different between loa vs noa

English

Alternative forms

• lwa

Etymology

From Haitian Creole lwa.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?l???/

Noun

loa (plural loas or loa)

1. In the voodoo religion, a spirit intermediary between Bondye (the creator god) and human beings.
   • 1953, Maya Deren, Divine Horsemen, McPherson & Company 2004, p. 36:

     Here, on the Island Below the Sea, the loa have their permanent residence, their primal location.

   • 2007, Kevin Filan, The Haitian Vodou Handbook, Destiny Books 2007, p. 3:

     Some will caution you at great length about the dangers of Vodou. They will tell you that the lwa are jealous, thin-skinned, and hot-tempered.

   • 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 714:

     Equally surprising is to find St Patrick so prominent in many Vodou shrines, until one remembers that he too had been a slave who had twice crossed the sea, the second time to freedom, and that he had particular power over snakes, like the loa (Haitian equivalent of orisha) Dambala Wèdo.

Translations

Anagrams

• -ola, AOL, Lao, OAL, Ola, ola

Estonian

Noun

loa

1. genitive singular of luba

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *loa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?lo.a/, [?low?]

Noun

loa

1. distance, length

Verb

loa

1. (stative) long, permanent

Derived terms

• Mauna Loa (literally “long mountain”)

Italian

Etymology

From translingual Loa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?.a/
• Rhymes: -?a
• Hyphenation: lòa

Noun

loa f (plural loe)

1. Any nematod of the Loa taxonomic genus.

References

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

Malagasy

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *luaq (compare Malay luak).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?lu.a]

Verb

loa

1. to vomit
2. to pay
3. to discharge

Related terms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Verb

loa (present tense loar, past tense loa, past participle loa, passive infinitive loast, present participle loande, imperative lo)

1. Alternative spelling of loe

Etymology 2

Noun

loa f

1. definite singular of lo

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• lôa (obsolete)

Etymology

Back-formation from loar.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /?lo.?/
• Hyphenation: lo?a

Noun

loa f (plural loas)

1. praise
2. (usually in the plural) carol

Spanish

Noun

loa f (plural loas)

1. praise

Related terms

• loar

Verb

loa

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of loar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of loar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of loar.

Tswana

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?.a/

Verb

lôa (perfect loile)

1. to bewitch

Derived terms

• moloi

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from ? (“spiral shell”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà N?i) IPA^(key): [lwa???]
• (Hu?) IPA^(key): [lwa???]
• (H? Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [l???a???]

Noun

(classifier cái) loa

1. megaphone (portable device used to amplify a person's voice)
2. (by extension) speaker; loudspeaker

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