una

See also: Appendix:Variations of "una"

Asturian

Asturian cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : una     Ordinal : primeru

Etymology

From Latin ūna, inflected form of ūnus.

Numeral

una f (masculine un or unu)

1. feminine singular of un

Bepour

Noun

una

1. louse

Further reading

• Johannes A. Z'graggen, A comparative word list of the Northern Adelbert Range Languages, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea (1980, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics), cited by transnewguinea.org
• Bepour Swadesh List (The Rosetta Project: A Long Now Foundation Library of Human Language)

Bura

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [úná]

Noun

una

1. salt

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin ūna, feminine of ūnus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈu.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈu.na]

Article

una

1. feminine singular of un

Numeral

una

1. feminine singular of un

Pronoun

una

1. feminine singular of un

Cebuano

Cebuano numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: usá, (Mindanao) isá     Spanish cardinal: uno     Ordinal: una     Adverbial: makausá     Distributive: usa-úsa, tag-usá, tagsa

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *unah, from Proto-Austronesian *(q)uNah.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈuna/
• Hyphenation: una

Numeral

una

1. first; 1st

   Synonyms: ika-1, ikausa

   Ang Mercury ang unang planeta gikan sa adlaw. ― Mercury is the first planet from the sun.

Usage notes

• The suffix -ng is used with the word to modify the word it modifies.

  unang oras ― first hour

Noun

una

1. (comparable) ahead, early

   Siya ang pinakauna nga na-abot. ― He was the very first to arrive.

2. (not comparable) the first place

   Una si Juan, ikaduha si Maria. ― First is John, second is Mary.

3. (not comparable) the first placer: someone or something ranked first place, that is, one who is above all the other ranks

Adverb

una

1. first, firstly; before anything else

   Synonym: una sa tanan

   Dugay na mi naka-uli kay, una, late na man kaayo naabot ang amoang drayber, ikaduha,...

   We didn't arrive home early because, first, our driver arrived very late to take us home, second,...

2. (ordinal adverbial) first time

   Mao ni ang pinakauna nakong sakay sa eroplano. ― This is my very first time on a plane.

Derived terms

• kinaunahan
• mag-una
• mag-unauna
• maunaunahon
• mga sina unang tawo
• mo-una
• pangunahan
• pasiuna
• pauna
• sauna
• sauna nga lugar
• una sa tanan
• una sin otra
• unahan
• unauna
• unaunahon

Corsican

Etymology

From Latin una, feminine of unus. Cognates include Italian una and Spanish una.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈuna/
• Hyphenation: u‧na

Numeral

una

1. feminine singular of unu

Article

una

1. feminine singular of un

Usage notes

• Before a vowel, una becomes un'.

References

• “unu” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

Dongxiang

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Mongolic *una-.

Verb

una

1. to fall

Franco-Provençal

Determiner

una

1. feminine singular of un

Greenlandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /u.na/

Etymology 1

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

Particle

una (plural uku)

1. an enclitic written by hyphenating or by assimilation which indicates to be.

   ujarak-una ― It is a stone.

   kia-una nasaa? or kianna nasaa? ― Whose cap is it?

Etymology 2

From Proto-Inuit *ụ-nạ (“this near the speaker, here it is”), from Proto-Eskimo *u- (“this near, here it is”).

Pronoun

una

1. medial pronoun; that nearby, he/she/it nearby.
   • 1992, Erik Münster (quoting anonymous), "Kinguaassiuutikkut nappaataava", Atuagagdliutit

     Siggunni seerisut tassaapput herpes taakkulu qallunaatut taaguutit nuannarineqartut "forkølelses- imlt. kyssesår" atorneqarput, kiinami tinupasunut seerisunut, pingaartumik siggunni.

     ["Leakings/leakers"? (seerivoq + -toq)] on the mouth are herpes, and the Danish popular [probably a mistranslation of populær, which also means "widely used"] terms "forkølelses- or kyssesår" are used about leaking lumps in the face, especially on the mouth.

   • 1988, “AIDS-INFO”, in Atuagagdliutit:

     Naqitigaaqqat AIDS pillugu paasisitsiniutit Afrikami kujallermi umiarsualivinnut agguaanneqarsimapput umiartortut nappaassuarmut ulorianartumut taassumunnga mianersoqquniarlugit, ...

     Pamphlets informing about AIDS were distributed to harbours in South Africa, so as to warn sailors against this dangerous big disease [nappaassuaq "big disease" might be idiomatic], ...

Declension

Declension of una

	singular	plural
absolutive	una	uku
ergative	uuma	ukua
allative	uumunnga	ukununnga
ablative	uumannga	ukunannga
prosecutive	uumuuna	ukunuuna
locative	uumani	ukunani
instrumental	uuminnga	ukuninnga
equative	uumatut	ukunatut

See also

• manna (“this here”)
• innga (“that yonder”)
• kanna (“that down a medial distance”)
• sanna (“that down a long distance”)
• pinnga (“that up a medial distance”)
• panna (“that up a long distance”)
• qanna (“that in there/out there”)
• anna (“that in the north”)
• kinnga (“that in the south/that outside”)

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse una, from Proto-Germanic *wunāną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʏːna/
• Rhymes: -ʏːna

Verb

una (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative undi, supine unað)

1. (intransitive) to be satisfied, feel happy

   Synonym: líða vel

2. to be satisfied by, to acquiesce in [with dative]
3. (intransitive) to stay, to linger

   Synonym: dveljast

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• una sér vel
• una sér vel staðar
• una sér við

 

Related terms

• venja (“to accustom, to make accustomed”)
• yndi (“joy, happiness, pleasure”)

Italian

Etymology

From Latin ūna, feminine of ūnus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈu.na/
• Rhymes: -una
• Hyphenation: ù‧na

Numeral

una

1. feminine singular of uno

Article

una

1. feminine singular of uno

Pronoun

una

1. feminine singular of uno

Japanese

Romanization

una

1. Rōmaji transcription of うな

Ladin

Adjective

una f

1. one

Ladino

Etymology

From Old Spanish una, from Latin ūna, feminine of ūnus (“one”), from Old Latin oinos, from Proto-Italic *oinos, from Proto-Indo-European *óynos (“one, single”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈuna/

Article

una (Hebrew spelling אונה, plural unas, masculine un)

1. a (feminine singular)

Latin

Etymology

Inflected form of ūnus (“one”)

Pronunciation

• ūna: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈuː.na/, [ˈuːnä]
• ūna: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈu.na/, [ˈuːnä]
• ūnā: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈuː.naː/, [ˈuːnäː]
• ūnā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈu.na/, [ˈuːnä]

Numeral

ūna

1. nominative/vocative feminine singular of ūnus

Numeral

ūnā

1. ablative feminine singular of ūnus

Adverb

ūnā (not comparable)

1. together, simultaneously, at the same time
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.117-118:

     “Vēnātum Aenēās ūnāque miserrima Dīdō
     in nemus īre parant, [...].”

     “Hunting — Aeneas and lovesick Dido, together — they are preparing to go into the woods, [...].”
     (The two characters’ names appear together on a line only at 4.117.)

2. with company, along with
3. at the same place

Usage notes

• Sometimes written as "ūnā cum"

Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

From Igbo ụnụ.

Pronoun

una

1. you all

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin ūna (“one”).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Languedoc):

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Article

una f (masculine un)

1. a, an (feminine singular indefinite article)

Old Tupi

Etymology

From un (“black”, adjective) +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈũ.na]
• Rhymes: -ũna
• Hyphenation: u‧na

Noun

una (possessable, IIa class pluriform, absolute tuna, R1 runa, R2 suna)

1. black
2. blackness
3. darkness

   Synonyms: putumimbyka, putuna, putunusu

Descendants

• Nheengatu: una (adjective)

See also

Colours in Old Tupi (layout · text)
Nouns	piranga	îuba	oby	obyeté	*umbyka	morotinga, tinga	una	tingaíba, pytanga / pyxanga
Adjectives	pirang	îub			*umbyk	moroting, ting	un	tingaíb, pytang / pyxang

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “una”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 498, column 1

Portuguese

Verb

una

1. inflection of unir:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Adjective

una

1. feminine singular of uno

Romagnol

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Central Romagnol): IPA^(key): [ˈuːnɐ]

Numeral

una f

1. feminine of un

   A j’o sôl una sperânza.

   I have only one hope.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Central Romagnol): IPA^(key): [unɐ]

Article

una f

1. feminine of un

   Una dòna la cușéna da magnê’.

   A woman cooks what she eats.

References

Masotti, Adelmo (1996) Vocabolario Romagnolo Italiano [Romagnol-Italian dictionary] (in Italian), Bologna: Zanichelli, page 683

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈuna/

Numeral

una f

1. feminine of unu: one

Pronoun

una

1. nominative/accusative feminine singular of unul

Related terms

• o

Sardinian

Etymology

From Latin ūna, feminine of ūnus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈuna/

Article

una f (masculine unu)

1. (Logudorese, Campidanese, Nuorese) a, an (indefinite article)

Usage notes

• When preceded by cun (Logudorese, Campidanese)/chin (Nuorese) or in, a prothetic [d] is inserted, ortographically realized as d' (e.g. Logudorese cun d'una fémina (“with a woman”)), .

References

• Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes

Sassarese

Etymology

From Latin ūna, feminine of ūnus (“one”), from Old Latin oinos, from Proto-Italic *oinos, from Proto-Indo-European *óynos (“one, single”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈuna/

Article

una f (indefinite, masculine un or unu)

1. a, an

Pronoun

una f (indefinite, masculine un or unu)

1. one, someone, a person

References

• Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈuna/ [ˈu.na]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -una
• Syllabification: u‧na

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin ūna, feminine of ūnus.

Noun

una f (plural unas)

1. feminine of uno

   a la una, a las dos y a las tres

   after three...one, two, three

Derived terms

• de una
• más solo que la una
• una de

 

Article

una f sg

1. feminine singular of un

Determiner

una f sg

1. feminine singular of uno

Pronoun

una f (masculine uno)

1. one (an indefinite plural pronoun using a singular feminine item, used for females)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

una

1. inflection of unir:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “uno”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Swahili

Verb

una

1. inflection of -wa na:
   1. second-person singular present affirmative
   2. m-mi class subject inflected singular present affirmative
   3. u class subject inflected singular present affirmative

Tagalog

Tagalog numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: isa     Spanish cardinal: uno     Ordinal: una, pang-una, ikaisa     Spanish ordinal: primero, primera     Ordinal abbreviation: ika-1, pang-1     Adverbial: minsan     Multiplier: isang ibayo     Distributive: tig-isa, isahan, isa-isa     Restrictive: iisa     Fractional: buo
Tagalog Wikipedia article on 1

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *unah, from Proto-Austronesian *(q)uNah. False cognate of Spanish una.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔuna/ [ˈʔuː.n̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -una
• Syllabification: u‧na

Adjective

una (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜈ)

1. first (ahead of others)

   Synonyms: pang-una, nauna

2. earliest

   Synonyms: pinakauna, kauna-unahan

3. foremost; ranking before others (in quality, rank, etc.)

   Synonyms: pangunahin, primera

Derived terms

• ipagpauna
• ipauna
• iuna
• kauna-unahan
• kaunahan
• mag-una
• mag-unahan
• mag-unlapi
• magpauna
• makauna
• manguna
• mangunang-bait
• mauna
• maunahan
• muna
• nauna
• noong una
• noong unang panahon
• pag-una
• pag-unahan
• pagkauna
• pang-una
• panguna
• pangunahan
• pangunahin
• pangunahing batis
• pangunahing uri
• pangunguna
• pangungunang-bait
• pauna
• paunahan
• paunahin
• paunang bayad
• paunang salita
• pinakauna
• sa una
• sa una pa
• sauna
• saunahin
• sinauna
• tagapagpauna
• tagapanguna
• una sa lahat
• una-una
• una-unahan
• unahan
• unahin
• Unang Digmaang Pandaigdig
• Unang Ginang
• unang pag-ibig
• unlapi
• unlapian
• unlapiin

 

See also

• uno

Adverb

una (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜈ)

1. for the first time
2. before any other thing or person; at the beginning

   Synonyms: sa simula, sa umpisa

Noun

una (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜈ)

1. first in a series

   Synonyms: pang-una, nauna

2. first (of a person, thing, kind, rank, etc.)

   Synonyms: pang-una, nauna

Further reading

• “una”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈu.na]

Pronoun

una (subject clitic o, possessive prefix i, Jawi ؤن)

1. (masculine) third-person singular pronoun, he

Usage notes

Dialectally, una may collocate with the possessive prefix ai in place of i.

See also

Ternate personal pronouns

	independent			subject proclitic		possessive
	Informal	Formal
1st person singular	ngori	fangarem, fajaruf		to		ri
2nd person singular	ngana	ngoni, jou ngoni		no		ni
3rd person singular	unam, minaf			om, mof, inh		im, mif, manh
1st person plural inclusive	ngone			fo		na, nga
1st person plural exclusive	ngomi	fangare ngomim, fajaru ngomif, fara ngomi1		mi		mi, mia
2nd person plural	ngoni			ni		na, nia
3rd person plural	anah, enanh			ih, nh, yoh, †, yanh, †		nah, ngah, manh

• unmarked pronouns are gender non-specific
• m - masculine, f - feminine, h - human, nh - non-human
• 1 - for mixed-gender groups
• † - archaic

References

• Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Welsh

Alternative forms

• unaf (first-person singular future)
• uniff (colloquial, third-person singular future)
• unith (colloquial, third-person singular future)

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɨ̞na/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈiːna/, /ˈɪna/

Verb

una

1. inflection of uno:
   1. first-person singular future colloquial
   2. third-person singular future literary
   3. second-person singular imperative

Mutation

Mutated forms of una

radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
una	unchanged	unchanged	huna

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.