thua

See also: thưa, thừa, thửa, þúa, thủa, and thùa

Albanian

Etymology

Apocope of *thuan, from Proto-Albanian *(a)tsāna,from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”) (compare Lithuanian ašni̇̀s (“blade edge”), Ancient Greek ἄκανος (ákanos, “pine thistle”), English awn (“bristle of barley”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θua/

Noun

thua m (plural thonj, definite thoi, definite plural thonjtë)

1. (anatomy) nail (of the body), fingernail, toenail

Declension

Declension of thua

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	thua	thoi	thonj	thonjtë
accusative		thoin
dative	thoi	thoit	thonjve	thonjve
ablative			thonjsh

Derived terms

• thundër

Further reading

• “thua”, in FMGJSH: Fjalor i madh i gjuhës shqipe (in Albanian), 2026

Cacgia Roglai

Numeral

thua

1. two

Haroi

Numeral

thua

1. two

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /huə/

Noun

thua f

1. lenited form of tua

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 輸 (“to lose”, SV: thâu).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tʰuə˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tʰuə˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [tʰuə˧˧]

• Audio (Saigon):

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Verb

thua • (輸, 𪿐)

1. to lose

Antonyms

• thắng

Derived terms

• thắng thua
• thua thiệt

Anagrams

• thau