ ((compare with Malay liang (“pore”)).

Noun

rua

1. pit
2. cavity

Further reading

• “rua” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

rua f

1. definite singular of rue

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan rua, from Latin ruga.

Noun

rua f (plural ruas)

1. (Limousin) street

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *ruga (“furrow, path, street”) (likely through or influenced by Old French rue), from Latin ruga (“wrinkle”), from Proto-Indo-European *krewp- (“to become encrusted”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈru.a/
• Rhymes: -ua

Noun

rua f (plural ruas)

1. street
   • 1525-1526, Cancioneiro da Biblioteca Nacional, João de Gaia, B 1433: Vosso pai na rua (facsimile)

     Vosso pay na Rua / anta porta sua

     Your dad [is] on the street / before your door

   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 34 (facsimile):

     Hṽa omage pintada na rua siya / en tauoa mui bẽ feita de ſanta Maria.

     There was in the street a well-made icon of Holy Mary, painted on wood.

Descendants

• Galician: rúa
• Portuguese: rua

Further reading

• Universo Cantigas - "rua"

Palu'e

Etymology

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *dua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

Numeral

rua

1. two

Portuguese

rua

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁu.ɐ/ [ˈhu.ɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁu.ɐ/ [ˈhu.ɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁu.ɐ/ [ˈχu.ɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁu.a/ [ˈhu.a]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁu.ɐ/

• Rhymes: -uɐ
• Hyphenation: ru‧a

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese rua (“street”), from or influenced by Old French rue (Modern French rue) or Old Spanish rua (Modern Spanish rúa), from Vulgar Latin *ruga (“furrow, path, street”), from Latin ruga (“wrinkle”), from Proto-Indo-European *krewp- (“to become encrusted”). Cognate with Galician rúa. Doublet of ruga.

Noun

rua f (plural ruas)

2. street; road (paved path)

   Eu moro na rua da Igreja.

   I live on Church Street.

   Olha para os dois lados antes de atravessar a rua.

   Look both ways before you cross the street.

4. streets (urban areas outside buildings)

   O mendigo mora na rua.

   The beggar lives in the streets.

Derived terms

• ruazinha
• ruela

 

Interjection

rua!

2. out! (strong, impolite demand for someone to leave)

   Synonyms: andor, fora

Etymology 2

Verb

rua

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

Rapa Nui

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɾu.a/
• Hyphenation: ru‧a

Etymology 1

Rapa Nui cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : rua     Compound form : piti

From Proto-Eastern Polynesian *rua. Cognates include Hawaiian lua and Maori rua.

Numeral

rua

1. two

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *lua. Cognates include Samoan lua and Tokelauan lua.

Verb

rua

1. (intransitive) to vomit

References

• Veronica Du Feu (1996) Rapanui (Descriptive Grammars), Routledge, →ISBN, page 207
• Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui‎^[2], Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 147

Rarotongan

Rarotongan cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : rua

Etymology

From Proto-Eastern Polynesian *rua, from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *rua, from Proto-Polynesian *rua, from Proto-Oceanic *rua, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *dua, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *dua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

Numeral

rua

1. two

Ratahan

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

Numeral

rua

1. two

Rotuman

Rotuman cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : rua

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *rua, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *dua, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *dua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

Numeral

rua

1. two

Sardinian

Alternative forms

• ruga

Etymology

From Latin rūga.

Noun

rua f (plural ruas)

1. street

Sotho

Verb

rua

1. to be rich

Ternate

Etymology

r- +‎ ua

Adverb

rua

1. not anymore, no longer

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001). A Descriptive Study of the Language of Ternate, the Northern Moluccas, Indonesia. University of Pittsburgh.

Tetum

Etymology

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *dua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

Numeral

rua

1. two

Ujir

Numeral

rua

1. two

References

• Antoinette Schapper, Marian Klamer, Numeral systems in the Alor-Pantar languages

Uneapa

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *rua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rua/

Numeral

rua

1. two

Further reading

• Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)

Uruava

Numeral

rua

1. two

Further reading

• Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)
• ABVD

Venetan

Etymology 1

From Latin rota. Compare Italian ruota.

Alternative forms

• roda

Noun

rua f (plural rue)

1. wheel
2. tyre

Etymology 2

From Latin rūta, from Ancient Greek ῥυτή (rhutḗ). Compare Italian ruta.

Noun

rua f (plural rue)

1. rue (plant)