una

See also: Una, UNA, Úna, uña, unã, üna, un-a, and ꞌúna

Asturian

**Asturian cardinal numbers**
< 0	1	2 >
Cardinal : una Ordinal : primeru

Etymology

From Latin ūna, inflected form of ūnus.

Numeral

una f (masculine un or unu)

feminine singular of un

Bepour

Noun

una

louse

Bura

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [úná]

Noun

una

salt

References

2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin ūna, feminine of ūnus.

Pronunciation

(Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈu.nə/

(Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈu.na/

Article

una

feminine singular of un

Numeral

una

feminine singular of un

Pronoun

una

feminine singular of un

Cebuano

**Cebuano numbers ^(edit)**
		10^{[a], [b]}
	← 0	1	2 →	10 → ^{[a], [b]}
Cardinal: usá Spanish cardinal: uno Ordinal: una Adverbial: makausá Distributive: usá-usá

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *unah, from Proto-Austronesian *(q)uNah.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈuna/
Hyphenation: una

Numeral

una

first; 1st
Synonyms: ika-1, ikausa
Ang Mercury ang unang planeta gikan sa adlaw. ― Mercury is the first planet from the sun.

Usage notes

The suffix -ng is used with the word to modify the word it modifies.
unang oras ― first hour

Noun

una

(comparable) ahead, early
Siya ang pinakauna nga na-abot. ― He was the very first to arrive.
(not comparable) the first place
Una si Juan, ikaduha si Maria. ― First is John, second is Mary.
(not comparable) the first placer: someone or something ranked first place, that is, one who is above all the other ranks

Adverb

una

first, firstly; before anything else
Synonym: una sa tanan
Dugay na mi naka-uli kay, una, late na man kaayo naabot ang amoang drayber, ikaduha,...
We didn't arrive home early because, first, our driver arrived very late to take us home, second,...
(ordinal adverbial) first time
Mao ni ang pinakauna nakong sakay sa eroplano. ― This is my very first time on a plane.

Derived terms

kinaunahan
mag-una
mag-unauna
maunaunahon
mga sina unang tawo
mo-una
pangunahan
pasiuna
pauna
sauna
sauna nga lugar
unahan
una sa tanan
una sin otra
unauna
unaunahon

Corsican

Etymology

From Latin una, feminine of unus. Cognates include Italian una and Spanish una.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈuna/
Hyphenation: u‧na

Numeral

una

feminine singular of unu

Article

una

feminine singular of un

Usage notes

Before a vowel, una becomes un'.

References

“unu” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

Greenlandic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /u.na/

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Particle

una (plural uku)

an enclitic written by hyphenating or by assimilation which indicates to be.
ujarak-una ― It is a stone.
kia-una nasaa? or kianna nasaa? ― Whose cap is it?

Etymology 2

From Proto-Inuit *ụ-nạ (“this near the speaker, here it is”), from Proto-Eskimo *u- (“this near, here it is”).

Pronoun

una

medial pronoun; that nearby, he/she/it nearby.
- 1992, Erik Münster (quoting anonymous), "Kinguaassiuutikkut nappaataava", Atuagagdliutit
  Siggunni seerisut tassaapput herpes taakkulu qallunaatut taaguutit nuannarineqartut "forkølelses- imlt. kyssesår" atorneqarput, kiinami tinupasunut seerisunut, pingaartumik siggunni.
  ["Leakings/leakers"? (seerivoq + -toq)] on the mouth are herpes, and the Danish popular [probably a mistranslation of populær, which also means "widely used"] terms "forkølelses- or kyssesår" are used about leaking lumps in the face, especially on the mouth.
- 1988, "AIDS-INFO", Atuagagdliutit
  Naqitigaaqqat AIDS pillugu paasisitsiniutit Afrikami kujallermi umiarsualivinnut agguaanneqarsimapput umiartortut nappaassuarmut ulorianartumut taassumunnga mianersoqquniarlugit, ...
  Pamphlets informing about AIDS were distributed to harbours in South Africa, so as to warn sailors against this dangerous big disease [nappaassuaq "big disease" might be idiomatic], ...

Declension

Declension of una

	singular	plural
absolutive	una	uku
ergative	uuma	ukua
allative	uumunnga	ukununnga
ablative	uumannga	ukunannga
prosecutive	uumuuna	ukunannga
locative	uumani	ukunani
instrumental	uuminnga	ukuninnga
equative	uumatut	ukunatut

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse una, from Proto-Germanic *wunāną.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʏːna/
Rhymes: -ʏːna

Verb

una (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative undi, supine unað)

(intransitive) to be satisfied, feel happy
Synonym: líða vel
(transitive, with dative) to be satisfied by, to acquiesce in
(intransitive) to stay, to linger
Synonym: dveljast

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

una sér vel
una sér vel staðar
una sér við

Related terms

venja (“to accustom, to make accustomed”)
yndi (“joy, happiness, pleasure”)

Italian

Etymology

From Latin ūna, feminine of ūnus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈu.na/
Rhymes: -una
Hyphenation: ù‧na

Numeral

una

feminine singular of uno

Article

una

feminine singular of uno

Pronoun

una

feminine singular of uno

Ladin

Adjective

una f

one

Ladino

Etymology

From Old Spanish una, from Latin ūna, feminine of ūnus (“one”), from Old Latin oinos, from Proto-Italic *oinos, from Proto-Indo-European *óynos (“one, single”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈuna/

Article

una (Hebrew spelling אונה, plural unas, masculine un)

a (feminine singular)

Latin

Etymology

Inflected form of ūnus (“one”)

Pronunciation

ūna: (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈuː.na/, [ˈuːnä]

ūna: (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈu.na/, [ˈuːnä]
ūnā: (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈuː.naː/, [ˈuːnäː]

ūnā: (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈu.na/, [ˈuːnä]

Numeral

ūna

nominative/vocative feminine singular of ūnus

Numeral

ūnā

ablative feminine singular of ūnus

Adverb

ūnā (not comparable)

together, simultaneously, at the same time
with company
at the same place

Usage notes

Sometimes written as "ūnā cum"

Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

From Igbo ụnụ.

Pronoun

una

you all

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin ūna (“one”).

Pronunciation

Audio (Languedocien) (file)

Article

una f (masculine un)

a, an (feminine singular indefinite article)

Old Tupi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /-ˈũna/

Adjective

una

black

Usage notes

The stem un could never be used inside a sentence without a prefix. The infinitives were suna (“a thing being black”) and tuna (“a person being black”); and the form -una would be used in combination with other words.

References

LEMOS BARBOSA, A. Curso de Tupi antigo. Rio de Janeiro: Livraria São José, 1956.

Portuguese

Verb

una

inflection of unir:
1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
2. third-person singular imperative

Adjective

una

feminine singular of uno

Romagnol

Pronunciation

(Central Romagnol): IPA^(key): [ˈuːnɐ]

Numeral

una f

feminine of un
A j’o sôl una sperânza.
I have only one hope.

Pronunciation

(Central Romagnol): IPA^(key): [unɐ]

Article

una f

feminine of un
Una dòna la cușéna da magnê’.
A woman cooks what she eats.

References

Masotti, Adelmo (1999) Vocabolario Romagnolo Italiano (in Italian), Zanichelli

Romanian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈuna/

Numeral

una f

feminine of unu: one

Pronoun

una

nominative/accusative feminine singular of unul

Related terms

o

Sassarese

Etymology

From Latin ūna, feminine of ūnus (“one”), from Old Latin oinos, from Proto-Italic *oinos, from Proto-Indo-European *óynos (“one, single”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈuna/

Article

una f (indefinite, masculine un or unu)

a, an

Pronoun

una f (indefinite, masculine un or unu)

one, someone, a person

References

Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈuna/ [ˈu.na]
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -una
Syllabification: u‧na

Etymology 1

From Latin ūna, feminine of ūnus.

Noun

una f (plural unas)

feminine of uno
a la una, a las dos y a las tres
after three...one, two, three

Derived terms

de una
más solo que la una
una de

Article

una f sg

feminine singular of un

Determiner

una f sg

feminine singular of uno

Pronoun

una f (masculine uno)

one (an indefinite plural pronoun using a singular feminine item, used for females)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

una

inflection of unir:
1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
2. third-person singular imperative

Swahili

Verb

una

inflection of -wa na:
1. second-person singular present affirmative
2. m-mi class subject inflected singular present affirmative
3. u class subject inflected singular present affirmative

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *unah, from Proto-Austronesian *(q)uNah.

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: u‧na

IPA^(key): /ˈʔuna/, [ˈʔu.nɐ]

Adjective

una (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜈ)

first (ahead of others)
earliest
Synonyms: pinakauna, kauna-unahan
foremost; ranking before others (in quality, rank, etc.)
Synonyms: pangunahin, primera

Derived terms

ipagpauna
ipauna
iuna
kaunahan
kauna-unahan
magpauna
mag-una
mag-unahan
mag-unlapi
makauna
manguna
mangunang-bait
mauna
maunahan
muna
nauna
noong una
noong unang panahon
pagkauna
pag-una
pag-unahan
panguna
pangunahan
pangunahin
pangunahing batis
pangunahing uri
pangunguna
pangungunang-bait
pauna
paunahan
paunahin
paunang bayad
paunang salita
pinakauna
saun
sa una
saunahin
sa una pa
sinauna
tagapagpauna
tagapanguna
unahan
unahin
Unang Digmaang Pandaigdig
Unang Ginang
unang pag-ibig
una sa lahat
una-una
una-unahan
unlapi
unlapian
unlapiin

Adverb

una (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜈ)

for the first time
before any other thing or person; at the beginning
Synonyms: sa simula, sa umpisa

Noun

una (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜈ)

first in a series
first (of a person, thing, kind, rank, etc.)

Ternate

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈu.na]

Pronoun

una (subject clitic o, possessive prefix i, Jawi ؤن‎)

(masculine) third-person singular pronoun, he

Usage notes

Dialectally, una may collocate with the possessive prefix ai in place of i.

References

Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Welsh

Alternative forms

unaf (first-person singular future)
uniff (colloquial, third-person singular future)
unith (colloquial, third-person singular future)

Pronunciation

(North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɨ̞na/
(South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈiːna/, /ˈɪna/

Verb

una

inflection of uno:
1. first-person singular future colloquial
2. third-person singular future literary
3. second-person singular imperative

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
una	unchanged	unchanged	huna
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

una

Asturian

Etymology

Numeral

Bepour

Noun

Further reading

Bura

Pronunciation

Noun

References

Catalan

Etymology

Pronunciation

Article

Numeral

Pronoun

Cebuano

Etymology

Pronunciation

Numeral

Usage notes

Noun

Adverb

Derived terms

Corsican

Etymology

Pronunciation

Numeral

Article

Usage notes

References

Greenlandic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Particle

Etymology 2

Pronoun

Declension

See also

Icelandic

Etymology

Pronunciation

Verb

Conjugation

Derived terms

Related terms

Italian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Numeral

Article

Pronoun

Ladin

Adjective

Ladino

Etymology

Pronunciation

Article

Latin

Etymology

Pronunciation

Numeral

Numeral

Adverb

Usage notes

Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

Pronoun

Occitan

Etymology

Pronunciation

Article

Old Tupi

Pronunciation

Adjective

Usage notes

References

Portuguese

Verb