atua

== English == === Etymology === From Māori atua. Compare Tahitian atua, Samoan atua, Hawaiian akua. === Noun === atua (plural atuas or atua) (chiefly New Zealand) A spiritual being in Polynesian culture; a god or demon. == Cebuano == === Alternative forms === tua — colloquial, short form atuay, tuay — with indefinite subject === Etymology === From the same root as kadto, kato (“that”). Compare similar formations in adia, ania, anaa, and aduna. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʔaˈtuʔa/ [ʔɐˈt̪u.ʔɐ] Hyphenation: a‧tu‧a === Verb === atua (Badlit spelling ᜀᜆᜓᜀ) there exists (far from both the speaker and listener) Coordinate terms: adia, ania, anaa atua na siya puyo sa Amerika ― there he is now living in America ==== Usage notes ==== In colloquial language, anaa (naa) has met more frequent usage than all the other existential verbs: aduna, adia, ania, and atua, to mean "there is; to be in; to have." ==== See also ==== == Ese == === Noun === atua sago == Galician == === Verb === atua (reintegrationist norm) inflection of atuar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative == Gilbertese == === Etymology === Borrowed from a descendant of Proto-Polynesian *qatua (compare Hawaiian akua, Māori atua, Samoan atua, Tahitian atua, Tuvaluan atua), from Proto-Oceanic *qatuan, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qatuan, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qatuan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatuan (compare Malay tuhan). === Noun === atua god (deity) == Ladin == === Verb === atua third-person singular present indicative of atuer third-person plural present indicative of atuer second-person singular imperative of atuer == Māori == === Etymology === From Proto-Polynesian *qatua (compare Hawaiian akua, Samoan atua, Tahitian atua, Tuvaluan atua), from Proto-Oceanic *qatuan (compare Gilbertese atua), from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qatuan, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qatuan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatuan (compare Malay tuhan). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈatua/ [ˈɐtʉɐ] === Noun === atua god (deity) ==== Descendants ==== English: atua == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -uɐ Hyphenation: a‧tu‧a === Verb === atua inflection of atuar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative == Samoan == === Etymology === From Proto-Polynesian *qatua (compare Hawaiian akua, Māori atua, Tahitian atua, Tuvaluan atua), from Proto-Oceanic *qatuan (compare Gilbertese atua), from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qatuan, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qatuan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatuan (compare Malay tuhan). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.tu.a/ === Noun === atua god (deity) ==== See also ==== Ali'i Atua == Tahitian == === Etymology === From Proto-Polynesian *qatua (compare Hawaiian akua, Māori atua, Samoan atua, Tuvaluan atua), from Proto-Oceanic *qatuan (compare Gilbertese atua), from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qatuan, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qatuan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatuan (compare Malay tuhan). === Noun === atua god (deity) == Tokelauan == === Etymology === From Proto-Polynesian *qatua. Cognates include Hawaiian akua and Samoan atua. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [a.ˈtu.a] Hyphenation: a‧tu‧a === Noun === atua (mythology) god, deity ==== Derived terms ==== Atua === References === R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎[1], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 21 == Tuvaluan == === Etymology === From Proto-Polynesian *qatua (compare Hawaiian akua, Māori atua, Samoan atua, Tahitian atua), from Proto-Oceanic *qatuan (compare Gilbertese atua), from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qatuan, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qatuan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatuan (compare Malay tuhan). === Noun === atua god (deity) almighty one; Lord