# uta
## Translingual
### Symbol

uta
* (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Otank.

### See also

* Wiktionary's coverage of Otank terms

## English
### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

uta (uncountable)
* cutaneous leishmaniasis

### Etymology 2

From Japanese うた.

#### Noun

uta (plural utas or uta)
* A kind of Japanese poem.

##### Related terms

* uta monogatari

### Anagrams

* AUT, UAT, aut-, tau

## Chuukese
### Verb

uta
* to stand up

## Gothic
### Romanization

ūta
* Romanization of 𐌿𐍄𐌰

## Japanese
### Romanization

uta
* Rōmaji transcription of うた

## Limos Kalinga
### Noun

uta
* vomit

## Maori
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /u.ta/, [ʉ.tɐ]

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *quta (compare with Hawaiian uka and Tongan ʻuta), from Proto-Oceanic *qutan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qutan (compare with Malay hutan (“jungle, forest”) and Iban utan (“ibid.”)), from Proto-Austronesian *quCaN (“scrubland, bush”).

#### Noun

uta
* interior (the inside regions of a country or island)
* land (from a sea or water perspective)
* the shore

#### Adjective

uta
* inland (from a coastal perspective)
* ashore

#### Usage notes

A location word, or locative, which follows immediately after particles such as ki, i, hei and kei or is preceded by a when used as the subject of the sentence.

#### References

* ↑ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎, Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 582
* ↑ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “quta.1”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
* ↑ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2003) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 2: The Physical Environment, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 238

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *uta, from Proto-Oceanic *(ʀ)ucan (“load, cargo, freight”).

#### Noun

uta
* load
* contribution
* import; export
    uta mai ― import
    uta atu ― export

#### Verb

uta (passive utaina)
* to load on, put on

### Further reading

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

## Pitjantjatjara
### Noun

uta
* tick (tiny woodland arachnid)

## Pukapukan
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *quta, from Proto-Oceanic *qutan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qutan, from Proto-Austronesian *quCaN (“scrubland, bush”).

#### Noun

uta
* land (as opposed to the sea)

##### Derived terms

* ngāuta (“ashore; on land”)
* Uta

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *uta, from Proto-Oceanic *(ʀ)ucan (“load, cargo, freight”).

#### Verb

uta
* to load onto, lift up, place on
    Uta atu ake aku niu ia ki lunga o tō poti nā.Please will you lift up my coconuts onto your boat?

### Further reading

* Te Pukamuna | Pukapuka Dictionary

## Swahili
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *bʊ̀táà.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Noun

uta (u class, plural nyuta)
* bow (for arrows)
    Synonym: upinde
** 2017 August 18, “Chakula cha Wahadzabe cha matunda na nungunungu Tanzania”, in BBC News Swahili‎:Baada ya kukabidhi uta, mshale na shoka lake kwa mwindaji mwenzake wa Hadzabe, Zigwadzee alishika fimbo fupi iliyochongoka na akaingia shimoni.After handing over his bow, arrow and ax to his fellow Hadzabe hunter, Zigwadzee grabbed a short pointed stick and entered the pit.

## Yoruba
### Alternative forms

* ita (Ìlàjẹ, Ọ̀wọ̀, Ìkálẹ̀)

### Etymology

From u- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ ta (“to be spicy”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ū.tā/
* (Ekiti) IPA: /ʊ̄.tā/

### Noun

uta
* (Ào, Ekiti) Alternative form of ata (“pepper”)