"cua" meaning in Catalan

See cua in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈku.ə] [Balearic, Central], [ˈku.a] [Valencia] Audio: LL-Q7026 (cat)-Unjoanqualsevol-cua.wav Forms: cues [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Vulgar Latin cōda, early monophthongized variant of Latin cauda. Compare Occitan coa, French queue, Spanish cola. Doublet of [Term?] and coda, a borrowed form. Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|ca|la-vul|cōda|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Vulgar Latin cōda, {{inh+|ca|la-vul|cōda}} Inherited from Vulgar Latin cōda, {{inh|ca|la|cauda}} Latin cauda, {{cog|oc|coa}} Occitan coa, {{cog|fr|queue}} French queue, {{cog|es|cola}} Spanish cola, {{doublet|ca||coda}} Doublet of [Term?] and coda Head templates: {{ca-noun|f}} cua f (plural cues)
  1. tail Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-cua-ca-noun-DGL4du8d Categories (other): Animal body parts Disambiguation of Animal body parts: 20 42 38
  2. queue, (line) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-cua-ca-noun-YX~PI7FT Categories (other): Catalan entries with incorrect language header, Animal body parts Disambiguation of Catalan entries with incorrect language header: 5 75 20 Disambiguation of Animal body parts: 20 42 38
  3. ponytail (hairdo) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-cua-ca-noun-8L1PGZm1 Categories (other): Animal body parts, Hair Disambiguation of Animal body parts: 20 42 38 Disambiguation of Hair: 0 7 93
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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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      "word": "cuaforcat"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "cuagrís"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "cualbra"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      "tags": [
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    }
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "_dis": "20 42 38",
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              31,
              34
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            [
              30,
              34
            ]
          ],
          "english": "the Italian girls skipped the line",
          "text": "les italianes es van saltar la cua",
          "translation": "the Italian girls skipped the line",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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          "name": "Hair",
          "orig": "ca:Hair",
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        "ponytail (hairdo)"
      ],
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          "ponytail"
        ],
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          "hairdo",
          "hairdo"
        ]
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
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      "ipa": "[ˈku.ə]",
      "tags": [
        "Balearic",
        "Central"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈku.a]",
      "tags": [
        "Valencia"
      ]
    },
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    "Catalan lemmas",
    "Catalan nouns",
    "Catalan term requests",
    "Catalan terms derived from Latin",
    "Catalan terms derived from Vulgar Latin",
    "Catalan terms inherited from Latin",
    "Catalan terms inherited from Vulgar Latin",
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    "Pages with 7 entries",
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    "White Hmong entries with incorrect language header",
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    "White Hmong terms inherited from Proto-Hmong-Mien",
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      "word": "capicua"
    },
    {
      "word": "cua de cavall"
    },
    {
      "word": "cua de guilla"
    },
    {
      "word": "cua de guineu"
    },
    {
      "word": "cua de rabosa"
    },
    {
      "word": "cua de ventall"
    },
    {
      "word": "cua-rogenc"
    },
    {
      "word": "cua-roig"
    },
    {
      "word": "cua-rutllat"
    },
    {
      "word": "cuaample"
    },
    {
      "word": "cuablanc"
    },
    {
      "word": "cuablau"
    },
    {
      "word": "cuacurt"
    },
    {
      "word": "cuaespinós"
    },
    {
      "word": "cuafí"
    },
    {
      "word": "cuaforcat"
    },
    {
      "word": "cuagrís"
    },
    {
      "word": "cualbra"
    },
    {
      "word": "cuallarg"
    },
    {
      "word": "cuanegre"
    },
    {
      "word": "cuat"
    },
    {
      "word": "cuaverd"
    },
    {
      "word": "cuejar"
    },
    {
      "word": "cuereta"
    },
    {
      "word": "cueta"
    },
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      "expansion": "Occitan coa",
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      "expansion": "French queue",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "expansion": "Spanish cola",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "ca",
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  "lang_code": "ca",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "glosses": [
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      ],
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        ]
      ],
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          ],
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          "text": "les italianes es van saltar la cua",
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      "glosses": [
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      ],
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        ],
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          "hairdo",
          "hairdo"
        ]
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "Balearic",
        "Central"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈku.a]",
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    }
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}

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