different between tapu vs noa
tapu
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t??pu?/
Noun
tapu (countable and uncountable, plural tapus)
- Alternative form of taboo
Verb
tapu (third-person singular simple present tapus, present participle tapuing, simple past and past participle tapued)
- Alternative form of taboo
- 1859, Arthur Saunders Thomson, The Story of New Zealand: Past and Present (page 105)
- Tapuing seeds and fields are types of the English laws for protecting out-door property; women tapued to men is matrimony; tapuing sick persons is analogous to the quarantine orders against lepers, the plague and the yellow fever.
- 1859, Arthur Saunders Thomson, The Story of New Zealand: Past and Present (page 105)
Anagrams
- Tupa, UATP, patu, puta
Kaurna
Noun
- the common Australian fly (musca vetustissima)
- one of two men at either side of the line at the beginning of the Kaurna circumcision ceremony
Latvian
Noun
tapu f
- accusative singular form of tapa
- instrumental singular form of tapa
- genitive plural form of tapa
Verb
tapu
- 1st person singular past indicative form of tapt
Malecite-Passamaquoddy
Etymology
From Proto-Algonquian *ta·paw-.
Numeral
tapu
- two
Synonyms
- nis
Maori
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *tapu, from Proto-Oceanic *tabu, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *tambu. Cognate with Hawaiian kapu.
Adjective
tapu
- holy, sacred, consecrated
- restricted, prohibited, forbidden
Noun
tapu
- taboo, restriction (as a spiritual or supernatural condition)
Synonyms
- ?rai
Quechua
Noun
tapu
- question
Declension
Rapa Nui
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *tapu.
Adjective
tapu
- sacred, taboo
Samoan
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *tapu.
Noun
tapu
- taboo
Adjective
tapu
- taboo
Sranan Tongo
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ta.pu/
Etymology 1
From English top.
Preposition
tapu
- on, on top of
Etymology 2
From English stop.
Verb
tapu
- to stop
Tahitian
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *tapu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ta.pu/
Noun
tapu
- taboo
- oath, pledge
Adjective
tapu
- sacred, taboo, forbidden
References
- Yves Lemaître, Lexique du tahitien contemporain (Current Tahitian lexicon), 1995.
- “tapu” in Dictionnaire en ligne Tahitien/Français (Online Tahitian–French Dictionary), by the Tahitian Academy.
Tokelauan
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *tapu. Cognates include Hawaiian kapu and Samoan tapu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ta.pu/
- Hyphenation: ta?pu
Verb
tapu
- (stative) to be forbidden, taboo
Derived terms
References
- R. Simona, editor (1986) Tokelau Dictionary?[1], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 373
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish ????? (tapu).
Noun
tapu (definite accusative tapuyu, plural tapular)
- deed (document)
- deed office, for example the registrar of landownership
Declension
tapu From the web:
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