rua

rua

1. two

From Proto-Oceanic *rua, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *dua, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *dua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

rua

1. two

• Kateřina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

Borrowed from Old Javanese rwa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha. Doublet of dua.

rua (Balinese script ᬭ᭄ᬯ)

1. two

   Synonyms: dua, kalih

• “rua”, in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia] (in Balinese), Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali].

rua

1. two

• Steve Gallagher, Peirce Baehr, Bariai Grammar Sketch (2005)

rua

1. third person dual

Inherited from Latin rūga (“wrinkle”). Doublet of ruga.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈru.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈru.a]
• Rhymes: -ua

rua f (plural rues)

1. (archaic) street

   Synonym: carrer

2. pack, line

   Synonyms: corrua, colla

3. parade

   Synonyms: desfilada, cavalcada

   rua de carnaval ― Carnival parade

• arruga

• “rua”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

For pronunciation and definitions of rua – see 挼 (“to rub; to knead; etc.”). (This term is an Internet slang variant form of 挼).

Fijian cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : rua

From Proto-Central Pacific *rua, from Proto-Oceanic *rua, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *dua, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *dua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

rua

1. two

rua (Old Fribourgeois)

1. alternative form of roua (“wheel”)

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “rŏta”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 10: R, page 490

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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rua

1. third-person singular past historic of ruer

rua

1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of ruar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• IPA^(key): /ɾua/

From Proto-Bodo-Garo *ru¹-a (“axe”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *rV-paʔ (“axe”).

rua

1. axe

rua

1. to pour slowly and carefully
2. to take down; to take apart

• roa

rua

1. rice seedling after removal from seedbed or after transplanting

• roa

rua

1. to mate (of animals)

• roa

rua

1. to dance

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈrua/ [ˈru.a]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: ru‧a

From Portuguese rua (“street”).

rua

1. (rare) street

   Synonym: jalan

Unknown, probably same as above.

rua (comparative lebih rua, superlative paling rua)

1. (obsolete) wide

   Synonym: lebar

• ruwa

• “rua”, 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

• ruadh (superseded)

From Old Irish rúad,^[1] from Proto-Celtic *roudos (compare Welsh rhudd), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- (compare Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός (eruthrós), Sanskrit रुधिर (rudhirá), Old English rēad).

• IPA^(key): /ɾˠuə/^[2][3]

rua (genitive singular masculine rua, genitive singular feminine rua or ruaí, comparative rua or ruacha)

1. red(-haired)

   Synonyms: ceannrua, fionnrua, foltrua, ruafholtach

2. reddish brown, russet, copper brown
3. wild, fierce; rough, strong

• Alternative genitive singular feminine: ruaí (dialectal)
• Alternative comparative: ruacha (Cois Fharraige)

rua m (genitive singular rua, nominative plural ruanna)

1. red-haired person, redhead
2. reddish-brown, russet, colour

an rua f (genitive singular na rua)

1. (pathology) the rose, erysipelas

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “ruaḋ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 917; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “rua”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “rua”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “rua”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026

• IPA^(key): /ˈru.a/
• Rhymes: -ua
• Hyphenation: rù‧a

rua f (plural rue)

1. alternative form of ruga

• -ura, Aru

From Portuguese rua.

rua

1. road; route; street

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

rua f (plural ruas)

1. street, road

• “rua”, in Diccionario Castellano-Leonés / Leonés-Castellano [Spanish-Leonese / Leonese-Spanish Dictionary] (in Spanish), La Asociación L'Alderique, 2012–2026

From Portuguese rua.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɾuɐ/

rua

1. street

   na meo di rua ― in the middle of the street

   tambâ buraco di rua ― to fill in the hole in the street

   atâi di rua ― uneducated boy (literally, “boy of the street”)

• Some usages of rua are calques of Cantonese usages; for example, vai rua is a calque of Cantonese 出街 (ceot¹ gaai¹), while andâ rua is a calque of Cantonese 行街 (haang⁴ gaai¹).

• andâ rua (“to stroll around the streets”)
• vai rua (“to go out”, literally “to go street”)
• varê rua (“to always stay outside”, literally “to sweep the street”)

• https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

• IPA^(key): [ˈrua]

rua (Lontara spelling ᨑᨘᨕ)

1. two

rua

1. nonstandard spelling of ruá

• 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.

Māori cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : rua

• IPA^(key): /ˈrua/ [ˈɾʉɐ]

From Proto-Eastern Polynesian *rua, from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *rua, from Proto-Polynesian *rua, from Proto-Oceanic *rua, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *dua, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *dua (compare Malay dua), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

rua

1. two

   weherua ― to halve, to bisect (literally, “to divide into two”)

   pitorua ― double-ended

   pōkairua ― diploma

From Proto-Eastern Polynesian [Term?], from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian [Term?], from Proto-Polynesian [Term?] (compare with Hawaiian lua),^[1] from Proto-Oceanic [Term?], from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian [Term?], from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *luaŋ (compare Malay luang (“gap”) and lubang (“hole”), Tagalog luwang (“vast space”)) or *liaŋ ((compare with Malay liang (“pore”)).^[2]

rua

1. pit
2. cavity

• Williams, Herbert William (1917), “rua”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 407
• “rua” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *rua, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *rV-pa.

rua

1. bamboo

Becomes raw- when used as the first element of compounds.

• Lorrain, J. Herbert (1940), “rua”, in Dictionary of the Lushai language, Calcutta: Asiatic Society

rua f

1. definite singular of rue

From Old Occitan rua, from Latin ruga.

rua f (plural ruas)

1. (Limousin) street

From Vulgar Latin *ruga (“furrow, path, street”) (likely through or influenced by Old French rue), from Latin ruga (“wrinkle”), from Proto-Indo-European *krewp- (“to become encrusted”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈru.a/
• Rhymes: -ua

rua f (plural ruas)

1. street
   • 1525-1526, Cancioneiro da Biblioteca Nacional, João de Gaia, B 1433: Vosso pai na rua (facsimile)

     Vosso pay na Rua / anta porta sua

     Your dad [is] on the street / before your door

   • a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 34 (facsimile):

     Hṽa omage pintada na rua siya / en tauoa mui bẽ feita de ſanta Maria.

     There was in the street a well-made icon of Holy Mary, painted on wood.

• Galician: rúa
• Portuguese: rua

• Universo Cantigas - "rua"

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *dua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

rua

1. two

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -uɐ
• Hyphenation: ru‧a

From Old Galician-Portuguese rua (“street”), from or influenced by Old French rue (Modern French rue) or Old Spanish rua (Modern Spanish rúa), from Vulgar Latin *ruga (“furrow, path, street”), from Latin ruga (“wrinkle”), from Proto-Indo-European *krewp- (“to become encrusted”). Cognate with Galician rúa. Doublet of ruga.

rua f (plural ruas)

2. street; road (paved path)

   Eu moro na rua da Igreja.

   I live on Church Street.

   Olha para os dois lados antes de atravessar a rua.

   Look both ways before you cross the street.

4. streets (urban areas outside buildings)

   O mendigo mora na rua.

   The beggar lives in the streets.

rua!

2. out! (strong, impolite demand for someone to leave)

   Synonyms: andor, fora

rua

1. inflection of ruar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “rua”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “rua”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

• IPA^(key): /ˈɾu.a/
• Hyphenation: ru‧a

Rapa Nui cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : rua     Compound form : piti

From Proto-Eastern Polynesian *rua. Cognates include Hawaiian lua and Māori rua.

rua

1. two

From Proto-Polynesian *lua. Cognates include Samoan lua and Tokelauan lua.

rua

1. (intransitive) to vomit

• Veronica Du Feu (1996), Rapanui (Descriptive Grammars), Routledge, →ISBN, page 207
• Paulus Kieviet (2017), A grammar of Rapa Nui‎^[2], Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 147

Rarotongan cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : rua

From Proto-Eastern Polynesian *rua, from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *rua, from Proto-Polynesian *rua, from Proto-Oceanic *rua, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *dua, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *dua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

rua

1. two

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

rua

1. two

Rotuman cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : rua

From Proto-Oceanic *rua, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *dua, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *dua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

rua

1. two

• ruga

From Latin rūga.

rua f (plural ruas)

1. street

rua

1. to be rich

r- +‎ ua

rua

1. not anymore, no longer

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001). A Descriptive Study of the Language of Ternate, the Northern Moluccas, Indonesia. University of Pittsburgh.

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *dua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

rua

1. two

Borrowed from French roi, from Latin rēx.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɾu.a/
• Hyphenation: ru‧a

rua (definite accusative ruayı, plural rualar)

1. (uncommon, card games) king

   Synonym: papaz

Playing cards in Turkish · iskambil (layout · text)
as, birli	ikili	üçlü	dörtlü	beşli	altılı	yedili
sekizli	dokuzlu	onlu	bacak, oğlan, vale, fanti	kız	papaz, rua	joker

• “rua”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “rua”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı

rua

1. two

• Antoinette Schapper, Marian Klamer, Numeral systems in the Alor-Pantar languages

From Proto-Oceanic *rua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

• IPA^(key): /rua/

rua

1. two

• Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)

rua

1. two

• Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)
• ABVD

From Latin rota. Compare Italian ruota.

• roda

rua f (plural rue)

1. wheel
2. tyre

From Latin rūta, from Ancient Greek ῥυτή (rhutḗ). Compare Italian ruta.

rua f (plural rue)

1. rue (plant)

From French ajourer (“hemstitch, perforate”).

rua

1. to hemstitch