hoa

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /həʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /hoʊ/

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• Rhymes: -əʊ
• Homophones: hoe, hoh

Interjection

hoa

1. (obsolete) ho; hey; a call for attention
   • 1751, David Garrick, Every Man in His Humour (adapted from the 1598 work by Ben Jonson)

     Hoa, who is within here?

Anagrams

• AHO, Hao, OHA, hao, hào

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /hoa/
• IPA^(key): (Southern) /oa/
• Rhymes: -oa
• Hyphenation: ho‧a

Verb

hoa

1. Informal second-person singular (hi) present indicative form of joan (“to go”).
2. Informal second-person singular (hi) present imperative form of joan (“to go”).

Hawaiian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhoa/,

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *soa, from Proto-Oceanic *soʀa (“friend, partner”). Cognate with Maori hoa.

Noun

hoa

1. friend, companion, associate, colleague, comrade, partner, mate, peer

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *foa, from Proto-Oceanic *posaq, from Proto-Austronesian *pəcəq (“break into several large pieces”).

Noun

hoa

1. club (heavy stick for use as weapon or plaything)

Verb

hoa

1. to club, to strike with a stick or club

References

• Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “hoa”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press

Maori

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ho.a/,

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *soa, from Proto-Oceanic *soʀa (“friend, partner”). Cognate with Hawaiian hoa.

Noun

hoa

1. friend, companion, mate, partner, spouse, ally

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *foa (“make a path”).

Noun

hoa

1. pitch (of a roof)

Verb

hoa (passive hoaina)

1. to lay out, to plan arrange

Etymology 3

Noun

hoa

1. charm, spell, enchantment

References

• “hoa” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

hoa f

1. definite singular of ho
2. definite singular of hoe

Rapa Nui

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *soa, from Proto-Oceanic *soʀa (“friend, partner”).

Noun

hoa

1. friend

Sotho

Verb

hoa

1. to shout

Swedish

Verb

hoa (present hoar, preterite hoade, supine hoat, imperative hoa)

1. to hoot (make the cry of an owl)

   Jag hör ugglans hoande. "Ho-ho" säger den.

   I hear the hooting of the owl. "Hoot hoot" it says.

Conjugation

Tahitian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *soa, from Proto-Oceanic *soʀa (“friend, partner”). Cognate with Maori hoa and Hawaiian hoa.

Noun

hoa

1. friend

Etymology 2

Compare Rarotongan ‘oa (“neuralgic headache”).

Noun

hoa

1. headache

References

• Sven Wahlroos (2002) “hoa”, in English–Tahitian, Tahitian–English Dictionary, First edition, Honolulu: The Mā'ohi Heritage Press, →ISBN, page 588

Tày

Etymology

From Vietnamese hoa.

Pronunciation

• (Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA^(key):
• (Trùng Khánh) IPA^(key):

Noun

hoa (花)

1. flower

Synonyms

• bjooc / bjoóc / bioóc

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• (Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam, dated or obsolete) huê
• (certain small Central dialects) ba

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 花. The "capital" sense probably comes from the flourishes of the cursive capital letters that are commonly taught in elementary schools; even cursive lower-case letters don't have as many flourishes, which explains the distinction.

The form ba is attested in some Central dialects, most notably from the placename Đông Ba.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key):
• (Huế) IPA^(key):
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key):

Noun

(classifier bông, đoá) hoa

1. a flower

   Synonym: bông

Derived terms

Adjective

hoa

1. capital, upper case

   Antonym: thường

   • 1936, Vũ Trọng Phụng, chapter 1, in Số đỏ, Hà Nội báo:

     Ấy là một cuộc tình duyên, với, hơn nữa – theo lối gọi của những ông làm báo – một cuộc tình duyên của Bình dân (chữ B hoa).

     Theirs was a love affair, and what is more – in the words of journalists – a love affair of the People (with a capital P).

Derived terms

• chữ hoa

Noun

hoa

1. (card games) a suit

See also

Suits in Vietnamese · hoa, chất (layout · text)
cơ	rô	pích	nhép, tép, chuồn

References