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A.U.A.

American  

abbreviation

  1. American Unitarian Association.


aua British  
/ ˈɑːuːɑː /

noun

  1. another name for yellow-eye mullet

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of aua

Māori

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Animals that he does not know he calls, whether in the book or the real animals, aua or ua, e. g. cows.

From The Mind of the Child, Part II The Development of the Intellect, International Education Series Edited By William T. Harris, Volume IX. by William T. Preyer

Ex. oyand’ aua? is it a flower? or, it is a flower.

From The Mafulu Mountain People of British New Guinea by Robert Wood Williamson

Tayov’ aua, it is Tayo; kuku aua, it is tobacco; an’ ala, it is a man; Ambov’ ana, it is Ambo.

From The Mafulu Mountain People of British New Guinea by Robert Wood Williamson

The nurse speaks with me of Caro; the child attends and says aua; he knows what we were talking about.

From The Mind of the Child, Part II The Development of the Intellect, International Education Series Edited By William T. Harris, Volume IX. by William T. Preyer

The cow=ah, aua, the latter name incorporating the adjective a=mighty, powerful, etc.

From The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations by Zelia Nuttall

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