# atua
## English
### Etymology

From Maori atua.

### Noun

atua (plural atuas or atua)
* In Maori culture, a god or demon.

## Cebuano
### Alternative forms

* tua — colloquial, short form
* atuay, tuay — with indefinite subject

### Etymology

From the same root as kadto, kato (“that”). Compare similar formations in adia, ania, anaa, and aduna.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʔaˈtuʔa/ [ʔɐˈt̪u.ʔɐ]
* Hyphenation: a‧tu‧a

### Verb

atua (Badlit spelling ᜀᜆᜓᜀ)
* there exists (far from both the speaker and listener)
    Coordinate terms: adia, ania, anaa
    atua na siya puyo sa Amerika ― there he is now living in America

#### Usage notes

* In colloquial language, anaa (naa) has met more frequent usage than all the other existential verbs: aduna, adia, ania, and atua, to mean "there is; to be in; to have."

#### See also
## Ese
### Noun

atua
* sago

## Galician
### Verb

atua
* (reintegrationist norm) inflection of atuar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Gilbertese
### Etymology

Borrowed from a descendant of Proto-Polynesian *qatua (compare Hawaiian akua, Maori atua, Samoan atua, Tahitian atua, Tuvaluan atua), from Proto-Oceanic *qatuan, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qatuan, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qatuan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatuan (compare Malay tuhan).

### Noun

atua
* god (deity)

## Ladin
### Verb

atua
* third-person singular present indicative of atuer
* third-person plural present indicative of atuer
* second-person singular imperative of atuer

## Maori
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *qatua (compare Hawaiian akua, Samoan atua, Tahitian atua, Tuvaluan atua), from Proto-Oceanic *qatuan (compare Gilbertese atua), from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qatuan, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qatuan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatuan (compare Malay tuhan).

### Noun

atua
* god (deity)

#### Descendants

* English: atua

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /aˈtu.ɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /aˈtu.ɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /aˈtu.a/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐˈtu.ɐ/
* Rhymes: -uɐ
* Hyphenation: a‧tu‧a

### Verb

atua
* inflection of atuar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Samoan
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *qatua (compare Hawaiian akua, Maori atua, Tahitian atua, Tuvaluan atua), from Proto-Oceanic *qatuan (compare Gilbertese atua), from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qatuan, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qatuan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatuan (compare Malay tuhan).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a.tu.a/

### Noun

atua
* god (deity)

#### See also

* Ali'i
* Atua

## Tahitian
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *qatua (compare Hawaiian akua, Maori atua, Samoan atua, Tuvaluan atua), from Proto-Oceanic *qatuan (compare Gilbertese atua), from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qatuan, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qatuan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatuan (compare Malay tuhan).

### Noun

atua
* god (deity)

## Tokelauan
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *qatua. Cognates include Hawaiian akua and Samoan atua.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [a.ˈtu.a]
* Hyphenation: a‧tu‧a

### Noun

atua
* (mythology) god, deity

#### Derived terms

* Atua

### References

* R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 21

## Tuvaluan
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *qatua (compare Hawaiian akua, Maori atua, Samoan atua, Tahitian atua), from Proto-Oceanic *qatuan (compare Gilbertese atua), from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qatuan, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qatuan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatuan (compare Malay tuhan).

### Noun

atua
* god (deity)
* almighty one; Lord