gua

gua

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Shiki.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Shiki terms

• bua (Ayer)
• guá (non-standard spelling)

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡwa/ [ˈɡwa]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: gua

gua m (uncountable)

1. (games) marbles (game)
2. (games) hole for marbles

• “gua”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN
• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “gua”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

• guah (Bekasi)
• guè (Meester)
• guĕ (Tanah Abang)

Borrowed from Hokkien 我 (góa, “I, me, my”).

• (literary) IPA^(key): /ɡu(w)a/

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• (Bekasi) IPA^(key): [ɡu(w)ah]
• (Meester) IPA^(key): [ɡu(w)ɛ]

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• (Tanah Abang) IPA^(key): [ɡu(w)ɤː]
• Hyphenation: gu‧a

gua

1. I (personal pronoun)
2. me (direct object of a verb)
3. me (object of a preposition)
4. me (indirect object of a verb)
5. my (belonging to me)

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.

• ané
• aya, saya
• kita (euphemistic)

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

• IPA^(key): /ɡua/
• Hyphenation: gu‧a

gua

1. cave (natural cavity formed underground)

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

gua

1. (botany) Areca palm, Areca nut

• Burling, R. (2003), The Language of the Modhupur Mandi (Garo) Vol. II: The Lexicon‎^[1], Bangladesh: University of Michigan

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

• IPA^(key): /ɡua/

gua

1. cave (natural cavity formed underground)

• (Standard Indonesian)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈɡua/ [ˈɡu.a] (noun)
    • Rhymes: -a
    • Syllabification: gu‧a
  • IPA^(key): /ˈɡwa/ [ˈɡwa] (pronoun)
    • Rhymes: -a

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

gua

1. cave

   Synonyms: gaung, gohong, ngalau

• goa

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

• gue
• wa (text messaging)
• gw (text messaging)
• goea (1901–1947)

gua

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

Indonesian first-person pronouns:

• aye, ogut, gue, gua (Jakarta)
• aku (informal)
• daku (poetic)
• saya (polite)
• hamba
• kami (euphemism)

• “gua”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Borrowed from Hokkien 我 (góa).

• (Baku, schwa-variety) IPA^(key): /ˈɡwa/ [ˈɡwa]
  • Rhymes: -a

• (schwa-variety) IPA^(key): /ˈɡwə/ [ˈɡwə] (rare)
  • Rhymes: -uə, -wə, -ə
• Hyphenation: gua

gua (Jawi spelling ݢوا)

1. (Malaysia, Singapore) I, me, my

• aku
• saya

From Sanskrit गुहा (guhā, “cave”).

• (schwa-variety) IPA^(key): /ˈɡwə/ [ˈɡwə]
  • Rhymes: -uə, -wə, -ə
• (Baku, Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /ˈɡwa/ [ˈɡwa]
  • Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: gua

gua (Jawi spelling ݢوا, plural gua-gua or gua²)

1. cave

• > Indonesian: gua (inherited)

• "gua" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

gua

1. nonstandard spelling of guā
2. nonstandard spelling of guǎ
3. nonstandard spelling of guà

• 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.

Likely cognate with Tabaru goa and possibly Ternate ugu.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡu.a/

gua

1. the buttocks

   Synonym: pani

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982), The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[2], Pacific linguistics

• IPA^(key): /ɡu˧.(w)a˧/

gua

1. bamboo

• Chungkham Yashawanta Singh; Lukram Himmat (2013), A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 45