different between moa vs noa

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Maori moa, from Proto-Polynesian *moa (“fowl”).

Pronunciation

• (General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /?m??/, /?mo?/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?m???/

Noun

moa (plural moas)

1. Any of several species of large, extinct, flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae that were native to New Zealand; until its extinction, one species was the largest bird in the world. [from 19th c.]
   • 2000, Errol Fuller, Extinct Birds, Oxford 2000, p. 29:

     The moas (order Dinornithiformes) of New Zealand are likewise extinct but almost certainly some still survived when Tasman first sighted the islands in 1642.

Translations

Anagrams

• -oma, Amo, Amo., MAO, Mao, Oma, mao, oma

'Are'are

Verb

moa

1. to vomit

References

• Kate?ina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mo(?)?/, [?mo?(?)?]
• Rhymes: -o?
• Syllabification: mo?a

Noun

moa

1. moa (large, extinct, flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae that were native to New Zealand)

Declension

Anagrams

• oma

Galician

Alternative forms

• mó

Etymology

From Medieval Galician proper moa, from Latin mola (“millstone”), from Proto-Indo-European *melh?- (“to grind”). Cognate of Portuguese mó and of Spanish muela.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?a?/

Noun

moa f (plural moas)

1. molar
2. millstone
3. grindstone
   • 1448, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), A vida e a fala dos devanceiros, page 295:

     que lle quebrantaron duas moas de moer ferramenta, que sían armadas et encabalgadas

     that they broke two grindstones used for sharpening tools, that were framed and mounted

4. whetstone
5. heap
6. gizzard

Synonyms

• (molar): molar
• (millstone): capa, pedra
• (gizzard): moella

Derived terms

Related terms

• moer
• muíño

References

• “moa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “moa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “moa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “moa” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *moa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mo.a/, [?mow?]

Noun

moa

1. chicken or similar fowl

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English moa, from Maori moa, from Proto-Polynesian *moa (“fowl”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?.a/
• Rhymes: -?a
• Hyphenation: mòa

Noun

moa m (invariable)

1. moa

References

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

Japanese

Romanization

moa

1. R?maji transcription of ??

Karelian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *maa.

Noun

moa

1. earth
2. ground
3. land

Malay

Noun

moa

1. eel

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *moa.

Noun

moa

1. moa a bird (extinct, Dinornis)

Descendants

• ? English: moa

Niuean

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *moa.

Noun

moa

1. chicken

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

moa m (definite singular moaen, indefinite plural moaer, definite plural moaene)

1. moa (large, extinct flightless bird of New Zealand)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

moa m (definite singular moaen, indefinite plural moaer or moaar, definite plural moaene or moaane)

1. moa (large, extinct flightless bird of New Zealand)

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Noun

moa f (plural moas)

1. moa (large, extinct flightless bird of New Zealand)

Etymology 2

Verb

moa

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of moer
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of moer
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of moer
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of moer

Rapa Nui

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *moa. Cognates include Hawaiian moa and Maori moa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mo.a/

Noun

moa

1. chicken

Derived terms

• hare moa

References

• Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui, Berlin, ?ISBN, page 29

Samoan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *moa.

Noun

moa

1. chicken or similar fowl

Derived terms

• fu?moa

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English more.

Adverb

moa

1. more

Vietnamese

Etymology

Borrowed from French moi (“me”).

Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

moa

1. (obsolete, humorous) I; me

See also

• tôi

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