different between anoa vs noa

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 Maori.

Adjective

noa (not comparable)

1. (New Zealand, among the Maori) Non-sacred; such that it must be kept separate from what is taboo.

   The power of the spoken word has meant that some dangerous things are not mentioned by their "real" names, but by noa terms, like gullfot (literally "golden foot") for "wolf", or tallbjörn (literally "pine bear"), granoxe (literally: "fir ox"), trädräv (literally: "tree fox") or granälg (literally: "fir elk") for "squirrel".

References

Anagrams

• AON, NAO, Nao, ONA, Ona, ano-, nao

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /no.a/

Verb

noa

1. First-person singular (ni) present indicative form of joan.

Belizean Creole

Verb

noa

1. know

References

• Crosbie, Paul, ed. (2007), Kriol-Inglish Dikshineri: English-Kriol Dictionary. Belize City: Belize Kriol Project, p. 244.

Ese

Noun

noa

1. (anatomy) cheek

Estonian

Noun

noa

1. genitive singular of nuga

Hawaiian

Noun

noa

1. release from taboo restrictions
2. a commoner

Verb

noa

1. (stative) free of taboo, profane

Derived terms

• ho?onoa
• l? noa

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

noa m (uncountable)

1. That which is noa.

   Antonym: tabù

References

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

Manx

Etymology

From Middle Irish núa, from Old Irish nuae, Proto-Celtic *nouyos (compare Welsh newydd, Breton nevez), from Proto-Indo-European *néwyos.

Pronunciation

• (Southern Manx) IPA^(key): /no?/

Adjective

noa

1. new, fresh, novel, recent

References

• Linguistic Atlas and Survey of Irish Dialects Volume I, Heinrich Wagner, page 78

Mpotovoro

Etymology

Compare Big Nambas nauei.

Noun

noa

1. water

Further reading

• ABVD, citing D. T. Tryon, New Hebrides Languages: An internal classification (1976, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics); also listed under the place-name Alavas 1 / 2, citing Aviva Shimelman

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronoun

noa

1. (non-standard since 1959)feminine singular of noen

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian n? (eastern dialect) and n? (western dialect). Compare English no.

Adverb

noa

1. no

Swahili

Pronunciation

Verb

-noa (infinitive kunoa)

1. to sharpen something
2. to not understand something

Conjugation

Tokelauan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?no.a/
• Hyphenation: no?a

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *noqa. Cognates include Tuvaluan noa and Samoan noa.

Verb

noa

1. (transitive) to bind, tie

Etymology 2

Particle

noa

1. Expresses the unimportance of the preceding word; just, mere, only

References

• R. Simona, editor (1986) Tokelau Dictionary?^[1], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 252

Tongan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /no.a/

Numeral

noa

1. zero