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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.

English

Etymology

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Noun

kora (plural koras)

1. (music) A type of harp played in West Africa.

Derived terms

• koraist

See also

• kora on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• akro-, okra

Esperanto

Etymology

From koro (“heart”) +? -a (adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kora/
• Hyphenation: ko?ra
• Rhymes: -ora

Adjective

kora (accusative singular koran, plural koraj, accusative plural korajn)

1. relating to the heart; cardiac
2. heartfelt, cordial

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?kor?]
• Hyphenation: ko?ra
• Homophone: Cora (hypermarket in Hungary between 1997 and 2012)
• Rhymes: -r?

Etymology 1

Back-formation from korán (“early”).

Adjective

kora (comparative (archaic) korább, superlative (archaic) legkorább)

1. early (near the start or beginning)

2. early (at a time in advance of the usual or expected event)

Derived terms

• korai

(Compound words):

• koraszülött

Etymology 2

kor (“age”) +? -a (possessive suffix)

Noun

kora

1. third-person singular single-possession possessive of kor

Declension

Derived terms

• korabeli
• kori (Etymology 2)

Further reading

• kora in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN

Japanese

Romanization

kora

1. R?maji transcription of ??
2. R?maji transcription of ??

Latvian

Noun

kora m

1. genitive singular form of koris

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

kora n

1. definite singular of kor

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• (noun): IPA^(key): /?ku?.r?/ (example of pronunciation)
• (verb): IPA^(key): /²ku?.r?/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

kora n

1. definite singular of kor

Verb

kora (present tense korar, past tense kora, past participle kora, passive infinitive korast, present participle korande, imperative kor)

1. alternative form of kore

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?.ra/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *kora, from Proto-Indo-European *ker- whence English cortex and decorticate.

Noun

kora f

1. bark (of trees)
2. crust
3. cortex

Declension

Related terms

• korowy, podkorowy

Etymology 2

Noun

kora f

1. (sculpture) kore

Declension

Etymology 3

Noun

kora f

1. kora (string instrument)

Declension

Further reading

• kora in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• kora in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Rwanda-Rundi

Verb

-kóra (infinitive gukóra, perfective -kóze)

1. do
2. work
3. fix

Derived terms

• -koresha
• umukozi

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kora

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kôra/
• Hyphenation: ko?ra

Noun

k?ra f (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. bark (of trees)
2. crust

Declension

References

• “kora” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal

Turkish

Noun

kora

1. dative singular of kor

Vilamovian

Noun

kora f

1. punishment

Synonyms

• ?tröf f

Westrobothnian

Verb

kora

1. Alternative spelling of köra