Plautdietsch

Noun

Kua m ‎(plural Kuare)

1. choir

Hawaiian

Noun

kua

1. (anatomy) back
2. burden

Verb

kua

1. to chop

Mandarin

Romanization

kua

1. Nonstandard spelling of kuā.
2. Nonstandard spelling of kuǎ.
3. Nonstandard spelling of kuà.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• kuen

Noun

kua m, f

1. definite feminine singular of ku

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

kua f

1. singular definite of ku

Papiamentu

Determiner

kua

1. which

Sulung

Noun

kua

1. water

References

• Roger Blench, Mark Post, (De)classifying Arunachal languages: Reconstructing the evidence (2011)