# -ua
## Finnish
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *-udak, from Proto-Uralic *-w-. Cognates include Estonian -uma/-uda.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /-uɑˣ/, [-uɑ̝(ʔ)]

### Suffix

-ua (front vowel harmony variant -yä, stem -u-, linguistic notation -U- or -UA)
* Forms passive (including stative) or translative (including inchoative) intransitive verbs from transitive verbs.
    ‎nähdä (“to see”) + ‎-ua → ‎näkyä (“to be visible”)
    ‎kastaa (“to dip, make wet”) + ‎-ua → ‎kastua (“to become wet”)

#### Conjugation

Note that if the stem has gradation, it is (almost always) preserved.

#### Derived terms

* -uma
* -uttaa
* -utua
* -Vntua

### References

* Räisänen, Alpo. 1988. Suomen kielen u-johtimiset verbit. Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura. →ISBN

### Anagrams

* au

## Ingrian
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *-udak. Cognates include Finnish -ua and Karelian -uo.

#### Pronunciation

* (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /-uɑ/, [-uɑ]
* (Soikkola) IPA: /-uɑ/, [-uɑ]

#### Suffix

-ua (front vowel variant -yä)
* Used to form inchoative verbs.
    ‎nähä (“to see”) + ‎-ua → ‎näkkyä (“to be visible”)

##### Usage notes

* After verbs whose stems end in a long vowel, or after nominals, the allomorph -hua (-hyä) is used:
    ‎kuivaa- (“to dry”) + ‎-ua → ‎kuivahua (“to dry out”).

##### Derived terms
### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /-uɑ/, [-uɑ]
* (Soikkola) IPA: /-uɑ/, [-uɑ]

#### Suffix

-ua
* partitive singular of -u

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* -ua: (Classical Latin) IPA: /u.a/, [uä]
* -ua: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /u.a/, [uä] (stress falls on the antepenult)
* -ua: (Classical Latin, in ⟨-qua⟩) IPA: /kʷa/, [kʷä]
* -ua: (Classical Latin, in ⟨-qua⟩) IPA: /kwa/, [kwä] (stress falls in accordance with the paenultima law)
* -uā: (Classical Latin) IPA: /u.aː/, [uäː]
* -uā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /u.a/, [uä] (stress falls on the antepenult)
* -uā: (Classical Latin, in ⟨-quā⟩) IPA: /kʷaː/, [kʷäː]
* -uā: (Classical Latin, in ⟨-quā⟩) IPA: /kwa/, [kwä] (stress falls in accordance with the paenultima law)

### Suffix

-ua
* inflection of -uus:
** nominative/vocative feminine singular
** nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

### Suffix

-uā
* ablative feminine singular of -uus

## Romanian
### Alternative forms

* -a — used for feminine nouns in the nominative and plural cases which do not end in a stressed vowel or diphthong

### Etymology

Inherited from Latin illa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /wa/

### Suffix

-ua f
* variant of -a
    the (definite article)

#### Usage notes

* This form of the definite article is used for feminine nouns in the nominative and accusative cases which end in a stressed vowel or diphthong:
    basmaua, from basma, fem.
    cafeaua, from cafea, fem.
    steaua, from stea, fem.
* Monosyllables ending in vowels also take this suffix:
    ziua, from zi, fem.

## Swahili
### Suffix

-ua (mid vowel harmony variant -oa)
* (nonproductive) conversive suffix; reverses the meaning of the verb
    ‎-funga (“to close”) + ‎-ua → ‎-fungua (“to open”)
    ‎-choma (“to pierce”) + ‎-oa → ‎-chomoa (“to draw out”)

#### Derived terms

* Swahili conversive verbs