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See also: Loa, LOA, lóa, loá, lôa, Lóa, and lo'a

English

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Alternative forms

Etymology

From Haitian Creole lwa.

Pronunciation

Noun

loa (plural loas or loa)

  1. In the voodoo religion, a spirit intermediary between Bondye (the creator god) and human beings.
    • 1953, Maya Deren, Divine Horsemen, McPherson & Company, published 2004, page 36:
      Here, on the Island Below the Sea, the loa have their permanent residence, their primal location.
    • 2007, Kevin Filan, The Haitian Vodou Handbook, Destiny Books, page 3:
      Some will caution you at great length about the dangers of Vodou. They will tell you that the lwa are jealous, thin-skinned, and hot-tempered.
    • 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 714:
      Equally surprising is to find St Patrick so prominent in many Vodou shrines, until one remembers that he too had been a slave who had twice crossed the sea, the second time to freedom, and that he had particular power over snakes, like the loa (Haitian equivalent of orisha) Dambala Wèdo.

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Estonian

Noun

loa

  1. genitive singular of luba

Galician

Verb

loa

  1. inflection of loar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *loa.

Pronunciation

Noun

loa

  1. distance, length

Verb

loa

  1. (stative) long, permanent

Derived terms

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Loa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɔ.a/
  • Rhymes: -ɔa
  • Hyphenation: lò‧a

Noun

loa f (plural loe)

  1. any nematod of the Loa taxonomic genus

Further reading

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

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Malagasy

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *luaq (compare Malay luak).

Pronunciation

Verb

loa

  1. to vomit
  2. to pay
  3. to discharge

Related terms

Focus (Voice)
Agent
(Active) 		man-form: mandoa
mi-form: --
om-form: --
Patient
(Passive) 		loa
alternate: --
a-form: aloa
voa-form: voaloa
tafa-form: --
Goal
(Relative) 		an-form: andoavana
i-form: --

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Verb

loa (present tense loar, past tense loa, past participle loa, passive infinitive loast, present participle loande, imperative loa/lo)

  1. Alternative spelling of loe

Etymology 2

Noun

loa f

  1. definite singular of lo

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: lo‧a

Etymology 1

Deverbal from loar.

Noun

loa f (plural loas)

  1. praise
  2. (usually in the plural) carol

Etymology 2

Verb

loa

  1. inflection of loar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈloa/
  • Rhymes: -oa
  • Syllabification: lo‧a

Etymology 1

Deverbal from loar.

Noun

loa f (plural loas)

  1. praise
    Synonyms: alabanza, halago, elogio, enaltecimiento
    • 2022 August 23, Javier G. Cuesta, “Rusia convierte el funeral de Daria Dugina en un alegato para justificar el asedio a Ucrania”, in El País‎:
      La última despedida de Daria Dugina, asesinada la noche del pasado sábado en plena carretera en las afueras de Moscú con una bomba adosada a su coche, se ha convertido este martes en una loa a favor de la victoria rusa sobre Ucrania.
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Etymology 2

Verb

loa

  1. inflection of loar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish loa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈloa/,
  • Hyphenation: lo‧a

Noun

loa (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜏ) (ecclesiastical, poetry)

  1. poetic panegyric of eulogy (usually in praise of the Virgin Mary and the saints)

Tswana

Pronunciation

Verb

lôa (perfect loile)

  1. to bewitch

Derived terms

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 螺 (“spiral shell”).

Pronunciation

Noun

(classifier cái) loa

  1. megaphone (portable device used to amplify a person's voice)
  2. (by extension) speaker; loudspeaker

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