French

Verb

hua

1. third-person singular past historic of huer

Hawaiian

Noun

hua

1. fruit
2. egg

Irish

Noun

hua

1. h-prothesized form of ua

Mandarin

Romanization

hua

1. Nonstandard spelling of huā.
2. Nonstandard spelling of huá.
3. Nonstandard spelling of huǎ.
4. Nonstandard spelling of huà.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Maori

Noun

hua

1. fruit

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• huen

Noun

hua m, f

1. definite feminine singular of hue

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• huene

Noun

hua n

1. definite plural of hue

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

hua f

1. definite singular of hue