# gua
## Asturian

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

### Noun

gua m (uncountable)
* marbles (game)

## Betawi
### Alternative forms

* guah (Bekasi dialect)
* gue (Tanah Abang dialect)
* guè (Meester dialect)

### Etymology

From Chinese Hokkien 我 (góa, “I, me, my”).

### Pronunciation

* (literary) IPA: /ɡu(w)a/
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* (Bekasi) IPA: [ɡu(w)ah]
* (Meester) IPA: [ɡu(w)ɛ]
** Audio:(file)
* (Tanah Abang) IPA: [ɡu(w)ɤː]
* Hyphenation: gu‧a

### Pronoun

gua
* I (personal pronoun)
* me (direct object of a verb)
* me (object of a preposition)
* me (indirect object of a verb)
* my (belonging to me)

#### Usage notes

* Used mainly in a common situation, especially between friends or by someone older in terms of speaking to a younger person. As for the usage by a younger person speaking with an older person, there is no agreement whether it is appropriate to do so or not: some would regard it as inappropriate, some other would not.

#### Synonyms

* ané
* aya, saya
* kita (euphemistic)

## Brunei Malay
### Etymology

Ultimately from Sanskrit गुहा (guhā). Cognate with Malay gua (“cave”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡua/
* Hyphenation: gu‧a

### Noun

gua
* cave (natural cavity formed underground)

## Garo
### Etymology

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

### Noun

gua
* (botany) Areca palm, Areca nut

### References

* Burling, R. (2003) The Language of the Modhupur Mandi (Garo) Vol. II: The Lexicon‎, Bangladesh: University of Michigan

## Iban
### Etymology

Ultimately from Sanskrit गुहा (guhā). Cognate with Malay gua (“cave”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡua/

### Noun

gua
* cave (natural cavity formed underground)

## Indonesian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡua/
* Hyphenation: gua

### Etymology 1

From Malay gua, from Sanskrit गुहा (guhā, “cave”).

#### Noun

gua
* cave
    Synonyms: gaung, gohong, ngalau

##### Alternative forms

* goa

### Etymology 2

From Betawi Udik gua (“I, me, my”), from Hokkien 我 (góa, “I, me, my”). Doublet of gue.

#### Pronoun

gua
* (Jakarta, casual or informal) First-person singular pronoun: I, me, my

##### Alternative forms

* wa (text messaging)
* gw (text messaging)

##### Synonyms

Indonesian first-person pronouns:
* aye, ogut, gue, gua (Jakarta)
* aku (informal)
* daku (poetic)
* saya (polite)
* hamba
* kami (euphemism)

### Further reading

* “gua” 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.

## Malay
### Etymology 1

From Hokkien 我 (góa).

#### Pronunciation

* (Johor-Selangor) IPA: /ɡuə/
* (Riau-Lingga) IPA: /ɡua/
* Rhymes: -uə, -wə, -ə
* Rhymes: -a

#### Pronoun

gua (Jawi spelling ݢوا)
* (Malaysia, Singapore) I, me, my

#### See also

* aku
* saya

### Etymology 2

From Sanskrit गुहा (guhā, “cave”).

#### Noun

gua (Jawi spelling ݢوا, plural gua-gua, informal 1st possessive guaku, 2nd possessive guamu, 3rd possessive guanya)
* cave

## Mandarin
### Romanization

gua
* Nonstandard spelling of guā.
* Nonstandard spelling of guǎ.
* Nonstandard spelling of guà.

#### 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.

## West Makian
### Etymology

Likely cognate with Tabaru goa and possibly Ternate ugu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡu.a/

### Noun

gua
* the buttocks
    Synonym: pani

### References

* Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics

## Zou
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡu˧.(w)a˧/

### Noun

gua
* bamboo

### References

* Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 45