una

English Online Dictionary. What means una‎? What does una mean?

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin ūna, inflected form of ūnus.

Numeral

una f (masculine un or unu)

1. feminine singular of un

Bepour

Noun

una

1. louse

Further reading

• Johannes A. Z'graggen, A comparative word list of the Northern Adelbert Range Languages, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea (1980, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics), cited by transnewguinea.org
• Bepour Swadesh List (The Rosetta Project: A Long Now Foundation Library of Human Language)

Bura

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [úná]

Noun

una

1. salt

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin ūna, feminine of ūnus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈu.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈu.na]

Article

una

1. feminine singular of un

Numeral

una

1. feminine singular of un

Pronoun

una

1. feminine singular of un

Cebuano

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *unah, from Proto-Austronesian *(q)uNah.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈuna/
• Hyphenation: una

Numeral

una

1. first; 1st

   Synonyms: ika-1, ikausa

   Ang Mercury ang unang planeta gikan sa adlaw. ― Mercury is the first planet from the sun.

Usage notes

• The suffix -ng is used with the word to modify the word it modifies.

  unang oras ― first hour

Noun

una

1. (comparable) ahead, early

   Siya ang pinakauna nga na-abot. ― He was the very first to arrive.

2. (not comparable) the first place

   Una si Juan, ikaduha si Maria. ― First is John, second is Mary.

3. (not comparable) the first placer: someone or something ranked first place, that is, one who is above all the other ranks

Adverb

una

1. first, firstly; before anything else

   Synonym: una sa tanan

2. (ordinal adverbial) first time

   Mao ni ang pinakauna nakong sakay sa eroplano. ― This is my very first time on a plane.

Derived terms

Corsican

Etymology

From Latin una, feminine of unus. Cognates include Italian una and Spanish una.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈuna/
• Hyphenation: u‧na

Numeral

una

1. feminine singular of unu

Article

una

1. feminine singular of un

Usage notes

• Before a vowel, una becomes un'.

References

• “unu” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

Dongxiang

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Mongolic *una-.

Verb

una

1. to fall

Franco-Provençal

Determiner

una

1. feminine singular of un

Greenlandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /u.na/

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Particle

una (plural uku)

1. an enclitic written by hyphenating or by assimilation which indicates to be.

   ujarak-una ― It is a stone.

   kia-una nasaa? or kianna nasaa? ― Whose cap is it?

Etymology 2

From Proto-Inuit *ụ-nạ (“this near the speaker, here it is”), from Proto-Eskimo *u- (“this near, here it is”).

Pronoun

una

1. medial pronoun; that nearby, he/she/it nearby.
   • 1992, Erik Münster (quoting anonymous), "Kinguaassiuutikkut nappaataava", Atuagagdliutit

Declension

See also

• manna (“this here”)
• innga (“that yonder”)
• kanna (“that down a medial distance”)
• sanna (“that down a long distance”)
• pinnga (“that up a medial distance”)
• panna (“that up a long distance”)
• qanna (“that in there/out there”)
• anna (“that in the north”)
• kinnga (“that in the south/that outside”)

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse una, from Proto-Germanic *wunāną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʏːna/
• Rhymes: -ʏːna

Verb

una (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative undi, supine unað)

1. (intransitive) to be satisfied, feel happy

   Synonym: líða vel

2. (transitive, with dative) to be satisfied by, to acquiesce in
3. (intransitive) to stay, to linger

   Synonym: dveljast

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

Related terms

• venja (“to accustom, to make accustomed”)
• yndi (“joy, happiness, pleasure”)

Italian

Etymology

From Latin ūna, feminine of ūnus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈu.na/
• Rhymes: -una
• Hyphenation: ù‧na

Numeral

una

1. feminine singular of uno

Article

una

1. feminine singular of uno

Pronoun

una

1. feminine singular of uno

Ladin

Adjective

una f

1. one

Ladino

Etymology

From Old Spanish una, from Latin ūna, feminine of ūnus (“one”), from Old Latin oinos, from Proto-Italic *oinos, from Proto-Indo-European *óynos (“one, single”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈuna/

Article

una (Hebrew spelling אונה, plural unas, masculine un)

1. a (feminine singular)

Latin

Etymology

Inflected form of ūnus (“one”)

Pronunciation

• ūna: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈuː.na/, [ˈuːnä]
• ūna: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈu.na/, [ˈuːnä]
• ūnā: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈuː.naː/, [ˈuːnäː]
• ūnā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈu.na/, [ˈuːnä]

Numeral

ūna

1. nominative/vocative feminine singular of ūnus

Numeral

ūnā

1. ablative feminine singular of ūnus

Adverb

ūnā (not comparable)

1. together, simultaneously, at the same time
2. with company, along with
3. at the same place

Usage notes

• Sometimes written as "ūnā cum"

Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

From Igbo ụnụ.

Pronoun

una

1. you all

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin ūna (“one”).

Pronunciation

Article

una f (masculine un)

1. a, an (feminine singular indefinite article)

Old Tupi

Etymology

From un (“black”, adjective) +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈũ.na]
• Rhymes: -ũna
• Hyphenation: u‧na

Noun

una (possessable, IIa class pluriform, absolute tuna, R1 runa, R2 suna)

1. black
2. blackness
3. darkness

   Synonyms: putumimbyka, putuna, putunusu

Descendants

• Nheengatu: una (adjective)

See also

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “una”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 498, column 1

Portuguese

Verb

una

1. inflection of unir:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Adjective

una

1. feminine singular of uno

Romagnol

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Central Romagnol): IPA^(key): [ˈuːnɐ]

Numeral

una f

1. feminine of un

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Central Romagnol): IPA^(key): [unɐ]

Article

una f

1. feminine of un

References

Masotti, Adelmo (1996) Vocabolario Romagnolo Italiano [Romagnol-Italian dictionary] (in Italian), Bologna: Zanichelli, page 683

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈuna/

Numeral

una f

1. feminine of unu: one

Pronoun

una

1. nominative/accusative feminine singular of unul

Related terms

• o

Sardinian

Etymology

From Latin ūna, feminine of ūnus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈuna/

Article

una f (masculine unu)

1. (Logudorese, Campidanese, Nuorese) a, an (indefinite article)

Usage notes

• When preceded by cun (Logudorese, Campidanese)/chin (Nuorese) or in, a prothetic [d] is inserted, ortographically realized as d' (e.g. Logudorese cun d'una fémina (“with a woman”)), .

References

• Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes

Sassarese

Etymology

From Latin ūna, feminine of ūnus (“one”), from Old Latin oinos, from Proto-Italic *oinos, from Proto-Indo-European *óynos (“one, single”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈuna/

Article

una f (indefinite, masculine un or unu)

1. a, an

Pronoun

una f (indefinite, masculine un or unu)

1. one, someone, a person

References

• Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈuna/ [ˈu.na]
• Rhymes: -una
• Syllabification: u‧na

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin ūna, feminine of ūnus.

Noun

una f (plural unas)

1. feminine of uno

Derived terms

Article

una f sg

1. feminine singular of un

Determiner

una f sg

1. feminine singular of uno

Pronoun

una f (masculine uno)

1. one (an indefinite plural pronoun using a singular feminine item, used for females)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

una

1. inflection of unir:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “uno”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Swahili

Verb

una

1. inflection of -wa na:
   1. second-person singular present affirmative
   2. m-mi class subject inflected singular present affirmative
   3. u class subject inflected singular present affirmative

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *unah, from Proto-Austronesian *(q)uNah. Compare Spanish una.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔuna/ [ˈʔuː.n̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -una
• Syllabification: u‧na

Adjective

una (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜈ)

1. first (ahead of others)

   Synonyms: pang-una, nauna

2. earliest

   Synonyms: pinakauna, kauna-unahan

3. foremost; ranking before others (in quality, rank, etc.)

   Synonyms: pangunahin, primera

Derived terms

See also

• uno

Adverb

una (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜈ)

1. for the first time
2. before any other thing or person; at the beginning

   Synonyms: sa simula, sa umpisa

Noun

una (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜈ)

1. first in a series

   Synonyms: pang-una, nauna

2. first (of a person, thing, kind, rank, etc.)

   Synonyms: pang-una, nauna

Further reading

• “una”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈu.na]

Pronoun

una (subject clitic o, possessive prefix i, Jawi ؤن)

1. (masculine) third-person singular pronoun, he

Usage notes

Dialectally, una may collocate with the possessive prefix ai in place of i.

See also

References

• Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Welsh

Alternative forms

• unaf (first-person singular future)
• uniff (colloquial, third-person singular future)
• unith (colloquial, third-person singular future)

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɨ̞na/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈiːna/, /ˈɪna/

Verb

una

1. inflection of uno:
   1. first-person singular future colloquial
   2. third-person singular future literary
   3. second-person singular imperative

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