different between zoa vs koa

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /z??.?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /zo?.?/

Noun

zoa

1. plural of zoon
2. plural of zoön

Anagrams

• AZO, azo, azo-

Portuguese

Verb

zoa

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of zoar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of zoar

Swahili

Pronunciation

Verb

-zoa (infinitive kuzoa)

1. to gather up, sweep up, pick up

Conjugation

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -zolea
  • Passive: -zolewa
  • Stative: -zoleka

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hawaiian koa.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /k???/

Noun

koa (plural koas or koa)

1. Acacia koa, a species of large tree in the family Fabaceae which is endemic to and common on the islands of Hawaii; or the wood of this tree.
   • 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 59:

     As you get higher, native vegetation takes over, so a prospect might be framed by the dangling leaves of the beautiful koa tree, each leaf a gently curved, trembling sickle.

   • 2012, Julia Flynn Siler, Lost Kingdom, Grove Press, p. 122:

     At her funeral, Likelike's body was placed in a polished koa coffin, adorned with sprays of gardenia […].

See also

• koa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• A-OK, AOK, Kao, OAK, Oka, oak, oka

Ajië

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [koa]

Noun

koa

1. rain

References

• Leenhardt, M. (1935) Vocabulaire et grammaire de la langue Houaïlou, Institut d'ethnologie. Cited in: "Houaïlou" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.
• Leenhardt, M. (1946) Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "Ajiø" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

Bola

Noun

koa

1. grasshopper

References

• Brent Wiebe, Bola (Bola-Bakovi) Language Organized Phonology Data, p. 3

Garo

Verb

koa

1. to stitch

Hawaiian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *toa (compare Maori toa), from Proto-Oceanic *toRas, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *teRas (compare Indonesian teras (“heart, pith (of wood)”)).

Noun

koa

1. warrior
2. koa (tree)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *toqa (compare Maori toa (“brave”)).

Verb

koa

1. (stative) to be brave, military

Derived terms

• Kekoa

Indonesian

Etymology

From Chinese, probably Hokkien ? (kòa).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

koa (first-person possessive koaku, second-person possessive koamu, third-person possessive koanya)

1. (gaming) a Chinese card game.

Alternative forms

• kua

Further reading

• “koa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.