"kua" meaning in White Hmong

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Noun

IPA: /kuə̯˧/
Etymology: From Proto-Hmong-Mien *klæwX (“liquid, soup”). Etymology templates: {{inh|mww|hmx-pro|*klæwX|t=liquid, soup}} Proto-Hmong-Mien *klæwX (“liquid, soup”) Head templates: {{head|mww|noun}} kua
  1. runny liquid, fluid
    Sense id: en-kua-mww-noun-aUzN8vyj
  2. juice
    Sense id: en-kua-mww-noun-pa2JVlYH
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: kua ciab (english: a gummy wax used as an adhesive), kua dis (english: rice gruel), kua mem (english: ink), kua mis (english: milk), kua muag (english: tears), kua ntxhai (english: rice water (poured-off cooked rice)), kua paug (english: a thick secretion), kua tshuaj (english: liquid medicine), kua yeeb (english: liquid opium), kua yis (english: a thin secretion)
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "a gummy wax used as an adhesive",
      "word": "kua ciab"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "rice gruel",
      "word": "kua dis"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "ink",
      "word": "kua mem"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "milk",
      "word": "kua mis"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "tears",
      "word": "kua muag"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "rice water (poured-off cooked rice)",
      "word": "kua ntxhai"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "a thick secretion",
      "word": "kua paug"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "liquid medicine",
      "word": "kua tshuaj"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "liquid opium",
      "word": "kua yeeb"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "a thin secretion",
      "word": "kua yis"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mww",
        "2": "hmx-pro",
        "3": "*klæwX",
        "t": "liquid, soup"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Hmong-Mien *klæwX (“liquid, soup”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Hmong-Mien *klæwX (“liquid, soup”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mww",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "kua",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "White Hmong",
  "lang_code": "mww",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "runny liquid, fluid"
      ],
      "id": "en-kua-mww-noun-aUzN8vyj",
      "links": [
        [
          "runny",
          "runny"
        ],
        [
          "liquid",
          "liquid"
        ],
        [
          "fluid",
          "fluid"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "juice"
      ],
      "id": "en-kua-mww-noun-pa2JVlYH",
      "links": [
        [
          "juice",
          "juice"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kuə̯˧/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kua"
}
{
  "categories": [
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    "White Hmong terms derived from Proto-Hmong-Mien",
    "White Hmong terms inherited from Proto-Hmong-Mien",
    "White Hmong terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "a gummy wax used as an adhesive",
      "word": "kua ciab"
    },
    {
      "english": "rice gruel",
      "word": "kua dis"
    },
    {
      "english": "ink",
      "word": "kua mem"
    },
    {
      "english": "milk",
      "word": "kua mis"
    },
    {
      "english": "tears",
      "word": "kua muag"
    },
    {
      "english": "rice water (poured-off cooked rice)",
      "word": "kua ntxhai"
    },
    {
      "english": "a thick secretion",
      "word": "kua paug"
    },
    {
      "english": "liquid medicine",
      "word": "kua tshuaj"
    },
    {
      "english": "liquid opium",
      "word": "kua yeeb"
    },
    {
      "english": "a thin secretion",
      "word": "kua yis"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mww",
        "2": "hmx-pro",
        "3": "*klæwX",
        "t": "liquid, soup"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Hmong-Mien *klæwX (“liquid, soup”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Hmong-Mien *klæwX (“liquid, soup”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mww",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "kua",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "White Hmong",
  "lang_code": "mww",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "runny liquid, fluid"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "runny",
          "runny"
        ],
        [
          "liquid",
          "liquid"
        ],
        [
          "fluid",
          "fluid"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "juice"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "juice",
          "juice"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kuə̯˧/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kua"
}

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