different between fabaceae vs koa

Latin

Adjective

fab?ceae

1. nominative feminine plural of fab?ceus
2. genitive feminine singular of fab?ceus
3. dative feminine singular of fab?ceus
4. vocative feminine plural of fab?ceus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hawaiian koa.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /k???/

Noun

koa (plural koas or koa)

1. Acacia koa, a species of large tree in the family Fabaceae which is endemic to and common on the islands of Hawaii; or the wood of this tree.
   • 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 59:

     As you get higher, native vegetation takes over, so a prospect might be framed by the dangling leaves of the beautiful koa tree, each leaf a gently curved, trembling sickle.

   • 2012, Julia Flynn Siler, Lost Kingdom, Grove Press, p. 122:

     At her funeral, Likelike's body was placed in a polished koa coffin, adorned with sprays of gardenia […].

See also

• koa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• A-OK, AOK, Kao, OAK, Oka, oak, oka

Ajië

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [koa]

Noun

koa

1. rain

References

• Leenhardt, M. (1935) Vocabulaire et grammaire de la langue Houaïlou, Institut d'ethnologie. Cited in: "Houaïlou" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.
• Leenhardt, M. (1946) Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "Ajiø" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

Bola

Noun

koa

1. grasshopper

References

• Brent Wiebe, Bola (Bola-Bakovi) Language Organized Phonology Data, p. 3

Garo

Verb

koa

1. to stitch

Hawaiian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *toa (compare Maori toa), from Proto-Oceanic *toRas, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *teRas (compare Indonesian teras (“heart, pith (of wood)”)).

Noun

koa

1. warrior
2. koa (tree)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *toqa (compare Maori toa (“brave”)).

Verb

koa

1. (stative) to be brave, military

Derived terms

• Kekoa

Indonesian

Etymology

From Chinese, probably Hokkien ? (kòa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?koa]
• Hyphenation: koa

Noun

koa (first-person possessive koaku, second-person possessive koamu, third-person possessive koanya)

1. (gaming) a Chinese card game.

Alternative forms

• kua

Further reading

• “koa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.