"qua" meaning in Hokkien

{
  "etymology_text": "The suffix has been used since around the 17th and 18th century. Since \"hong\" (行) merchants were technically officials of the lowest (9th) rank, the suffix qua was added to their names in honour of their positions in the Qing government.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nan-hbl",
        "2": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "qua",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hokkien",
  "lang_code": "nan-hbl",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "official",
          "word": "of 官"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hokkien entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 15 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 0 0 6 0 1 7 8 1 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 6 0 0 8 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 0 0 0 1 1 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 15 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Irregular romanization of of 官 (“official”)"
      ],
      "id": "en-qua-nan-hbl-suffix-8S-lakN2",
      "links": [
        [
          "官",
          "官#Hokkien"
        ],
        [
          "official",
          "official"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "koaⁿ"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "irregular",
        "morpheme",
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[kuã˥˥]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "qua"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 15 entries"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "The suffix has been used since around the 17th and 18th century. Since \"hong\" (行) merchants were technically officials of the lowest (9th) rank, the suffix qua was added to their names in honour of their positions in the Qing government.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nan-hbl",
        "2": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "qua",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hokkien",
  "lang_code": "nan-hbl",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "official",
          "word": "of 官"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Hokkien entries with incorrect language header",
        "Hokkien lemmas",
        "Hokkien suffixes",
        "Pages with 15 entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Irregular romanization of of 官 (“official”)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "官",
          "官#Hokkien"
        ],
        [
          "official",
          "official"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "irregular",
        "morpheme",
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[kuã˥˥]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "koaⁿ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "qua"
}