English

Noun

aua ‎(plural aua)

1. (New Zealand) Aldrichetta forsteri, a mullet of the family Mugilidae.
   • 1855, Richard Taylor, Te Ika a Maui: Or, New Zealand and Its Inhabitants (page 133)

     When the eyes of those who fish for eels are closed, the eyes of those who fish for the aua are open.

   • 1872, ‎Frederick Wollaston Hutton, ‎Sir James Hector, Fishes of New Zealand: Catalogue with Diagnoses of the Species

     The Picton Herring, a dried fish commonly known throughout the colony, is the Aua preserved by smoking.

Annobonese

Etymology

From Portuguese água ‎(“water”).

Noun

aua

1. water
   • 1957, Rvd. P. Natalio Barrena, Gramatica Annobonesa, Instituto de Estudios Africanos, page 43:

     bo da mi ja d’ aua;

     give me some water;

Chuukese

Pronoun

aua

1. we (exclusive)

Adjective

aua

1. we are (exclusive)

Related terms

Fijian

Noun

aua

1. hour

German

Interjection

aua

1. ouch (expression of one's own physical pain)

Synonyms

• autsch, au

Gilbertese

Numeral

aua

1. four

Maori

Noun

aua

1. herring

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈwaː/

Interjection

aua

1. ouch (expression of one's own physical pain)

Synonyms

• au, auć

Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Surmiran) ava
• (Puter) ova

Etymology

From Latin aqua, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂.

Noun

aua f

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Puter) water

Derived terms

• aua da baiver, aua da beiber, aua da bever
• aua minerala
• aua da spina, aua da tgiern, aua da la spegna

Swahili

Verb

aua

1. to survey, examine, trace out

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English hour.

Noun

aua

1. hour

Usage notes

Also used to mark the counting of time. See kilok.