adj io, iā. Contribb. 540 , LEIA C-258 , Ériu xlvi 40 .

(a) hollow, empty : ceppan caue crín (crinn, MS) dara (a coffin), Anecd. ii 17.16 . quae cauata est ( Etym. xx 4 , Ed.) is cuae, O'Mulc. 603 . cuad .i. fid cua . . . uas uíní, O'Mulc. 249 .

As subst.: cuae graece chaos , O'Mulc. 253 . ? cūa ainm na clāine isin tsen-gaidilc, TBC-I¹ 2610 (explaining why Cú Ch. was called C. or Cú; 2 of his 7 pupils squinted: dā mac imleasan ... ┐ sīat clǽna ).

(b) = cúad: in cua cluic ` bell-shaped cup ', Laws i 134.5 Comm. in bith, / is ē sin in cua ar crith, Ériu xvii 70 § 54 ` bowl (?)'.

(c) a nut, nutshell (?): cuae uinn (rhet.), LL 13588 = cūe (.i. cnú) huindi, Corm. Y 690 (item in list of mock (?) food-stuffs). See 1 onn. cúa uinne .i. cná cáocha. c.¤ .i. cnú. uinne .i. cáoch, O'Cl. .

? As n. loc. is marb Conn Cētchathach cūa (: úa), Fianaig. 42 § 3 . `Conn C. C., hero of C.', Murphy Lyrics 37.3 (cf. Cúa). a ḟedaib Cua, LL 37946 (Bórama). See Hog. Onom.

Compd. ? cúachléthe vaulted roof (?) MU² 112 , Emania xii 23: hi tech ndarach cúachlét[h]e, MU² 913 . See cáe (d).