"cua" meaning in Catalan

See cua in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈku.ə] [Balearic, Central, Northern], [ˈku.a] [Northwestern, Valencia] Audio: LL-Q7026 (cat)-Unjoanqualsevol-cua.wav [Catalonia] Forms: cues [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *keh₂w-der. Proto-Indo-European *keh₂udeh₂ Proto-Italic *kaudā Classical Latin cauda Late Latin cōda Catalan cua Inherited from Late Latin cōda, monophthongized from earlier Latin cauda. Cognate with French queue, Occitan coa, and Spanish cola. Doublet of coda, a borrowed form. Etymology templates: {{etymon|ca|:inh|la-lat:cōda|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *keh₂w-der. Proto-Indo-European *keh₂udeh₂ Proto-Italic *kaudā Classical Latin cauda Late Latin cōda Catalan cua [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*keh₂w-", "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*kewh₂-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*kaudā", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Classical Latin", "term" : "cauda", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la-cla" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Late Latin", "term" : "cōda", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la-lat" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Catalan", "term" : "cua", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ca" }" data-lang="ca" data-title="cua">, {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|ca|la-lat|cōda|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Late Latin cōda, {{inh+|ca|la-lat|cōda}} Inherited from Late Latin cōda, {{inh|ca|la|cauda}} Latin cauda, {{cog|fr|queue}} French queue, {{cog|oc|coa}} Occitan coa, {{,}} ,, {{cog|es|cola}} Spanish cola, {{doublet|ca|coda}} Doublet of coda Head templates: {{ca-noun|f}} cua f (plural cues)
  1. tail Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-cua-ca-noun-DGL4du8d Categories (other): Catalan entries with etymon Disambiguation of Catalan entries with etymon: 33 33 33
  2. queue, line Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-cua-ca-noun-EuUkgLgp Categories (other): Catalan entries with etymon Disambiguation of Catalan entries with etymon: 33 33 33
  3. ponytail (hairdo) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-cua-ca-noun-8L1PGZm1 Categories (other): Catalan entries with etymology trees, Catalan entries with etymon, Catalan entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon, Animal body parts, Hair Disambiguation of Catalan entries with etymology trees: 18 18 65 Disambiguation of Catalan entries with etymon: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Catalan entries with incorrect language header: 18 18 65 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 18 18 65 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 18 18 65 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 18 18 65 Disambiguation of Animal body parts: 26 26 48 Disambiguation of Hair: 0 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: capicua, cua de cavall, cua de guilla, cua de guineu, cua de rabosa, cua de ventall, cua-rogenc, cua-roig, cua-rutllat, cuaample, cuablanc, cuablau, cuacurt, cuaespinós, cuafí, cuaforcat, cuagrís, cualbra, cuallarg, cuanegre, cuat, cuaverd, cuejar, cuereta, cueta, saltar-se la cua

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "ipa": "[ˈku.a]",
      "tags": [
        "Northwestern",
        "Valencia"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Catalonia"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "cua"
}

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