sua

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sua"

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Translingual

Symbol

sua

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Sulka.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Sulka terms

Akan

Verb

sua (Twi)

1. to learn, study, acquire

   Meresua Twi. ― I'm learning Twi.

2. to be small, little
3. to be young

Balinese

Alternative forms

• swa

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit स्व (sva).

Pronoun

sua (Balinese script ᬲ᭄ᬯ)

1. (possessive) his/her own
2. of self

Noun

sua (Balinese script ᬲ᭄ᬯ)

1. one's self

Etymology 2

From Sanskrit श्वा (śvā, “dog”, nom. sg.).

Noun

sua (Balinese script ᬰ᭄ᬯ)

1. dog

Catalan

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Pronoun

sua

1. (archaic, Northern, Alghero)
   1. feminine singular of seu
   2. feminine singular of sou

Etymology 2

Verb

sua

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

Finnish

Pronoun

sua

1. (colloquial) partitive singular of sä

   Synonym: sinua

Anagrams

• U.S.A., USA, asu

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɥa/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

  (file)

Verb

sua

1. third-person singular past historic of suer

Anagrams

• usa

Galician

Verb

sua

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

Garo

Verb

sua

1. to bite (of an animal)

Ido

Etymology

From su +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sua/

Determiner

sua (plural sui)

1. his, hers, its, their

   Il amas sua patrino. ― He loves his mother.

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈsua/ [ˈsu.a]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: su‧a

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay sua.

Verb

sua (active menyua, reflexive passive tersua, ordinary passive disua, imperative sua, emphatic-jussive sualah)

1. to face, to confront

Derived terms

• bersua
• mempersuakan
• menyua
• persuaan
• tersua

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Moronene [Term?].

Noun

sua (plural sua-sua)

1. crowbar made of wood or bamboo [since 2020]

Further reading

• “sua”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Inupiaq

Alternative forms

• suna, su

Pronoun

sua (Kobuk)

1. what

   Sua pisukpiuŋ? ― What do you want?

Italian

Etymology

From Latin sua.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsu.a/
• Rhymes: -ua
• Hyphenation: sù‧a

Pronoun

sua

1. feminine singular of suo

Determiner

sua

1. feminine singular of suo

Anagrams

• Usa, usa

Latin

Pronunciation

• sua:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈsu.a]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈsuː.a]
• suā:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈsu.aː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈsuː.a]

Pronoun

sua

1. inflection of suus:
   1. nominative singular feminine
   2. nominative/accusative plural neuter

Pronoun

suā

1. ablative singular feminine of suus

References

• "sua", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Macanese

Alternative forms

• (more common) sa

Etymology

From Portuguese sua (“her, belonging to her”), feminine form of seu. Semantically derived from Cantonese 嘅 (ge³, possessive marker).

Particle

sua

1. alternative form of sa: possessive particle

Usage notes

• According to native speakers, sa is more commonly used than sua.
• The particle is not inflected for gender.

Related terms

• su

See also

Macanese personal pronouns and possessives

	person	pronoun	possessive
singular	first	iou, io, mi*, ieu*	iou-sa, iou-sua#, minha, io-sa, io-sua#
	second	vôs	vôs-sa, vôsso, su, vôs-sua#
	third	êle, êla*	êle-sa, su, êle-sua#
plural	first	nôs, nosôtro*	nôs-sa, nôsso, nôs-sua#
	second	vosôtro	vosôtro-sa, su, vosôtro-sua#
	third	ilôtro, elôtro*, olôtro*, ulôtro*	ilôtro-sa, su, ilôtro-sua#
reflexive (all persons)		onçóm	su, onçóm-sa*, onçóm-sua#

# Dated.   * Rare.

References

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

Malay

Etymology

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

Verb

sua (Jawi spelling سوا)

1. (archaic) to thrust or shove something in front of someone

   Synonym: tujah

2. (rare) to hand over or give to someone

   Synonym: beri

Verb

bersua

1. to meet with or come across someone

   Synonyms: jumpa, temu

2. (archaic) to confront, to face

   Synonyms: lawan, tanding

References

• Pijnappel, Jan (1875), “سوا soewa”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 35
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901), “سو suwa”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 419
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “sua”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 489

Further reading

• "sua" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
  (also see "sua" at PRPM first version)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

sua f

1. definite singular of su

Old Catalan

Etymology

From Latin sua.

Adjective

sua

1. feminine singular of sou

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

• sa (atonic)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin sua.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsu.a/, [ˈs̺u.a]
• Rhymes: -ua

Pronoun

sua

1. feminine singular of seu; her

Descendants

• Galician: súa
• Portuguese: sua

Further reading

• Universo Cantigas - "sua"

Papiamentu

Alternative forms

• swa (alternative spelling)

Etymology

From Dutch zwager (“brother-in-law”).

Noun

sua

1. friend, pal, comrade
2. brother-in-law

Paraguayan Guarani

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a

Numeral

sua

1. million

Derived terms

• suaha

References

• Canese, Natalia Krivoshein de; Alcaraz, Feliciano Acosta (2016), “sua”, in Ñe’ẽryru [Dictionary] (overall work in Spanish), Asunción: Instituto Superior de Lenguas, →ISBN, page 101, column 2

Plautdietsch

Etymology

From Middle Low German sûr, from Old Saxon sūr, from Proto-West Germanic *sūr.

Adjective

sua (comparative suara, superlative suaschta)

1. sour

Derived terms

• Gaulsua
• Suabroot
• Suadieech
• Suakjoasch
• Suakomst
• Suaromp
• Suastoff
• vesuaren

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsu.ɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsu.ɐ/

• (São Miguel, Azores) IPA^(key): [ˈsyɐ]

• Audio (Brazil (São Paulo)):

  (file)

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -uɐ
• Hyphenation: su‧a

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese sua, from Latin sua. Cognate with Galician súa.

Determiner

sua

1. feminine singular of seu
   • 2003, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix [Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix] (Harry Potter; 5), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 294:

     [...] o único professor presente quando entraram [na sala de aula] era Binns, [...] preparando-se para continuar sua monótona lengalenga sobre a guerra dos gigantes.

     [...] the only present teacher when they entered [the classroom] was Binns, [...] preparing to continue his monotonous explanation about the giants' war.

   • 2003, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix [Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix] (Harry Potter; 5), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 436:

     Você pode usar sua varinha para tentar me desarmar, ou para se defender de qualquer outra maneira que consiga pensar.

     You may use your wand to try to disarm me, or to defend yourself in any other way that you can think of.

   • 2005, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 163:

     Conserte isso, sua imprestável, conserte isso!

     Fix that, you worthless person, fix that!

Pronoun

sua

1. feminine singular of seu

Noun

sua

1. feminine of seu

See also

Portuguese possessives

			singular possessum		plural possessum
			masculine	feminine	masculine	feminine
singular possessor	first person		meu	minha	meus	minhas
	second person		teu	tua	teus	tuas
	third person	any	seu	sua	seus	suas
		m	dele
		f	dela
plural possessor	first person		nosso	nossa	nossos	nossas
	second person		vosso	vossa	vossos	vossas
	third person	any	seu	sua	seus	suas
		m	deles
		f	delas

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

sua

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

Romansh

Alternative forms

• suga (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan)
• suja (Sutsilvan)
• soua (Surmiran)

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin, Late Latin soca. Compare Friulian soe, Venetan soga, Albanian shokë, French suage, Spanish and Portuguese soga.

Noun

sua f (plural suas)

1. (Puter, Vallader) rope

Sassarese

Alternative forms

• sui (dialectal)

Etymology

Inherited from Classical Latin sūs, suem (“pig”), from Proto-Italic *sūs, derived from Proto-Indo-European *suH- (“pig, hog, swine”). Compare Logudorese sue, Nuorese sughe.

Pronunciation

• (Turritan) IPA^(key): /ˈsua/

Noun

sua f (plural sui)

1. sow (female pig)

Related terms

• suili (dialectal)

See also

• porchu
• verru

References

• Rubattu, Antoninu (2006), Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes
• Giosue Muzzo (1981), Vocabolario del dialetto sassarese, Chiarella Editore, →ISBN; republished, Sassari: Carlo Delfino editore, 2018, page 170
• Ugo Solinas (2016), Vocabolario sassarese-italiano fraseologico ed etimologico, volume 2, Sestu: Domus de Janas, →ISBN, page 1089

Swahili

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu [Term?].

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Verb

-sua (infinitive kusua)

1. to spit, rinse

Conjugation

Conjugation of -sua
Positive present -nasua Subjunctive -sue Negative -sui Imperative singular sua
Infinitives
Positive kusua Negative kutosua
Imperatives
Singular sua Plural sueni
Tensed forms
Habitual husua Positive past positive subject concord + -lisua Negative past negative subject concord + -kusua
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nasua) Singular Plural 1st person ninasua/nasua tunasua 2nd person unasua mnasua 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anasua wanasua other classes positive subject concord + -nasua
Negative present (negative subject concord + -sui) Singular Plural 1st person sisui hatusui 2nd person husui hamsui 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hasui hawasui other classes negative subject concord + -sui
Positive future positive subject concord + -tasua Negative future negative subject concord + -tasua
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -sue) Singular Plural 1st person nisue tusue 2nd person usue msue 3rd person m-wa(I/II) asue wasue other classes positive subject concord + -sue
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sisue Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngesua Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singesua Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalisua Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalisua
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -asua) Singular Plural 1st person nasua twasua 2nd person wasua mwasua 3rd person m-wa(I/II) asua wasua m-mi(III/IV) wasua yasua ji-ma(V/VI) lasua yasua ki-vi(VII/VIII) chasua vyasua n(IX/X) yasua zasua u(XI) wasua see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwasua pa(XVI) pasua mu(XVIII) mwasua
Perfect positive subject concord + -mesua "Already" positive subject concord + -meshasua "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jasua "If/When" positive subject concord + -kisua "If not" positive subject concord + -siposua Consecutive kasua / positive subject concord + -kasua Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kasue
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nisua -tusua 2nd person -kusua -wasua/-kusueni/-wasueni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -msua -wasua m-mi(III/IV) -usua -isua ji-ma(V/VI) -lisua -yasua ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kisua -visua n(IX/X) -isua -zisua u(XI) -usua see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kusua pa(XVI) -pasua mu(XVIII) -musua Reflexive -jisua
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -sua- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -suaye -suao m-mi(III/IV) -suao -suayo ji-ma(V/VI) -sualo -suayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -suacho -suavyo n(IX/X) -suayo -suazo u(XI) -suao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -suako pa(XVI) -suapo mu(XVIII) -suamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -sua) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yesua -osua m-mi(III/IV) -osua -yosua ji-ma(V/VI) -losua -yosua ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chosua -vyosua n(IX/X) -yosua -zosua u(XI) -osua see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kosua pa(XVI) -posua mu(XVIII) -mosua
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsu.a]

Verb

sua

1. (transitive) to comb hair

Conjugation

Conjugation of sua

		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		tosua	fosua	misua
2nd person		nosua	nisua
3rd person	masculine	osua	isua yosua (archaic)
	feminine	mosua
	neuter	isua

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Tok Pisin

Etymology 1

From English sore.

Noun

sua

1. sore; wound

Derived terms

• marasin bilong klinim sua (“antiseptic”)

Etymology 2

From English shore.

Noun

sua

1. shore