uta

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /u.ta/, [ʉ.tɐ]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *quta (compare with Hawaiian uka and Tongan ʻuta), from Proto-Oceanic *qutan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qutan (compare with Malay hutan (“jungle, forest”) and Iban utan (“ibid.”)), from Proto-Austronesian *quCaN (“scrubland, bush”).^[1][2][3]

Etymology 2

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

Further reading

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

Noun

uta

1. tick (tiny woodland arachnid)

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

Further reading

• Te Pukamuna | Pukapuka Dictionary

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *bʊ̀táà.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

uta class XI (plural nyuta class X)

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.

Alternative forms

• ita (Ìlàjẹ, Ọ̀wọ̀, Ìkálẹ̀)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

uta

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