oua

See also: òua and ouă

Chuukese

Pronoun

oua

1. you (plural)

Adjective

oua

1. you (plural) are

Related terms

			present and past tense	negative tense	future	negative future	distant future	negative determinate
singular	first person		ua	use	upwe	usap	upwap	ute
	second person		ka ke	kose kese	kopwe kepwe	kosap kesap	kopwap kepwap	kote kete
	third person		a	ese	epwe	esap	epwap	ete
plural	first person	exclusive	aua	ause	aupwe	ausap	aupwap	aute
		inclusive	sia	sise	sipwe	sisap	sipwap	site
	second person		oua	ouse	oupwe	ousap	oupwap	oute
	third person		ra re	rese	repwe	resap	repwap	rete

Ligurian

Adverb

oua

1. now (at the present time)

   Mi véuggio béive 'na bïra e vin oua.

   I want to drink a beer and wine now.

Louisiana Creole

Etymology

From French voir (“to see”). Compare Saint Dominican Creole French voir, Haitian Creole wè.

Verb

oua

1. to see

References

• Alcée Fortier, Louisiana Folktales

Romanian

Etymology

From ou +‎ -a or from a Vulgar Latin *ōvāre, from Latin ōvum. Compare Aromanian oauã, Friulian ovâ, Portuguese and Spanish ovar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oˈwa/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: o‧ua

Verb

a oua (third-person singular present ouă, past participle ouat) 1st conjugation

1. (intransitive or reflexive, of poultry) to lay eggs

Conjugation

infinitive			a oua
gerund			ouând
past participle			ouat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	—	—	ouă	—	—	ouă
	imperfect	—	—	oua	—	—	ouau
	simple perfect	—	—	ouă	—	—	ouară
	pluperfect	—	—	ouase	—	—	ouaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	—	—	să ouă	—	—	să ouă
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		—			—
	negative		—			—

    conjugation of oua (first conjugation, no infix, third-person only)

Derived terms

• ouat
• ouătoare

Related terms

• ou

Further reading

• oua in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)