EXACT MATCHES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
tua1, f. (gs. ~, pl. ~nna). Axe; hatchet. ~ búistéara, pole-axe. ~ chatha, ~ chogaidh, battle-axe. ~ choille, woodman’s axe. ~ chonnaidh, firewood chopper, hatchet. ~ mhoirtíse, mortise axe. Archeol: ~ chloiche, chré-umha, stone, bronze, axe. Tugadh an ~ don ghamhain, the calf was slaughtered.
tua2, f. 1 = stua. 2. (In phrase) ~ cheatha, rainbow.
tua3 : tuaigh.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Cuir ~ sa tua dom, put an edge on the axe for me.
~ spáide, scuaibe, scine, casúir, tua, handle of spade, of brush, knife, of hammer, of axe.
Is maith do bhuille tua i g~, I admire your work, your strength of arm.
~ sé a chos le tua, he hacked his foot with an axe.
Tua a ~adh, to give a smooth edge to, sharpen, an axe.
~ i scian, i speal, i dtua, gap in knife, in scythe, in axe.
Scian, tua, a mheilt, to grind a knife, an axe.