# chua
## Garo
### Verb

chua
* to be high, tall
    Antonym: ona
* to sleep; to lie down

## Mandarin
### Romanization

chua
* Nonstandard spelling of chuā.
* Nonstandard spelling of chuǎ.
* Nonstandard spelling of chuà.

#### Usage notes

* Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

## Southeastern Tepehuan
### Etymology

Cognate with Northern Tepehuan tója, O'odham toha.

### Adjective

chua (plural chooto)
* white

### References

* R. de Willett, Elizabeth, et al. (2016) Diccionario tepehuano de Santa María Ocotán, Durango (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 48)‎ (in Spanish), electronic edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 43

## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Verb

-chua (infinitive kuchua)
* to rub
* (by extension) to quarrel
* (in reflexive forms) to masturbate

#### Conjugation

Conjugation of -chua :
| Positive present | -nachua |
| Subjunctive | -chue |
| Negative | -chui |
| Imperative singular | chua |
Infinitives :
| Positive | kuchua |
| Negative | kutochua |
Imperatives :
| Singular | chua |
| Plural | chueni |
Tensed forms :
| Habitual | huchua |
| Positive past | positive subject concord + -lichua |
| Negative past | negative subject concord + -kuchua |
| Positive future | positive subject concord + -tachua |
| Negative future | negative subject concord + -tachua |
| Negative subjunctive | positive subject concord + -sichue |
| Positive present conditional | positive subject concord + -ngechua |
| Negative present conditional | positive subject concord + -singechua |
| Positive past conditional | positive subject concord + -ngalichua |
| Negative past conditional | positive subject concord + -singalichua |
| Perfect | positive subject concord + -mechua |
| "Already" | positive subject concord + -meshachua |
| "Not yet" | negative subject concord + -jachua |
| "If/When" | positive subject concord + -kichua |
| "If not" | positive subject concord + -sipochua |
| Consecutive | kachua / positive subject concord + -kachua |
| Consecutive subjunctive | positive subject concord + -kachue |
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:
** Reciprocal: -chuana (“to compete, to conflict”)

## Vietnamese
### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [t͡ɕuə˧˧]
* (Huế) IPA: [t͡ɕuə˧˧]
* (Saigon) IPA: [cuə˧˧]

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *ɟɔːʔ, from Proto-Austroasiatic *ɟuʔ ~ *ɟɔʔ (“sour”). Cognate with Khmer ជូរ (cuu), Khasi jew. This term displays an unexpected tone.

#### Adjective

chua • (咮, 䣷)
* sour; acid; vinegary
    dưa muối chua ― sour pickled vegetables
    thích ăn chua ― to like sour food
* having acidic soil
    Đồng chua nước mặn.The field is acidic with saltwater.
    bón vôi để khử chua ― to fertilize with lime to mitigate acidity
* sour-smelling; smelling of acid or vinegar
    mùi chua bỗng rượu ― the sour smell of fermented wine
* (of a voice) shrill
    giọng chua như mẻ ― a voice shrill as fermented rice

##### Derived terms

* cà chua
* canh chua
* chua cay
* chua chát
* sữa chua

#### See also

Basic tastes in Vietnamese (layout · text) :
| ngọt | chua | mặn | đắng | cay | ngọt thịt |

### Etymology 2

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 註 (SV: chú).

#### Verb

chua • (𢟐)
* (archaic or informal) to make clear with a note; to note; to annotate
    chua nghĩa trong ngoặc ― to gloss within parentheses
    Có chua thêm ở dưới. ― There is an additional note at the bottom.

### Anagrams

* chau