-ua

From Proto-Finnic *-udak, from Proto-Uralic *-w-. Cognates include Estonian -uma/-uda.

• IPA^(key): /-uɑˣ/, [-uɑ̝(ʔ)]

-ua (front vowel harmony variant -yä, stem -u-, linguistic notation -U- or -UA)

1. Forms passive (including stative) or translative (including inchoative) intransitive verbs from transitive verbs.

   ‎nähdä (“to see”) + ‎-ua → ‎näkyä (“to be visible”)

   ‎kastaa (“to dip, make wet”) + ‎-ua → ‎kastua (“to become wet”)

Note that if the stem has gradation, it is (almost always) preserved.

• Räisänen, Alpo. 1988. Suomen kielen u-johtimiset verbit. Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura. →ISBN

• au

From Proto-Finnic *-udak. Cognates include Finnish -ua and Karelian -uo.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /-uɑ/, [-uɑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /-uɑ/, [-uɑ]

-ua (front vowel variant -yä)

1. Used to form inchoative verbs.

   ‎nähä (“to see”) + ‎-ua → ‎näkkyä (“to be visible”)

• After verbs whose stems end in a long vowel, or after nominals, the allomorph -hua (-hyä) is used:

  ‎kuivaa- (“to dry”) + ‎-ua → ‎kuivahua (“to dry out”).

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /-uɑ/, [-uɑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /-uɑ/, [-uɑ]

-ua

1. partitive singular of -u

• -ua: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u.a/, [uä]
• -ua: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /u.a/, [uä] (stress falls on the antepenult)
• -ua: (Classical Latin, in ⟨-qua⟩) IPA^(key): /kʷa/, [kʷä]
• -ua: (Classical Latin, in ⟨-qua⟩) IPA^(key): /kwa/, [kwä] (stress falls in accordance with the paenultima law)
• -uā: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u.aː/, [uäː]
• -uā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /u.a/, [uä] (stress falls on the antepenult)
• -uā: (Classical Latin, in ⟨-quā⟩) IPA^(key): /kʷaː/, [kʷäː]
• -uā: (Classical Latin, in ⟨-quā⟩) IPA^(key): /kwa/, [kwä] (stress falls in accordance with the paenultima law)

-ua

1. inflection of -uus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

-uā

1. ablative feminine singular of -uus

• -a — used for feminine nouns in the nominative and plural cases which do not end in a stressed vowel or diphthong

Inherited from Latin illa.

• IPA^(key): /wa/

-ua f

1. variant of -a

   the (definite article)

• This form of the definite article is used for feminine nouns in the nominative and accusative cases which end in a stressed vowel or diphthong:

  basmaua, from basma, fem.

  cafeaua, from cafea, fem.

  steaua, from stea, fem.

• Monosyllables ending in vowels also take this suffix:

  ziua, from zi, fem.

-ua (mid vowel harmony variant -oa)

1. (nonproductive) conversive suffix; reverses the meaning of the verb

   ‎-funga (“to close”) + ‎-ua → ‎-fungua (“to open”)

   ‎-choma (“to pierce”) + ‎-oa → ‎-chomoa (“to draw out”)

• Swahili conversive verbs