different between anoa vs ansa

English

Etymology

From Indonesian anoa.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /??no??/

Noun

anoa (plural anoas)

1. Either of two related species of small Indonesian water buffalo similar in appearance to deer; Bubalus quarlesi or Bubalus depressicornis.
   • 2000, Michael Alvard, The Impact of Traditional Subsistence Hunting and Trapping on Prey Populations: Data from Wana Horticuluralists of Upland Central Sulwesi, Indonesia, John G. Robinson, Elizabeth L. Bennett (editors), Hunting for Sustainability in Tropical Forests, page 223,

     The Celebes pig and, to a lesser degree, the anoa were the focus of the Wana's large game interests.

   • 2011, Colin Groves, Peter Grubb, Ungulate Taxonomy, unnumbered page,

     They reported seeing mountain anoa trophies for sale, and also a living captive animal, in the Toraja highlands; probable lowland anoas in the Gunung Tangkoko National Park on the N tip of Sulawesi, and evidence of both kinds of anoas in or near the Dumoga-Bone National Park.

Usage notes

The two species may constitute a subgenus of Bubalus. See anoa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Synonyms

• (small water buffalo): dwarf buffalo, midget buffalo, sapiutan

Hyponyms

• (small water buffalo): lowland anoa (Bubalus depressicornis), mountain anoa (Bubalus quarlesi)

Translations

Further reading

• Bubalus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Bubalus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Anoa on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• NOAA, Oana

Chickasaw

Adverb

anoa

1. again

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Indonesian anoa.

Pronunciation

Noun

anoa m (plural anoa's, diminutive anoaatje n)

1. anoa, Bubalus depressicornis

   Synonyms: dwergbuffel, gemsbuffel

Finnish

(index an)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *anodak, from Proto-Finno-Permic *ana.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??no??/, [??no??(?)]
• Rhymes: -?no?
• Syllabification: a?no?a

Verb

anoa

1. (transitive) To ask, request, plead, beg, implore, entreat, petition, solicit.
2. (transitive) ~ virkaa = to apply for a post/job.

Conjugation

Derived terms

• nouns: ane, anomus
• verbs: frequentative anella

Etymology 2

From Indonesian anoa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??no?/, [??no??]
• Rhymes: -?no?
• Syllabification: a?no?a

Noun

anoa

1. anoa

Declension

Synonyms

• kääpiöpuhveli

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??no?/, [??no??]
• Rhymes: -?no?
• Syllabification: a?no?a

Noun

anoa

1. Partitive singular form of ano.

Indonesian

Noun

anoa (first-person possessive anoaku, second-person possessive anoamu, third-person possessive anoanya)

1. anoa (a small Indonesian water buffalo)

Italian

Etymology

From Indonesian anoa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?n?.a/
• Rhymes: -?a
• Hyphenation: a?nòa

Noun

anoa m (invariable)

1. anoa (Bubalus depressicornis)

References

• anoa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Japanese

Romanization

anoa

1. R?maji transcription of ???

Malay

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /ano?/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /anoa/

Noun

anoa (Jawi spelling ?????, plural anoa-anoa, informal 1st possessive anoaku, impolite 2nd possessive anoamu, 3rd possessive anoanya)

1. anoa (a small Indonesian water buffalo)

Further reading

• “anoa” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Portuguese

Noun

anoa m or f (in variation) (plural anoas)

1. anoa (a small Indonesian water buffalo)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?noa/, [a?no.a]

Noun

anoa m (plural anoas)

1. anoa (a small Indonesian water buffalo)

Further reading

• “anoa” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ?nsa (“a handle, haft”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æn.s?/

Noun

ansa (plural ansae)

1. (astronomy) The most protruding part of planetary rings as seen from a distance, perceived to project like handles on either side of the disc of the planet.
2. (anatomy) A loop-shaped structure.

   Hyponyms: ansa cervicalis, ansa lenticularis

Derived terms

• ansa compound
• ansamycin
• ansate

Translations

References

• “ansa”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “ansa”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

Anagrams

• ANAs, N.A.S.A., NASA, Naas, Nasa, Saan, anas

Finnish

(index an)

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *ansa (compare Estonian aas), borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (compare Old Prussian ansis (“hook, latch”), Latvian osa), from Proto-Indo-European *h?emseh? (compare Latin ?nsa (“handle”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ns?/, [??ns??]
• Rhymes: -?ns?
• Syllabification: an?sa

Noun

ansa

1. trap
2. booby trap

Declension

Derived terms

• ansoittaa
• ansoittaja

Hyponyms

• käpälälauta
• loukku
• pinne

Anagrams

• saan, sana

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.sa/

Verb

ansa

1. third-person singular past historic of anser

Anagrams

• sana

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese asa. Cognate with Kabuverdianu aza.

Noun

ansa

1. wing

Iban

Etymology

From Malay angsa.

Noun

ansa

1. goose (a grazing waterfowl of the family Anatidae)

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse anza.

Alternative forms

• (obsolete) anza

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ansa/
• Rhymes: -ansa

Verb

ansa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative ansaði, supine ansað)

1. to answer, to reply
2. to pay heed to

Conjugation

Synonyms

• (answer): svara
• (pay heed to): gegna, sinna

Derived terms

• ans

Irish

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

ansa

1. dearest, most beloved

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

ansa

1. (literary) difficult

Etymology 3

From Latin ansa (“handle”).

Noun

ansa m (genitive singular ansa, nominative plural ansaí)

1. (astronomy) ansa

Declension

Mutation

Further reading

• "ansa" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Entries containing “ansa” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “ansa” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?an.sa/
• Rhymes: -ansa

Etymology 1

Probably from Proto-Germanic *ansij? (“loop, handle”) mixed with *asa, inherited from Latin ?nsa (“handle”), perhaps also formally influenced by the Latin in the literary language. Cf. German Öse (“eyelet”), Romansch ansa, onsa (“eyelet”); contrast the inherited Sardinian asa (“handle”), Lombard asa (“handle”) and aseta (“loop”), Verona Venetian asa (“soffit”), Abruzzo Neapolitan asa (“door hinge”), Calabria Sicilian asa (“handle”), Portuguese asa (“wing; handle”), Galician asa (“handle”), Spanish asa (“handle”).

Noun

ansa f (plural anse)

1. handle

   Synonyms: manico, maniglia, presa

2. (rare) excuse, pretext

   Synonyms: appiglio, pretesto, scusa

3. (geography) curve or bend (in a river)

   Synonyms: curva, meandro

4. (geography) a small bight, bay, cove

   Synonym: insenatura

5. loop, coil
6. As name of various chirurgical or laboratory instruments

Etymology 2

Verb

ansa

1. third-person singular present indicative of ansare
2. second-person singular imperative of ansare

Anagrams

• ANAS, sana

References

• ansa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) , “ansa”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German)

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h?emseh? (“handle”), from *h?em- (“to grasp”). See also amplus and ampla (“handle”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?an.sa/, [?ä??s?ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?an.sa/, [??ns?]

Noun

?nsa f (genitive ?nsae); first declension

1. handle
2. tiller (handle of the rudder)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants

• Catalan: nansa
• French: anse
• Galician: asa, aza
• Italian: ansa
• Portuguese: asa
• Spanish: asa

References

Further reading

• ansa in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ansa in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ansa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• ansa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
• ansa in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, ?ISBN
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Bern, München: Francke Verlag

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• anse (e infinitive)

Etymology

From Old Norse ansa, anza.

Verb

ansa (present tense ansar, past tense ansa, past participle ansa, passive infinitive ansast, present participle ansande, imperative ans)

1. notice, pay attention to

   Eg ansa deg ikkje.

   I didn't notice you.

Synonyms

• (notice): ensa, ense

References

• “anse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

From French anse, from Latin ?nsa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?an.sa/

Noun

ansa f

1. (literary) resentment, animosity, ill will

   Synonyms: uraza, niech??, pretensja

Declension

Further reading

• ansa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Verb

ansa (present ansar, preterite ansade, supine ansat, imperative ansa)

1. to prune (to trim a tree or shrub)

Conjugation

Anagrams

• anas, nasa

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English answer.

Noun

ansa

1. answer