Qua
[kwey, kwah] /kweɪ, kwɑ/
adverb
1.
as; as being; in the character or capacity of:
The work of art qua art can be judged by aesthetic criteria only.
[kou-sah si-ne kwah nohn; English kaw-zuh sahy-nee kwey non, kaw-zuh sin-ey kwah nohn] /ˈkaʊ sɑ ˈsɪ nɛ kwɑ ˈnoʊn; English ˈkɔ zə ˈsaɪ ni kweɪ ˈnɒn, ˈkɔ zə ˈsɪn eɪ kwɑ ˈnoʊn/
noun, Latin.
1.
an indispensable condition; requisite.
/kweɪ; kwɑː/
preposition
1.
in the capacity of; by virtue of being
“as, in the capacity of,” from Latin qua “where? on which side? at which place? which way? in what direction?” figuratively “how? in what manner? by what method?; to what extent? in what degree?” correlative pronomial adverb of place, from PIE *kwo-, stem of relative and interrogative pronouns (cf. Old English hwa “who;” see who).
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