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English

Wikispecies

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ??? (póa, “fodder”).

Noun

poa (plural poas)

1. 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)

1. 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)

1. poa

References

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

Swahili

Pronunciation

Verb

-poa (infinitive kupoa)

1. become calm
2. recover, get better

Conjugation

Interjection

poa

1. (Sheng) I'm fine (response to "how are you?")
2. (Sheng) cool, okay

Westrobothnian

Noun

poa

1. (childish) Horse.

English

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

toa (plural toas)

1. A small painted artifact made by the Diyari people of Australia, believed to have been used as place markers or signposts.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Maori toa.

Noun

toa (plural toas)

1. (New Zealand) A brave warrior.

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Maori toa.

Noun

toa (countable and uncountable, plural toas)

1. A Polynesian tree of the genus Casuarina, or its wood.

Anagrams

• AOT, ATO, OTA, Ota, TAO, Tao, oat, tao

Asturian

Determiner

toa f

1. feminine singular of tou

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin tua, feminine of tuus.

Pronoun

toa f (masculine to)

1. your; second-person feminine singular possessive pronoun

Ese

Noun

toa

1. water

References

• Jim and Judy Parlier. Managalasi phonology. 2008 [1963].

Estonian

Noun

toa

1. genitive singular of tuba

Fijian

Noun

toa

1. fowl

Galician

Etymology

Attested circa 1450. From toar, from Old French toer, from Old Norse toga, from Proto-Germanic *tug?n? (“to pull”). Compare English tow.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?toa?/

Noun

toa f (plural toas)

1. towrope

Derived terms

• á toa

References

• “toa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “toa” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “toa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “toa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “toa” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Garo

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

toa

1. (transitive) to measure the length, weight
2. (intransitive) to be nice.
3. to be delicious

References

• Burling, R. (2003) The Language of the Modhupur Mandi (Garo) Vol. II: The Lexicon?^[6], Bangladesh: University of Michigan, page 388

Indonesian

Etymology

A genericized trademark of the Japanese trademark TOA, from the first two characters (??(???) (t?a, “East Asia”))) of its former name (??????).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?toa]
• Hyphenation: toa

Noun

toa (first-person possessive toaku, second-person possessive toamu, third-person possessive toanya)

1. (dialect, informal) sound system, including megaphone.

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *toqa (compare Hawaiian koa).

Adjective

toa

1. brave

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English tow.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /?to.?/

Noun

toa f (plural toas)

1. rope

   Synonym: sirga

Related terms

• à toa

Rarotongan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *toa (compare Hawaiian koa), from Proto-Oceanic *toRas, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *teRas (compare Indonesian teras).

Noun

toa

1. A tree with dark-colored, hard wood, Casuarina equisetifolia.

Swahili

Pronunciation

Verb

-toa (infinitive kutoa)

1. to give (out), put out
2. to produce
3. to publish
4. to offer

Conjugation

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -tolea
  • Causative: -toza
  • Passive: -tolewa
  • Reciprocal: -toana
  • Stative: -toleka

Swedish

Etymology

Clipping of toalett

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²tu??a/

Noun

toa c

1. (colloquial) toilet, loo

Declension

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

toa

1. a railroad car

Etymology 2

From Min Nan ?. Compare Thai ???? (dt?ua), Khmer ?? (tu?).

Noun

toa

1. (medicine, pharmacy) a prescription

Etymology 3

Borrowed from French toi.

Pronoun

toa

1. (obsolete, humorous) you

See also

• moa