# rua
## Anuta
### Numeral

rua
* two

## 'Are'are
### Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *rua, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *dua, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *dua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

### Numeral

rua
* two

### References

* Kateřina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

## Balinese
### Romanization

rua
* Romanization of ᬭ᭄ᬯ

## Bariai
### Numeral

rua
* two

### References

* Steve Gallagher, Peirce Baehr, Bariai Grammar Sketch (2005)

## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin rūga (“wrinkle”). Doublet of ruga.

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

rua f (plural rues)
* (archaic) street
    Synonym: carrer
* pack, line
    Synonyms: corrua, colla
* parade
    Synonyms: desfilada, cavalcada
    rua de carnaval ― Carnival parade

#### Related terms

* arruga

### Further reading

* “rua” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Fijian
### Etymology

From Proto-Central Pacific *rua, from Proto-Oceanic *rua, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *dua, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *dua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

### Numeral

rua
* two

## Franco-Provençal
### Noun

rua (Old Fribourgeois)
* Alternative form of roua (“wheel”)

### References

* Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “rŏta”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 10: R, page 490

## French
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

rua
* third-person singular past historic of ruer

## Galician
### Verb

rua
* (reintegrationist norm) inflection of ruar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Garo
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɾua/

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Bodo-Garo *ru¹-a (“axe”).

#### Noun

rua
* axe

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

rua
* to pour slowly and carefully
* to take down; to take apart

### Etymology 3
#### Alternative forms

* roa

#### Noun

rua
* rice seedling after removal from seedbed or after transplanting

### Etymology 4
#### Alternative forms

* roa

#### Verb

rua
* to mate (of animals)

### Etymology 5
#### Alternative forms

* roa

#### Verb

rua
* to dance

## Indonesian
### Etymology 1

From Portuguese rua (“street”), from Old Galician-Portuguese rua (“street”), from or influenced by Old French rue (Modern French rue) or Old Spanish rua (Modern Spanish rúa), from Vulgar Latin *ruga (“furrow, path, street”), from Latin ruga (“wrinkle”), from Proto-Indo-European *krewp- (“to become encrusted”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈrua̯]
* Hyphenation: rua

#### Noun

rua
* (rare) street.
    Synonym: jalan

### Etymology 2

Unknown, probably same as above.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈrua̯]
* Hyphenation: rua

#### Adjective

rua
* (obsolete) wide.
    Synonym: lebar

##### Alternative forms

* ruwa

### Further reading

* “rua” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Irish
### Alternative forms

* ruadh (superseded)

### Etymology

From Old Irish rúad, from Proto-Celtic *roudos (compare Welsh rhudd), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- (compare Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός (eruthrós), Sanskrit रुधिर (rudhirá), Old English rēad).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɾˠuə/

### Adjective

rua (genitive singular masculine rua, genitive singular feminine rua or ruaí, comparative rua or ruacha)
* red(-haired)
    Synonyms: ceannrua, fionnrua, foltrua, ruafholtach
* reddish-brown, russet, copper brown
* wild, fierce; rough, strong

#### Declension

* Alternative genitive singular feminine: ruaí (dialectal)
* Alternative comparative: ruacha (Cois Fharraige)

#### Derived terms

* arán rua m (“brown bread”)
* cangarú rua m (“red kangaroo”)
* ceannrua (“redheaded”, adjective)
* donnrua (“brick red”, adjective)
* fia rua m (“red deer”)
* garal rua m (“red goral”)
* giolla rua m (“gillaroo”)
* lionn rua
* madra rua m (“fox”)
* Ruadhán
* Ruairí
* ruán m (“rudd; buckwheat”)
* ruóg
* siorc rua m (“copper shark”)

### Noun

rua m (genitive singular rua, nominative plural ruanna)
* red-haired person, redhead
* reddish-brown, russet, colour

#### Declension

bare forms
singular
plural
nominative
rua
ruanna
vocative
a rua
a ruanna
genitive
rua
ruanna
dative
rua
ruanna
forms with the definite article
singular
plural
nominative
an rua
na ruanna
genitive
an rua
na ruanna
dative
leis an rua don rua
leis na ruanna :

### Noun

an rua f (genitive singular rua)
* (pathology) the rose, erysipelas

### References

* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “rúad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 82, page 44

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “rua”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “rua”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “rua”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈru.a/
* Rhymes: -ua
* Hyphenation: rù‧a

### Noun

rua f (plural rue)
* Alternative form of ruga

### Anagrams

* -ura, Aru

## Kristang
### Etymology

From Portuguese rua.

### Noun

rua
* road; route; street

## Leonese
### Etymology

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

### Noun

rua f (plural ruas)
* street, road

### References

* AEDLL

## Macanese
### Etymology

From Portuguese rua.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɾuɐ/

### Noun

rua
* street
    na meo di rua ― in the middle of the street
    tambâ buraco di rua ― to fill in the hole in the street
    atâi di rua ― uneducated boy (literally, “boy of the street”)

#### Usage notes

* Some usages of rua are calques of Cantonese usages; for example, vai rua is a calque of Cantonese 出街 (ceot$^1$ gaai$^1$), while andâ rua is a calque of Cantonese 行街 (haang$^4$ gaai$^1$).

#### Derived terms

* andâ rua (“to stroll around the streets”)
* vai rua (“to go out”, literally “to go street”)
* varê rua (“to always stay outside”, literally “to sweep the street”)

### References

* https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm

## Makasar
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈrua]

### Numeral

rua (Lontara spelling ᨑᨘᨕ)
* two

## Mandarin
### Romanization

rua
* Nonstandard spelling of ruá.

#### 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.

## Maori
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Eastern Polynesian *rua, from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *rua, from Proto-Polynesian *rua, from Proto-Oceanic *rua, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *dua, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *dua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

#### Numeral

rua
* two

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Eastern Polynesian [Term?], from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian [Term?], from Proto-Polynesian [Term?] (compare with Hawaiian lua), from Proto-Oceanic [Term?], from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian [Term?], from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *luaŋ (compare Malay luang (“gap”) and lubang (“hole”), Tagalog luwang (“vast space”)) or *liaŋ ((compare with Malay liang (“pore”)).

#### Noun

rua
* pit
* cavity

### References

* ↑ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎, Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, pages 430-1
* ↑ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (1998) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 1: Material Culture, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 60

### Further reading

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

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

rua f
* definite singular of rue

## Occitan
### Etymology

From Old Occitan rua, from Latin ruga.

### Noun

rua f (plural ruas)
* (Limousin) street

## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *ruga (“furrow, path, street”) (likely through or influenced by Old French rue), from Latin ruga (“wrinkle”), from Proto-Indo-European *krewp- (“to become encrusted”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈru.a/
* Rhymes: -ua

### Noun

rua f (plural ruas)
* street
** 1525-1526, Cancioneiro da Biblioteca Nacional, João de Gaia, B 1433: Vosso pai na rua (facsimile)
    Vosso pay na Rua / anta porta suaYour dad [is] on the street / before your door
** a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 34 (facsimile):
    Hṽa omage pintada na rua siya / en tauoa mui bẽ feita de ſanta Maria.
       There was in the street a well-made icon of Holy Mary, painted on wood.

#### Descendants

* Galician: rúa
* Portuguese: rua

### Further reading

* Universo Cantigas - "rua"

## Palu'e
### Etymology

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *dua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

### Numeral

rua
* two

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈʁu.ɐ/ [ˈhu.ɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈʁu.ɐ/ [ˈhu.ɐ]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈʁu.ɐ/ [ˈχu.ɐ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈʁu.a/ [ˈhu.a]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈʁu.ɐ/
* Rhymes: -uɐ
* Hyphenation: ru‧a

### Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese rua (“street”), from or influenced by Old French rue (Modern French rue) or Old Spanish rua (Modern Spanish rúa), from Vulgar Latin *ruga (“furrow, path, street”), from Latin ruga (“wrinkle”), from Proto-Indo-European *krewp- (“to become encrusted”). Cognate with Galician rúa. Doublet of ruga.

#### Noun

rua f (plural ruas)
* street; road (paved path)
    Eu moro na rua da Igreja.I live on Church Street.
    Olha para os dois lados antes de atravessar a rua.Look both ways before you cross the street.
* streets (urban areas outside buildings)
    O mendigo mora na rua.The beggar lives in the streets.

##### Derived terms

* ruazinha
* ruela

#### Interjection

rua!
* out! (strong, impolite demand for someone to leave)
    Synonyms: andor, fora

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

rua
* inflection of ruar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Rapa Nui
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɾu.a/
* Hyphenation: ru‧a

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Eastern Polynesian *rua. Cognates include Hawaiian lua and Maori rua.

#### Numeral

rua
* two

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *lua. Cognates include Samoan lua and Tokelauan lua.

#### Verb

rua
* (intransitive) to vomit

### References

* Veronica Du Feu (1996) Rapanui (Descriptive Grammars), Routledge, →ISBN, page 207
* Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui‎, Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 147

## Rarotongan
### Etymology

From Proto-Eastern Polynesian *rua, from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *rua, from Proto-Polynesian *rua, from Proto-Oceanic *rua, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *dua, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *dua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

### Numeral

rua
* two

## Ratahan
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

### Numeral

rua
* two

## Rotuman
### Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *rua, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *dua, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *dua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

### Numeral

rua
* two

## Sardinian
### Alternative forms

* ruga

### Etymology

From Latin rūga.

### Noun

rua f (plural ruas)
* street

## Sotho
### Verb

rua
* to be rich

## Ternate
### Etymology

r- +‎ ua

### Adverb

rua
* not anymore, no longer

### References

* Rika Hayami-Allen (2001). A Descriptive Study of the Language of Ternate, the Northern Moluccas, Indonesia. University of Pittsburgh.

## Tetum
### Etymology

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *dua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

### Numeral

rua
* two

## Ujir
### Numeral

rua
* two

### References

* Antoinette Schapper, Marian Klamer, Numeral systems in the Alor-Pantar languages

## Uneapa
### Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *rua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /rua/

### Numeral

rua
* two

### Further reading

* Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)

## Uruava
### Numeral

rua
* two

### Further reading

* Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)
* ABVD

## Venetan
### Etymology 1

From Latin rota. Compare Italian ruota.

#### Alternative forms

* roda

#### Noun

rua f (plural rue)
* wheel
* tyre

### Etymology 2

From Latin rūta, from Ancient Greek ῥυτή (rhutḗ). Compare Italian ruta.

#### Noun

rua f (plural rue)
* rue (plant)