# aua
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Maori aua.

### Noun

aua (plural aua)
* (New Zealand) Aldrichetta forsteri, a mullet of the family Mugilidae.
** 1855, Richard Taylor, Te Ika a Maui: Or, New Zealand and Its Inhabitants, page 133:When the eyes of those who fish for eels are closed, the eyes of those who fish for the aua are open.
** 1872, Frederick Wollaston Hutton, Sir James Hector, Fishes of New Zealand: Catalogue with Diagnoses of the Species:The Picton Herring, a dried fish commonly known throughout the colony, is the Aua preserved by smoking.

### Anagrams

* A.A.U., AAU

## Annobonese
### Etymology

From Portuguese água (“water”).

### Noun

aua
* water
** 1957, Rvd. P. Natalio Barrena, Gramatica Annobonesa, Instituto de Estudios Africanos, page 43:bo da mi ja d’ aua;give me some water;

## Aromanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [aˈwa]

### Adverb

aua
* Alternative form of aoa

## Chuukese
### Pronoun

aua
* we (exclusive)

### Adjective

aua
* we are (exclusive)

### Related terms

| | | Present and past tense | Negative tense | Future | Negative future | Distant future | Negative determinate |
| Singular | First person | ua | use | upwe | usap | upwap | ute |
| Singular | Second person | ka, ke | kose, kese | kopwe, kepwe | kosap, kesap | kopwap, kepwap | kote, kete |
| Singular | Third person | a | ese | epwe | esap | epwap | ete |
| Plural | First person | aua (exclusive) sia (inclusive) | ause (exclusive) sise (inclusive) | aupwe (exclusive) sipwe (inclusive) | ausap (exclusive) sisap (inclusive) | aupwap (exclusive) sipwap (inclusive) | aute (exclusive) site (inclusive) |
| Plural | Second person | oua | ouse | oupwe | ousap | oupwap | oute |
| Plural | Third person | ra, re | rese | repwe | resap | repwap | rete |

## Fijian
### Etymology

Borrowed from English hour.

### Noun

aua
* hour

## German
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Interjection

aua
* ouch, ow (expression of one's own physical pain)

#### Synonyms

* autsch, au

### Further reading

* “aua” in Duden online
* “aua” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

## Gilbertese
### Numeral

aua
* four

## Maori
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a.u.a/, [ɐ.ʉ.ɐ]

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *qaua (“a kind of mullet”).

#### Noun

aua
* yellow-eye mullet, (Aldrichetta forsteri)

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *qaua (“negative imperative”).

#### Particle

aua
* Negative imperative particle: no! don't!
    Synonym: kaua

### References

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

## Minangkabau
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *haur, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qauʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *qauʀ.

### Noun

aua
* a type of bamboo

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1

From the interjection au!.

#### Alternative forms

* aue (e and split infinitives)

#### Verb

aua (present tense auar, past tense aua, past participle aua, passive infinitive auast, present participle auande, imperative aua/au)
* (intransitive) to say ouch!, to wail

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

aua n (plural aua)
* Eye dialect spelling of auga.

### References

* “aua” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Polish
### Alternative forms

* ała

### Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈwa/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: a‧ua

### Interjection

aua
* ouch (expression of one's own physical pain)
    Synonyms: au, auć

### Further reading

* aua in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Pukapukan
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *qaua (“a kind of mullet”).

### Noun

aua
* silvery mullet (Mugil curema)

### Further reading

* Te Pukamuna | Pukapuka Dictionary

## Romansch
### Alternative forms

* ava (Surmiran)
* ova (Puter)

### Etymology

From Latin aqua, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂.

### Noun

aua f
* (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Puter) water

#### Derived terms

* aua da baiver, aua da beiber, aua da bever
* aua minerala
* aua da spina, aua da tgiern, aua da la spegna

## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Verb

-aua (infinitive kuaua)
* to survey, inspect, examine, trace out

#### Conjugation

Conjugation of -aua :
| Positive present | -naaua |
| Subjunctive | -aue |
| Negative | -aui |
| Imperative singular | aua |
Infinitives :
| Positive | kuaua |
| Negative | kutoaua |
Imperatives :
| Singular | aua |
| Plural | aueni |
Tensed forms :
| Habitual | huaua |
| Positive past | positive subject concord + -liaua |
| Negative past | negative subject concord + -kuaua |
| Positive future | positive subject concord + -taaua |
| Negative future | negative subject concord + -taaua |
| Negative subjunctive | positive subject concord + -siaue |
| Positive present conditional | positive subject concord + -ngeaua |
| Negative present conditional | positive subject concord + -singeaua |
| Positive past conditional | positive subject concord + -ngaliaua |
| Negative past conditional | positive subject concord + -singaliaua |
| Perfect | positive subject concord + -meaua |
| "Already" | positive subject concord + -meshaaua |
| "Not yet" | negative subject concord + -jaaua |
| "If/When" | positive subject concord + -kiaua |
| "If not" | positive subject concord + -sipoaua |
| Consecutive | kaaua / positive subject concord + -kaaua |
| Consecutive subjunctive | positive subject concord + -kaaue |
Relative forms :
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information. :

#### Derived terms

* Verbal derivations:
** Causative: -ausha, -auza
** Passive: -auliwa

## Tagalog
### Noun

aua (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜏ)
* Obsolete spelling of awa.

## Tok Pisin
### Etymology

From English hour.

### Noun

aua
* hour

#### Usage notes

Also used to mark the counting of time. See kilok.

## Tokelauan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [a.ˈu.a]
* Hyphenation: a‧u‧a

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *qaua. Cognates include Maori aua and Samoan aua.

#### Noun

aua
* silvery mullet (Mugil curema)

##### Derived terms

* auā

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *qaua. Cognates include Maori aua and Tongan ʻoua.

#### Particle

aua
* Negative imperative particle: no! don't!

### References

* R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 3