different between noa vs zoa
noa
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Maori.
Adjective
noa (not comparable)
- (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
- First-person singular (ni) present indicative form of joan.
Belizean Creole
Verb
noa
- know
References
- Crosbie, Paul, ed. (2007), Kriol-Inglish Dikshineri: English-Kriol Dictionary. Belize City: Belize Kriol Project, p. 244.
Ese
Noun
noa
- (anatomy) cheek
Estonian
Noun
noa
- genitive singular of nuga
Hawaiian
Noun
noa
- release from taboo restrictions
- a commoner
Verb
noa
- (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)
- 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
- 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
- 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
- (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
- no
Swahili
Pronunciation
Verb
-noa (infinitive kunoa)
- to sharpen something
- 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
- (transitive) to bind, tie
Etymology 2
Particle
noa
- 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
- zero
noa From the web:
- what noah means
- what noaa
- what noah looked like
- what noa stands for
- what noa means
- what noah used to coat the ark
- what noah said to allie
- what noaa stands for
zoa
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /z??.?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /zo?.?/
Noun
zoa
- plural of zoon
- plural of zoön
Anagrams
- AZO, azo, azo-
Portuguese
Verb
zoa
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of zoar
- second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of zoar
Swahili
Pronunciation
Verb
-zoa (infinitive kuzoa)
- to gather up, sweep up, pick up
Conjugation
Derived terms
- Verbal derivations:
- Applicative: -zolea
- Passive: -zolewa
- Stative: -zoleka
zoa From the web:
- what zodiac sign
- what zoan will blackbeard get
- what zoanthids have palytoxin
- what zodiac sign is may
- what zodiac sign is march
- what zodiac sign is january
- what zodiac sign am i
- what zodiac sign is july
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