"Chua" meaning in Tagalog

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈt͡ʃuwa/ [Standard-Tagalog], [ˈt͡ʃuː.wɐ] [Standard-Tagalog], /ˈtsuwa/ [Standard-Tagalog] (note: no palatal assimilation), [ˈt͡suː.wɐ] [Standard-Tagalog] (note: no palatal assimilation), /ˈt͡ʃwa/ [Standard-Tagalog], [ˈt͡ʃwa] [Standard-Tagalog], /ˈtswa/ [Standard-Tagalog] (note: no palatal assimilation), [ˈt͡swa] [Standard-Tagalog] (note: no palatal assimilation) Forms: ᜆ᜔ᜐᜓᜏ [Baybayin], Choa [alternative]
Rhymes: -uwa, -a Etymology: Etymology tree Hokkien 蔡 (Chhòa) Spanish Chuabor. Tagalog Chua Borrowed from Spanish Chua, from Hokkien 蔡 (Chhòa). Doublet of Choi. Etymology templates: {{ety|tl|:bor|es:Chua<ety:uder<nan-hbl:蔡 >>|doublet=Choi|text=2|tree=1}} Etymology tree Hokkien 蔡 (Chhòa) Spanish Chuabor. Tagalog Chua [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "transliteration" : "Chhòa", "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Hokkien", "term" : "蔡", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "nan-hbl" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "uder" } ], "lang_name" : "Spanish", "term" : "Chua", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "es" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Tagalog", "term" : "Chua", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "tl" }" data-lang="tl" data-title="Chua"> Borrowed from Spanish Chua, from Hokkien 蔡 (Chhòa). Doublet of Choi., {{ety|tl|:bor|es:Chua<ety:uder<nan-hbl:蔡 >>|doublet=Choi|text=2|tree=1}} Etymology tree Hokkien 蔡 (Chhòa) Spanish Chuabor. Tagalog Chua Borrowed from Spanish Chua, from Hokkien 蔡 (Chhòa). Doublet of Choi. Head templates: {{tl-proper noun|b=chuwa}} Chua (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜓᜏ)
  1. a Chinese Filipino surname from Hokkien Related terms (from Cantonese): Choi
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  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "蔡",
      "蔡#Hokkien"
    ],
    [
      "Chua",
      "Chua#Spanish"
    ],
    [
      "Chua",
      "Chua#Spanish"
    ],
    [
      "蔡",
      "蔡#Hokkien"
    ],
    [
      "Choi",
      "Choi#Tagalog"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tl",
        "2": ":bor",
        "3": "es:Chua<ety:uder<nan-hbl:蔡\n>>",
        "doublet": "Choi",
        "text": "2",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nHokkien 蔡 (Chhòa)\nSpanish Chuabor.\nTagalog Chua\n[Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"transliteration\" : \"Chhòa\", \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Hokkien\", \"term\" : \"蔡\", \"status\" : \"missing\", \"lang\" : \"nan-hbl\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"uder\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Spanish\", \"term\" : \"Chua\", \"status\" : \"inline\", \"lang\" : \"es\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"bor\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Tagalog\", \"term\" : \"Chua\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"tl\" }\" data-lang=\"tl\" data-title=\"Chua\">\nBorrowed from Spanish Chua, from Hokkien 蔡 (Chhòa). Doublet of Choi.",
      "name": "ety"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tl",
        "2": ":bor",
        "3": "es:Chua<ety:uder<nan-hbl:蔡\n>>",
        "doublet": "Choi",
        "text": "2",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nHokkien 蔡 (Chhòa)\nSpanish Chuabor.\nTagalog Chua\nBorrowed from Spanish Chua, from Hokkien 蔡 (Chhòa). Doublet of Choi.",
      "name": "ety"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nHokkien 蔡 (Chhòa)\nSpanish Chuabor.\nTagalog Chua\nBorrowed from Spanish Chua, from Hokkien 蔡 (Chhòa). Doublet of Choi.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ᜆ᜔ᜐᜓᜏ",
      "tags": [
        "Baybayin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Choa",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "b": "chuwa"
      },
      "expansion": "Chua (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜓᜏ)",
      "name": "tl-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "Chu‧a",
    "Chua"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "Chu‧a"
      ]
    },
    {
      "parts": [
        "Chua"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tagalog",
  "lang_code": "tl",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using etymon with no ID",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with etymology trees",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with etymon",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog entries with etymology texts",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog entries with etymology trees",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog entries with etymon",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog surnames",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog terms with Baybayin script",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a Chinese Filipino surname from Hokkien"
      ],
      "id": "en-Chua-tl-name-AFt4tkga",
      "links": [
        [
          "surname",
          "surname"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "sense": "from Cantonese",
          "word": "Choi"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃuwa/",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt͡ʃuː.wɐ]",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtsuwa/",
      "note": "no palatal assimilation",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt͡suː.wɐ]",
      "note": "no palatal assimilation",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-uwa"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃwa/",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt͡ʃwa]",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtswa/",
      "note": "no palatal assimilation",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt͡swa]",
      "note": "no palatal assimilation",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-a"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Chua"
}
{
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "蔡",
      "蔡#Hokkien"
    ],
    [
      "Chua",
      "Chua#Spanish"
    ],
    [
      "Chua",
      "Chua#Spanish"
    ],
    [
      "蔡",
      "蔡#Hokkien"
    ],
    [
      "Choi",
      "Choi#Tagalog"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tl",
        "2": ":bor",
        "3": "es:Chua<ety:uder<nan-hbl:蔡\n>>",
        "doublet": "Choi",
        "text": "2",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nHokkien 蔡 (Chhòa)\nSpanish Chuabor.\nTagalog Chua\n[Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"transliteration\" : \"Chhòa\", \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Hokkien\", \"term\" : \"蔡\", \"status\" : \"missing\", \"lang\" : \"nan-hbl\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"uder\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Spanish\", \"term\" : \"Chua\", \"status\" : \"inline\", \"lang\" : \"es\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"bor\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Tagalog\", \"term\" : \"Chua\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"tl\" }\" data-lang=\"tl\" data-title=\"Chua\">\nBorrowed from Spanish Chua, from Hokkien 蔡 (Chhòa). Doublet of Choi.",
      "name": "ety"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tl",
        "2": ":bor",
        "3": "es:Chua<ety:uder<nan-hbl:蔡\n>>",
        "doublet": "Choi",
        "text": "2",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nHokkien 蔡 (Chhòa)\nSpanish Chuabor.\nTagalog Chua\nBorrowed from Spanish Chua, from Hokkien 蔡 (Chhòa). Doublet of Choi.",
      "name": "ety"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nHokkien 蔡 (Chhòa)\nSpanish Chuabor.\nTagalog Chua\nBorrowed from Spanish Chua, from Hokkien 蔡 (Chhòa). Doublet of Choi.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ᜆ᜔ᜐᜓᜏ",
      "tags": [
        "Baybayin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Choa",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "b": "chuwa"
      },
      "expansion": "Chua (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜓᜏ)",
      "name": "tl-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "Chu‧a",
    "Chua"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "Chu‧a"
      ]
    },
    {
      "parts": [
        "Chua"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tagalog",
  "lang_code": "tl",
  "pos": "name",
  "related": [
    {
      "sense": "from Cantonese",
      "word": "Choi"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages using etymon with no ID",
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Pages with etymology trees",
        "Pages with etymon",
        "Pages with inline etymon for redlinks",
        "Rhymes:Tagalog/a",
        "Rhymes:Tagalog/a/1 syllable",
        "Rhymes:Tagalog/uwa",
        "Rhymes:Tagalog/uwa/2 syllables",
        "Tagalog 1-syllable words",
        "Tagalog 2-syllable words",
        "Tagalog doublets",
        "Tagalog entries with etymology texts",
        "Tagalog entries with etymology trees",
        "Tagalog entries with etymon",
        "Tagalog entries with incorrect language header",
        "Tagalog lemmas",
        "Tagalog proper nouns",
        "Tagalog surnames",
        "Tagalog surnames from Hokkien",
        "Tagalog terms borrowed from Spanish",
        "Tagalog terms derived from Hokkien",
        "Tagalog terms derived from Spanish",
        "Tagalog terms spelled with C",
        "Tagalog terms with Baybayin script",
        "Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation",
        "Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation",
        "Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a Chinese Filipino surname from Hokkien"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "surname",
          "surname"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃuwa/",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt͡ʃuː.wɐ]",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtsuwa/",
      "note": "no palatal assimilation",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt͡suː.wɐ]",
      "note": "no palatal assimilation",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-uwa"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃwa/",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt͡ʃwa]",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtswa/",
      "note": "no palatal assimilation",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt͡swa]",
      "note": "no palatal assimilation",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-a"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Chua"
}

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