koa

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English

A koa tree

Etymology

Borrowed from Hawaiian koa.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /kəʊə/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)

Noun

koa (plural koas or koa)

  1. A large tree of species Acacia koa (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, published 2011, page 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.
    • 2007 March 18, Anne Eisenberg, “How to Soften the Edges of Technology”, in New York Times‎:
      The outer frame is made of koa and maple.
    • 2012, Julia Flynn Siler, Lost Kingdom, Grove Press, page 122:
      At her funeral, Likelike's body was placed in a polished koa coffin, adorned with sprays of gardenia […].

Derived terms

See also

Anagrams

Ajië

Pronunciation

Noun

koa

  1. rain

References

Bavarian

Etymology

Cognate with German kein.

Pronunciation

Determiner

koa

  1. no (negation of nouns and adjectives)

See also

Declination of koa
m n f pl
Nominative koa (determiner)
koana (pronoun) 		koa (determiner)
koans (pronoun) 		koa (determiner)
koane (pronoun) 		koa (determiner)
koane (det./pron.)
Accusative koan
Dative koam koana koane

Bola

Noun

koa

  1. grasshopper

References

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

Indonesian

Etymology

From Chinese, probably Hokkien 卦 (kòa).

Pronunciation

Noun

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

  1. (gaming) a Chinese card game.

Alternative forms

Further reading

Lokono

Noun

koa

  1. horn

References

  • de Goeje, C. H. (1928) The Arawak Language of Guiana‎, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 250

Tongan

Noun

koa

  1. soap, foam, lather
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