# nua
## Catalan
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈnu.ə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈnu.a]
* Rhymes: -ua

#### Adjective

nua f sg
* feminine singular of nu

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

nua
* inflection of nuar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Gbari
### Noun

nua
* water

### References

* Frank Edgar, A Grammar of the Gbari Language, page 94

## Irish
### Alternative forms

* nuadh (nonstandard)

### Etymology

From Middle Irish núa, from Old Irish nuae, from Proto-Celtic *nowiyos (compare Welsh newydd, Breton nevez), from Proto-Indo-European *néwyos (“new”).

### Pronunciation

* (Cork) IPA: /n̪ˠoː/
* (Kerry) IPA: /n̪ˠuə/
* (Connacht, Ulster) IPA: /n̪ˠuː/

### Adjective

nua (genitive singular feminine nuaí, comparative nuaí)
* new; fresh, recent, novel

#### Derived terms

* Albain Nua f (“Nova Scotia”)
* Droichead Nua (“Newbridge, Co. Kildare”)
* nua-aimseartha (“modern”, adjective)
* nua-aoiseach (“modern”, adjective)
* nuabheirthe (“newborn”, adjective)
* nuafhocal m (“neologism”)
* nuaphósta (“newlywed”, adjective)
* Sasana Nua f (“New England”)
* Tiomna Nua m (“New Testament”)

#### Related terms

* nuacht f (“news”)

### Noun

nua m (genitive singular nua)
* newness; new thing

#### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
nominative
nua
vocative
a nua
genitive
nua
dative
nua
forms with the definite article
case
singular
nominative
an nua
genitive
an nua
dative
leis an nua don nua :

#### Related terms

* adhnua m (“novelty”)

### References

* ↑ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 27, page 16
* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 46, page 21

### Further reading

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “núa, núae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “nua”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “nua”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “nua”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin nūdam.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈnu.a/
* Rhymes: -ua

### Adjective

nua
* feminine singular of nuu

#### Descendants

* Galician: núa
* Portuguese: nua

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈnu.ɐ/
* Rhymes: -uɐ
* Hyphenation: nu‧a

### Adjective

nua
* feminine singular of nu

## Rapa Nui
### Noun

nua
* mother

#### Usage notes

Considered archaic. Modern usage is matu'a vahine or matu'a poreko.

## Shuar
### Alternative forms

* núa

### Noun

nua
* woman, person of female sex

#### Coordinate terms

* aishmank

### References

* Chicham: Dictionario Enciclopédico Shuar-Castellano
* George Saad (2014) A Grammar Sketch of Shuar (Thesis)‎, Radboud University Nijmegen, page 25

## Uab Meto
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha.

### Numeral

nua
* two

## Vietnamese
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

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

### Adjective

nua • (奴)
* (only in compounds) old; aged

### See also

* già nua