unqua

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin unquam, umquam (“ever, at any time”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈun.kwa/, [ˈuŋkwä]
  • Hyphenation: ùn‧qua

Adverb

unqua (obsolete)

  1. never
  2. ever
    • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Purgatorio, Bompiani (2001), Canto V, p. 69 vv. 49-51:
      «[...] Guarda s'alcun di noi unqua vedesti, ¶ sì che di lui di là novella porti: ¶ deh, perché vai? deh, perché non t'arresti? [...]»
      «[...] Look, if thou e'er hast any of us seen, ¶ so that o'er yonder thou bear news of him: ¶ ah, why dost thou go on? ah, why not stay? [...]»
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