uaua

== Hawaiian == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Polynesian *uaua (“tendon, vein” – compare with Māori uaua, Tahitian uaua, Tongan uoua and Samoan uaua) reduplicating *ua (likely to avoid conflation with ua meaning “rain”) from Proto-Oceanic *uʀat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uʀat (“blood vessel, sinew, tendon” – compare with Malay urat “vein” and otot “muscle”, Cebuano ugat, Tagalog ugát). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /uˈau̯.a/, [uˈwɐw.wə], [uˈwɔw.wə] (rapid speech) === Verb === uaua (stative) tough, sinewy, glutinous, viscid, leathery (stative, figuratively) hardheaded, willful, obstinate, tough-minded ==== Derived terms ==== hoʻouaua === References === == Kapampangan == === Alternative forms === guagua, vaua (obsolete, Spanish orthography) wawa (Súlat Wáwâ) === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Philippine *wáqwaq (“mouth of a river”). Compare Tagalog wawa, Cebuano wawa, Aklanon wawa, Kankanaey wawa, Yami wawa (“sea”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈwawəʔ/ [ˈwäː.wəʔ] Hyphenation: ua‧ua === Noun === uáuâ saliva Synonyms: lura, dura river mouth; river confluence; river estuary Synonym: alua ==== Derived terms ==== ==== See also ==== === Further reading === Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*wáqwaq”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI Forman, Michael L. (1971), “W”, in Kapampangan Dictionary‎[2], University of Hawai'i Press, page 236 Bergaño, Diego (1732), Vocabulario de la lengua pampanga en romance‎[3], Ramirez y Giraudier, published 1860 == Mangarevan == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Polynesian *uaua. === Noun === ùaùa vein; tendon === References === Edward Tregear (1899) A Dictionary of Mangareva (or Gambier Islands), Wellington: New Zealand Institute == Māori == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈuaua/ [ˈʉɐʉɐ] === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Proto-Polynesian *uaua (“tendon, vein” – Tahitian uaua, Tongan uoua and Samoan uaua) reduplicating *ua (likely to avoid conflation with ua meaning “rain”) from Proto-Oceanic *uʀat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uʀat (“blood vessel, sinew, tendon” – compare with Malay urat “vein” and otot “muscle”, Cebuano ugat, Tagalog ugát). ==== Noun ==== uaua blood vessel vein; artery Synonym: ua sinew; tendon muscle difficulty; dilemma; problem; trouble ==== Verb ==== uaua (stative) difficult; hard; demanding ==== Adjective ==== uaua strenuous; pertinacious ==== Derived terms ==== ==== References ==== === Etymology 2 === Reduplication of ua “backbone”. ==== Noun ==== uaua firmness, resolution ==== References ==== Williams, Herbert William (1917), “uaua”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 545 “uaua” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN. == Rapa Nui == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Polynesian *uaua. === Noun === ûaûa tendons; muscles hau ûaûa kio'e ― line made from rats' tendons ûaûa toto ― vein, artery ûaûa piki ― spasm === References === Diccionario etimológico Rapanui-Español, Valparaíso: Comisión para la Estructuración de la Lengua Rapanui, 2000, →ISBN == Rarotongan == === Etymology === From Proto-Polynesian *uaua. === Noun === uaua vein; artery; gland; sinew; tendon; muscle; nerve rubber tube; inner tube (of tyre) toughness === Verb === uaua (stative) sinewy; stringy; tough (stative) elastic; flexible; adaptable === References === “uaua”, in Dictionary of Cook Islands Languages, 2016–2026 == Samoan == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Polynesian *uaua. === Noun === uaua thews and sinews vein; artery pulse === References === George Pratt (1861), Samoan dictionary: English and Samoan and Samoan and English with a short grammar of the Samoan dialect, Matautu, Samoa: London Missionary Society Press == Tahitian == === Etymology === From Proto-Polynesian *uaua reduplicating *ua (likely to avoid conflation with ua meaning “rain”) from Proto-Oceanic *uʀat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uʀat (“blood vessel, sinew, tendon” – compare with Malay urat “vein” and otot “muscle”, Cebuano ugát, Tagalog ugát). === Noun === uaua blood vessel vein; artery sinew; tendon; ligament rubber any flexible and hard filament, band or tube uaua pape: water hose uaua pereoʻo: tyre === References === Sven Wahlroos (2002), English–Tahitian, Tahitian–English Dictionary, First edition, Honolulu: The Mā'ohi Heritage Press, →ISBN “uaua” in John Davies, A Tahitian and English dictionary, with introductory remarks on the Polynesian language, and a short grammar of the Tahitian dialect: with an appendix containing a list of foreign words used in the Tahitian Bible, in commerce, etc., with the sources from whence they have been derived, 1851. == Tokelauan == === Etymology === From Proto-Polynesian *uaua. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈu.a ˈu.a] Hyphenation: u‧a‧u‧a === Noun === uaua sinew tendon blood vessel thin wire (for fishing) string (of a stringed instrument) === Verb === uaua (intransitive, + i) to troll, fish (for) === References === R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎[4], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 41