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qua
English
Etymology 1
From Latin qu? (“in the capacity of”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kw??/
- Rhymes: -??
- IPA(key): /kwe?/
- Rhymes: -e?
Preposition
qua
- as; in the capacity of
- 1954: Gilbert Ryle, Dilemmas: The Tarner Lectures, 1953, dilemma vii: Perception, page 99 (The Syndics of the Cambridge University Press)
- As anatomy, physiology and, later, psychology have developed into more or less well-organized sciences, they have necessarily and rightly come to incorporate the study of, among other things, the structures, mechanisms, and functionings of animal and human bodies qua percipient.
- 1962: Norman Malcolm; Dreaming; chapter nine: “Judgments in Sleep”, page 39{1}; chapter twelve: “The Concept of Dreaming”, page 68{2} (1977 paperback reprint; Routledge & Kegan Paul; ISBN 0?7100?3836?4 (c), 0?7100?8434?X (p))
- {1} For sleep qua sleep has no experiential content: it cannot turn out, as remarked before, that a man was not asleep because he was not having some experience or other.
- {2} I am denying that a dream qua dream is a seeming, appearance or ‘semblance of reality’.
- 2003: Roy Porter, Flesh in the Age of Reason, page 458 (Penguin, 2004)
- It was qua poet that Byron resurrected the exploded and discarded immortal Christian soul by bodying it forth through the notion of soul conceived as poetic imagination.
- 2005: Ulfelder, Jay.Collective Action and the Breakdown of Authoritarian Regimes. International Political Science Review, 26(3), p318. Retrieved 1615 240810 from http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdfplus/30039035.pdf?acceptTC=true.
- "In essence, military regimes are autocracies in which the military qua organization performs many of the functions performed by the ruling party in single-party regimes."
- 2009: Ken Levy, Killing, Letting Die, and the Case for Mildly Punishing Bad Samaritanism, Georgia Law Review, p. 24.
- Blame qua attitude is the feeling or belief that an individual has committed a wrongdoing, usually a wrongful action and/or harm, and can be reasonably expected not to have committed this wrongdoing. Blame qua practice is the public expression of this attitude – usually by means of censure (written or verbal criticism) or punishment. Generally, the morally worse the wrongdoing, the more severe the censure/punishment.
- 1954: Gilbert Ryle, Dilemmas: The Tarner Lectures, 1953, dilemma vii: Perception, page 99 (The Syndics of the Cambridge University Press)
Translations
Etymology 2
Imitative.
Interjection
qua
- The cawing sound of a crow.
- 1909, The Country Gentleman (volume 74, page 266)
- Crows have a language of their own in a wild state that any observant person can learn. […] Then he would straighten his head back and, with the most comical bowing and wagging, say: "Qua qua qua, qua qua qua" for perhaps a minute.
- 1909, The Country Gentleman (volume 74, page 266)
Anagrams
- QAU, UAQ
Classical Nahuatl
Verb
qua
- Alternative spelling of cua
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kva?/, [k?væ??]
- Rhymes: -a?
Conjunction
qua
- as, qua (in the capacity of)
- (as a preposition) by virtue of (because of)
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -a?
Preposition
qua
- regarding, concerning, in terms of
Synonyms
- wat ... betreft
German
Etymology
Latin qu?
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kva?/
Preposition
qua
- (formal) by
- Synonyms: durch, mittels, kraft
- 2018, Kevin Rick, Verbraucherpolitik in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Nomos Verlag (?ISBN), page 84:
- Die Regierung von Individuen oder Kollektiven, sei es qua Verordnung oder qua Appell, ist deshalb stets an das „Regieren des Selbst“ gekoppelt, an durch das Subjekt aktiv anzueignende Selbsttechniken bzw. Technologien des Selbst.
Usage notes
Sometimes used with the genitive:
Further reading
- “qua” in Duden online
- “qua” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from French qui, que, Italian che, Spanish que, ultimately from Latin qu? / quid.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kwa/
Pronoun
qua (plural qui)
- (relative pronoun) which
- (interrogative pronoun) who
- (direct question)
- (indirect question)
Determiner
qua
- (interrogative determiner) what
Derived terms
- quo (“what (thing)”)
- qui (“who (plural)”)
- pro quo (“why”)
See also
- ube (“where”)
- kande (“when”)
- quala (“what kind of”)
- quale (“how”)
- quanta (“how much”)
- quanto (“quantity”)
Italian
Alternative forms
- quà (misspelling)
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *(ec)cu hac, from Latin eccum + hac. Cognate with Portuguese cá, Spanish acá, French çà.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kwa/
- Rhymes: -a
Adverb
qua
- here
- Synonym: qui
Usage notes
For differences between qui / qua, see notes at qui.
Derived terms
- quassù
- quaggiù
See also
- là, lì
Latin
Etymology 1
Adverb declined from qu?.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /k?a/, [k?ä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kwa/, [kw?]
Adverb
qu? (not comparable)
- On which side, at or in which place, in what direction, where, by what way (qua...ea...)
- as; in the capacity or character of
- In so far as
- In what way, how, by what method; to what degree or extent
Related terms
Etymology 2
Inflection of qu? (“who, which”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /k?a?/, [k?ä?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kwa/, [kw?]
Pronoun
qu?
- ablative feminine singular of qu?
Etymology 3
Inflection of quis (“anyone, something, anyone, anything”).
Pronoun
qua
- nominative feminine singular of quis
- nominative neuter plural of quis
- accusative neuter plural of quis
Usage notes
- 'qua' is commonly used for 'quae' in the above forms of the indefinite variant of the pronoun 'quis'.
References
- qua in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- qua in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- qua in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- Allen, Joseph Henry; Greenough, James B. (1903) Allen and Greenough's New Latin grammar for schools and colleges: founded on comparative grammar, Boston: Ginn and Company, § 149
Min Nan
Etymology
The suffix has been used since around the 17th and 18th century. Since "hong" (?) merchants were technically officials of the lowest (9th) rank, the suffix qua was added to their names in honour of their positions in the Qing government.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kuã??]
Suffix
qua (POJ koa?, traditional and simplified ?)
- Irregular romanization of of koa? (“official”)
Usage notes
- Formerly added to names of hong merchants (i.e. "Powqua," "Chinqua").
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Latin qu?.
Preposition
qua
- qua; as, in capacity of
References
- “qua” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “qua” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Latin qu?.
Preposition
qua
- qua; as, in capacity of
References
- “qua” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Romansch
Adverb
qua
- here
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà N?i) IPA(key): [kwa???]
- (Hu?) IPA(key): [kwa???]
- (H? Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [wa???]
Etymology 1
Sino-Vietnamese word from ? (“pass”). Doublet of quá.
Preposition
qua
- through, across, by
Adjective
qua
- last
Verb
qua • (?)
- (intransitive) To be gone.
- (intransitive) To cross.
Etymology 2
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese ? (SV: ngã).
Pronoun
qua
- (archaic, men's speech or Southern Vietnam) I; me
Derived terms
- b?ng qua
- ?i qua
References
- An Chi (17 March 2019). "L?t léo ch? ngh?a: Ngu?n g?c c?a ??i t? QUA". Thanh Niên.
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dua
English
Noun
dua (uncountable)
- Alternative spelling of du'a'
Anagrams
- ADU, AUD, Adu, Au.D., DAU, UDA, Uda, aud., dau
Akan
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [düíà]
Noun
dua
- tail
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [düìá]
Noun
dua
- tree
References
- 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.
Albanian
Alternative forms
- due (Gheg)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?dua]
Etymology 1
From Old Albanian duo, from either:
- Proto-Albanian *d?usnja, from Proto-Indo-European *?eus- (compare English choose, Greek ????? (géfsi, “taste”), Italian gustare (“to taste”)); or
- *du?m, from Proto-Albanian *du?s-mi, from Proto-Indo-European *deus- (compare English tire, Ancient Greek ??????? (deúomai, “to lack”)).
Verb
dua (first-person singular past tense desha, participle dashur)
- I want
- I love
Conjugation
Usage notes
- të dua
Derived terms
Related terms
- duhem
References
Etymology 2
From Proto-Albanian *d?ma, from Proto-Indo-European *deh1-mn, from the root *dh1 (“band”). Cognate to Ancient Greek -???? (-d?ma, “band”) and Sanskrit ????? (d??man-, “band”).
Noun
dua m
- sheaf
Azerbaijani
Etymology
From Arabic ??????? (du???).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [du.?]
Noun
dua (definite accusative duan?, plural dualar)
- prayer
Declension
Derived terms
- dua etm?k
Banjarese
Etymology
From Proto-Malayic *dua, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *dua, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *dua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.
Numeral
dua
- two
Breton
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
dua (mutated o tua)
- to blacken
Mutation
Brunei Malay
Etymology
From Proto-Malayic *dua, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *dua, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *dua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dua/
Numeral
dua
- two
Buginese
Alternative forms
- ???
Etymology
From Proto-South Sulawesi *dua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.
Numeral
dua (Lontara spelling ???)
- two
Central Melanau
Etymology
From Proto-North Sarawak *dua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.
Numeral
dua
- two
Crimean Tatar
Noun
dua
- prayer
Declension
References
- Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajins?ko-kryms?kotatars?kyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]?[2], Simferopol: Dolya, ?ISBN
Dibabawon Manobo
Numeral
dua
- two
Esperanto
Etymology
From du with the adjective ending -a.
Pronunciation
Adjective
dua (accusative singular duan, plural duaj, accusative plural duajn)
- second
Abbreviations
- 2a, 2-a
Fijian
Numeral
dua (^)
- one
Ilocano
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.
Numeral
dua
- two
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay dua, from Proto-Malayic *dua, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *dua, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *dua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.
Numeral
dua
- two
Synonyms
- dwi
Irish
Alternative forms
- duadh (superseded)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d??u?/
Noun
dua m (genitive singular dua)
- toil
Declension
Mutation
Jarai
Etymology
From Proto-Austronesian *duSa. Compare Indonesian dua.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /du?.?(?)a/
Numeral
dua
- two
References
- Siu, Lap Minh (December 2009) Developing the First Preliminary Dictionary of North American Jarai?[3], Texas Tech University, page 73
Lindu
Noun
dua
- symptoms (of an illness)
Malay
Alternative forms
- du?
Etymology
First attested in the Kedukan Bukit inscription, 683AD. From Proto-Malayic *dua, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *dua, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *dua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.
Pronunciation
- (Johor-Selangor) IPA(key): /du?/
- (Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /dua/
- Rhymes: -u?, -w?, -?
Numeral
dua (Jawi spelling ????)
- two
Synonyms
- dwi (dwi-) / ???? (???-?)
Derived terms
- dua belas
- dua puluh
- dua ratus
- dua ribu
Northern Kurdish
Noun
dua f
- prayer (the specific words or methods used for praying)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
dua f (definite singular dua, indefinite plural duer or duor, definite plural duene or duone)
- form removed with the spelling reform of 2012; superseded by due
- definite singular of due
Old Frisian
Verb
du?, d?a
- Alternative spelling of dw?
Swahili
Etymology
From Arabic ??????? (du???).
Pronunciation
Noun
dua (n class, plural dua)
- incantation, supplication, prayer
See also
- swala
Swedish
Etymology
du +? -a
Verb
dua (present duar, preterite duade, supine duat, imperative dua)
- to choose to use the more informal word du as the second person, singular nominative pronoun to someone.
Conjugation
Antonyms
- nia
Tok Pisin
Etymology
From English door.
Noun
dua
- door
Turkish
Etymology
From Arabic ??????? (du???).
Noun
dua (definite accusative duay?, plural dualar)
- prayer
Declension
Uma
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.
Numeral
dua
- two
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