uta

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uta (uncountable)

1. cutaneous leishmaniasis

Japanese うた

uta (plural utas or uta)

1. A kind of Japanese poem.

• uta monogatari

• AUT, UAT, aut-, tau

uta

1. to stand up

ūta

1. Romanization of 𐌿𐍄𐌰

uta

1. Rōmaji transcription of うた

uta

1. vomit

• IPA^(key): /u.ta/, [ʉ.tɐ]

From Proto-Polynesian *quta, from Proto-Oceanic *qutan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qutan, from Proto-Austronesian *quCaN (“scrubland, bush”).

uta

1. interior (the inside regions of a country or island)
2. land (from a sea or water perspective)
3. the shore

uta

1. inland (from a coastal perspective)
2. ashore

A location word, or locative, which follows immediately after particles such as ki, i, hei and kei or is preceded by a when used as the subject of the sentence.

From Proto-Polynesian *uta, from Proto-Oceanic *(ʀ)ucan (“load, cargo, freight”).

uta

1. load
2. contribution
3. import; export

   uta mai ― import

   uta atu ― export

uta (passive utaina)

1. to load on, put on

“uta” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

uta

1. tick (tiny woodland arachnid)

From Proto-Polynesian *quta, from Proto-Oceanic *qutan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qutan, from Proto-Austronesian *quCaN (“scrubland, bush”).

uta

1. land (as opposed to the sea)

• ngāuta (“ashore; on land”)
• Uta

From Proto-Polynesian *uta, from Proto-Oceanic *(ʀ)ucan (“load, cargo, freight”).

uta

1. to load onto, lift up, place on

   Uta atu ake aku niu ia ki lunga o tō poti nā.

   Please will you lift up my coconuts onto your boat?

• Te Pukamuna | Pukapuka Dictionary

From Proto-Bantu *bʊ̀táà.

• Audio (Kenya)

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uta (u class, plural nyuta)

1. bow (for arrows)

   Synonym: upinde

   • 2017 August 18, “Chakula cha Wahadzabe cha matunda na nungunungu Tanzania”, in BBC News Swahili‎:

     Baada ya kukabidhi uta, mshale na shoka lake kwa mwindaji mwenzake wa Hadzabe, Zigwadzee alishika fimbo fupi iliyochongoka na akaingia shimoni.

     After handing over his bow, arrow and ax to his fellow Hadzabe hunter, Zigwadzee grabbed a short pointed stick and entered the pit.

• ita (Ìlàjẹ, Ọ̀wọ̀, Ìkálẹ̀)

From u- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ ta (“to be spicy”).

• IPA^(key): /ū.tā/
• (Èkìtì) IPA^(key): /ʊ̄.tā/

uta

1. (Ào, Ekiti) Alternative form of ata (“pepper”)