# uaua
## Hawaiian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Polynesian *uaua (“tendon, vein” – compare with Maori uaua, Tahitian uaua, Tongan uoua and Samoan uaua) reduplicating *ua (likely to avoid conflation with ua meaning “rain”) from Proto-Oceanic *uʀat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uʀat (“blood vessel, sinew, tendon” – compare with Malay urat “vein” and otot “muscle”, Cebuano ugat, Tagalog ugát).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /uˈau̯.a/, [uˈwɐw.wə], [uˈwɔw.wə] (rapid speech)

### Verb

uaua
* (stative) tough, sinewy, glutinous, viscid, leathery
* (stative, figuratively) hardheaded, willful, obstinate, tough-minded

#### Derived terms

* hoʻouaua

### References

* ↑ Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “uaua”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 362
* ↑ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “ua.1”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
* ↑ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2016) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volumes 5: People, body and mind, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 98-9

## Kapampangan
### Alternative forms

* guagua, vaua (obsolete, Spanish orthography)
* wawa (Súlat Wáwâ)

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *wáqwaq (“mouth of a river”). Compare Tagalog wawa, Cebuano wawa, Aklanon wawa, Kankanaey wawa, Yami wawa (“sea”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈwawəʔ/ [ˈwäː.wəʔ]
* Hyphenation: ua‧ua

### Noun

uáuâ
* saliva
    Synonyms: lura, dura
* river mouth; river confluence; river estuary
    Synonym: alua

#### Derived terms

* Guagua

#### See also

* paroba

### Further reading

* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*wáqwaq”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
* Forman, Michael L. (1971) “W”, in Kapampangan Dictionary‎, University of Hawai'i Press, page 236
* Bergaño, Diego (1732) Vocabulario de la lengua pampanga en romance‎, Ramirez y Giraudier, published 1860

## Mangarevan
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Polynesian *uaua.

### Noun

ùaùa
* vein; tendon

### References

* Edward Tregear (1899) A Dictionary of Mangareva (or Gambier Islands), Wellington: New Zealand Institute

## Maori
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Polynesian *uaua (“tendon, vein” – Tahitian uaua, Tongan uoua and Samoan uaua) reduplicating *ua (likely to avoid conflation with ua meaning “rain”) from Proto-Oceanic *uʀat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uʀat (“blood vessel, sinew, tendon” – compare with Malay urat “vein” and otot “muscle”, Cebuano ugat, Tagalog ugát).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /u.a.u.a/, [ʉ.ɐ.ʉ.ɐ]

#### Noun

uaua
* blood vessel
** vein; artery
    Synonym: ua
* sinew; tendon
* muscle
* difficulty; dilemma; problem; trouble

#### Verb

uaua
* (stative) difficult; hard; demanding

#### Adjective

uaua
* strenuous; pertinacious

#### Derived terms

* iaia
* ioio
* matauaua
* pāuaua
* whakauaua

### References

* ↑ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎, Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 570
* ↑ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “ua.1”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
* ↑ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2016) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volumes 5: People, body and mind, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 98-9

### Etymology 2

Reduplication of ua “backbone”.

### Noun

uaua
* firmness, resolution

### References

* Williams, Herbert William (1917) “uaua”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 545
* “uaua” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

## Rapa Nui
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Polynesian *uaua.

### Noun

ûaûa
* tendons; muscles
    hau ûaûa kio'e ― line made from rats' tendons
    ûaûa toto ― vein, artery
    ûaûa piki ― spasm

### References

* Diccionario etimológico Rapanui-Español, Valparaíso: Comisión para la Estructuración de la Lengua Rapanui, 2000, →ISBN

## Rarotongan
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *uaua.

### Noun

uaua
* vein; artery; gland; sinew; tendon; muscle; nerve
* rubber tube; inner tube (of tyre)
* toughness

### Verb

uaua
* (stative) sinewy; stringy; tough
* (stative) elastic; flexible; adaptable

### References

* “uaua” in Cook Islands Languages, 2016.

## Samoan
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Polynesian *uaua.

### Noun

uaua
* thews and sinews
* vein; artery
* pulse

### References

* George Pratt (1861) Samoan dictionary: English and Samoan and Samoan and English with a short grammar of the Samoan dialect, Matautu, Samoa: London Missionary Society Press

## Tahitian
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *uaua reduplicating *ua (likely to avoid conflation with ua meaning “rain”) from Proto-Oceanic *uʀat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uʀat (“blood vessel, sinew, tendon” – compare with Malay urat “vein” and otot “muscle”, Cebuano ugát, Tagalog ugát).

### Noun

uaua
* blood vessel
** vein; artery
* sinew; tendon; ligament
* rubber
** any flexible and hard filament, band or tube
    uaua pape: water hose
    uaua pereoʻo: tyre

### References

* ↑ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “ua.1”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
* ↑ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2016) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volumes 5: People, body and mind, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 98-9
* Sven Wahlroos (2002) English–Tahitian, Tahitian–English Dictionary, First edition, Honolulu: The Mā'ohi Heritage Press, →ISBN
* “uaua” in John Davies, A Tahitian and English dictionary, with introductory remarks on the Polynesian language, and a short grammar of the Tahitian dialect: with an appendix containing a list of foreign words used in the Tahitian Bible, in commerce, etc., with the sources from whence they have been derived, 1851.

## Tokelauan
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *uaua.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈu.a ˈu.a]
* Hyphenation: u‧a‧u‧a

### Noun

uaua
* sinew
* tendon
* blood vessel
* thin wire (for fishing)
* string (of a stringed instrument)

### Verb

uaua
* (intransitive, + i) to troll, fish (for)

### References

* R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 41