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poa
English
Wikispecies
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ??? (póa, “fodder”).
Noun
poa (plural poas)
- Any grass of the genus Poa, especially Poa annua.
Anagrams
- AOP, APO, OAP, PAO, Pa-O, Pao, apo, apo-
French
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ??? (póa).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p?.a/
Noun
poa m (plural poas)
- poa, grass
- Synonym: pâturin
References
- “poa” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Etymology
From translingual Poa, from Ancient Greek ??? (póa, “fodder”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?p?.a/
- Rhymes: -?a
- Hyphenation: pòa
Noun
poa f (plural poe)
- poa
References
- poa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Swahili
Pronunciation
Verb
-poa (infinitive kupoa)
- become calm
- recover, get better
Conjugation
Interjection
poa
- (Sheng) I'm fine (response to "how are you?")
- (Sheng) cool, okay
Westrobothnian
Noun
poa
- (childish) Horse.
poa From the web:
- what poa means
- what poaching means
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- what poggers mean
- what position
- what plant is this
- what poa covers everything
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:
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