different between hoa vs whoa

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /h??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ho?/
• Rhymes: -??
• Homophones: hoe, hoh

Interjection

hoa

1. (obsolete) ho; hey; a call for attention
   • 1751, David Garrick, Every Man in His Humour (adapted from the 1598 work by Ben Jonson)

     Hoa, who is within here?

Anagrams

• AHO, Hao, OHA, hao, hào

Basque

Pronunciation

• (Southern) IPA^(key): /o.a/, [o.a]
• (Northern) IPA^(key): /ho.a/, [ho.a], [?o.a]

Verb

hoa

1. Informal second-person singular (hi) present indicative form of joan.
2. Informal second-person singular (hi) present imperative form of joan.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

hoa f

1. definite singular of ho
2. definite singular of hoe

Rapa Nui

Noun

hoa

1. friend

Sotho

Verb

hoa

1. to shout

Tahitian

Noun

hoa

1. friend
2. headache

References

Sven Wahlroos (2002) English–Tahitian, Tahitian–English Dictionary, First edition, Honolulu: The M?'ohi Heritage Press, ?ISBN p.588

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from ?. The "capital" sense probably comes from the flourishes of the cursive capital letters that are commonly taught in elementary schools; even cursive lower-case letters don't have as many flourishes, which explains the distinction.

Pronunciation

• (Hà N?i) IPA^(key): [hwa???]
• (Hu?) IPA^(key): [hwa???]
• (H? Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [wa???]

Noun

(classifier bông, ?oá) hoa

1. a flower

   Synonym: bông

Derived terms

Adjective

hoa

1. capital, upper case

   Antonym: th??ng

Derived terms

• ch? hoa

Noun

hoa

1. (card games) a suit

See also

English

Alternative forms

• woah
• whoah

Etymology

Whoa (c. 1843) is a variant of woa (c. 1840), itself a variant of wo (c. 1787), from who (c. 1450), ultimately from Middle English ho, hoo (interjection), probably from Old Norse hó! (interjection, also, a shepherd's call). Compare German ho, Old French ho ! (“hold!, halt!”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /w??/, /???/
• (US) enPR: w?, hw?, IPA^(key): /wo?/, /?o?/
• Rhymes: -??
• Homophone: woe (in accents with the wine-whine merger)

Interjection

whoa

1. Stop (especially when commanding a horse or imitative thereof); calm down; slow down.

   Whoa, Nelly!
2. An expression of surprise.

   Whoa, are you serious?

3. Used as a meaningless filler in song lyrics.
   • 2003, "Weird Al" Yankovic, eBay (song)

     I am the type who is liable to snipe you
     With two seconds left to go, whoa.

   • 2010, Bruce Springsteen, It's a Shame

     And oh whoa girl, it's a shame.
     Oh whoa girl, it's a doggone shame.

Usage notes

An alternative spelling, woah (c. 1856), is common, but it is considered an error by some.

Antonyms

• (stop, said to a horse): giddyup, giddap

Derived terms

• whoa back

Translations

Verb

whoa (third-person singular simple present whoas, present participle whoaing, simple past and past participle whoaed)

1. (transitive) To attempt to slow (an animal) by crying "whoa".
   • 1926, Josephine Demott Robinson, The Circus Lady (page 38)

     He was whoaing the horses loudly, and they did seem to be going faster than usual—in fact, they were galloping.

References

• Whoa! Woah?! Whoah. How an old exclamation became the Internet’s most variously spelled word., Matthew J.X. Malady, Slate

Anagrams

• woah