qua

Etymology 1
From.

Pronunciation




Preposition

 * 1)  as; in the capacity of; acting as
 * 2) * 1954: Gilbert Ryle, Dilemmas: The Tarner Lectures, 1953, dilemma vii: Perception, page 99 (The Syndics of the Cambridge University Press)
 * As anatomy, physiology and, later, psychology have developed into more or less well-organized sciences, they have necessarily and rightly come to incorporate the study of, among other things, the structures, mechanisms, and functionings of animal and human bodies qua percipient.
 * 1) * 1962: Norman Malcolm; Dreaming; chapter nine: “Judgments in Sleep”, page 39{1}; chapter twelve: “The Concept of Dreaming”, page 68{2} (1977 paperback reprint; Routledge & Kegan Paul; ISBN 0‒7100‒3836‒4 (c), 0‒7100‒8434‒X (p))
 * {1} For sleep qua sleep has no experiential content: it cannot turn out, as remarked before, that a man was not asleep because he was not having some experience or other.
 * {2} I am denying that a dream qua dream is a seeming, appearance or ‘semblance of reality’.
 * 1) * 2005: Ulfelder, Jay.Collective Action and the Breakdown of Authoritarian Regimes. International Political Science Review, 26(3), p318. Retrieved 1615 240810 from http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdfplus/30039035.pdf?acceptTC=true.
 * "In essence, military regimes are autocracies in which the military qua organization performs many of the functions performed by the ruling party in single-party regimes."
 * 1) * 2009: Ken Levy, Killing, Letting Die, and the Case for Mildly Punishing Bad Samaritanism, Georgia Law Review, p. 24.
 * Blame qua attitude is the feeling or belief that an individual has committed a wrongdoing, usually a wrongful action and/or harm, and can be reasonably expected not to have committed this wrongdoing. Blame qua practice is the public expression of this attitude – usually by means of censure (written or verbal criticism) or punishment. Generally, the morally worse the wrongdoing, the more severe the censure/punishment.
 * 1) * 2009: Ken Levy, Killing, Letting Die, and the Case for Mildly Punishing Bad Samaritanism, Georgia Law Review, p. 24.
 * Blame qua attitude is the feeling or belief that an individual has committed a wrongdoing, usually a wrongful action and/or harm, and can be reasonably expected not to have committed this wrongdoing. Blame qua practice is the public expression of this attitude – usually by means of censure (written or verbal criticism) or punishment. Generally, the morally worse the wrongdoing, the more severe the censure/punishment.

Translations

 * Danish:, i egenskab af
 * Dutch: qua, als zodanig, wat betreft
 * Faroese: sum, eins og
 * French:
 * Greek:
 * Polish:
 * Swedish: i egenskap av

Etymology 2
Imitative.

Conjunction

 * 1) as,  in the capacity of
 * 2)  by virtue of because of

Etymology
From.

Preposition

 * 1) regarding, concerning, in terms of

Etymology
.

Preposition

 * 1)  by

Usage notes
Sometimes used with the genitive:

Etymology
The suffix has been used since around the 17th and 18th century. Since "hong" merchants were technically officials of the lowest (9th) rank, the suffix  was added to their names in honour of their positions in the Qing government.

Usage notes

 * Formerly added to names of hong merchants (i.e. "Powqua," "Chinqua").

Etymology
Borrowed from, , , , ultimately from /.

Pronoun

 * 1)  which
 * 2)  who
 * 1)  who

Determiner

 * 1)  what

Etymology
From. Related to 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

The original geminated -cc-, though lost in the standard language, is still found in most regional Italian varieties.

Adverb

 * 1) here

Usage notes

 * For differences between and, see notes at.

Etymology 1
Adverb declined from. , from ; compare 🇨🇬, and.

Adverb

 * 1) On which side, at or in which place, in what direction, where, by what way (qua...ea...)
 * 2) as; in the capacity or character of
 * 3) In so far as
 * 4) In what way, how, by what method; to what degree or extent
 * 5)  anyway, anyhow, in any way
 * 1)  anyway, anyhow, in any way

Etymology 2
Inflection of.

Pronunciation

 * quā:
 * qua:

Usage notes

 * qua is commonly used for quae in the above forms of the indefinite variant of the pronoun.

Etymology 3
Inflection of.

Etymology
From.

Preposition

 * 1) ; as, in capacity of

Etymology 1
From.

Preposition

 * 1) ; as, in capacity of

Etymology 2
From, from.

Adverb

 * 1) here

Noun

 * 1) lemon
 * 2) squash

Noun

 * 1) pillar

Etymology 1
..

Preposition

 * 1) through, across from one side to the other
 * 2) by way of
 * 3) by means of, by, over, using
 * 1) by way of
 * 2) by means of, by, over, using
 * 1) by way of
 * 2) by means of, by, over, using
 * 1) by means of, by, over, using

Adjective

 * 1)  most recent
 * (folk poetry)
 * 1)  before now

Verb

 * 1)  to have transpire, to take place
 * 2)  to go over to; to spend time at
 * 3)  to survive
 * 4)  to escape, to elude
 * 5)  to cross to move relatively; to traverse
 * (folk poetry)
 * 1)  to go to the front of
 * (folk poetry)
 * 1)  to overcome
 * 2)  to drift past; to elapse
 * (folk poetry)
 * 1)  to go to the front of
 * (folk poetry)
 * 1)  to overcome
 * 2)  to drift past; to elapse
 * 1)  to drift past; to elapse

Adverb

 * 1) across from one side to the other, through
 * 2) in passing
 * 3) cursorily, superficially
 * 4) completely
 * 1) cursorily, superficially
 * 2) completely
 * 1) completely
 * 1) completely
 * 1) completely

Etymology 2

 * borrowed from a Sinitic variety with denasalization.

Pronoun

 * 1)  I; me