noa

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Maori.

Adjective

noa (not comparable)

1. (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, OAN, ONA, Ona, ano-, nao

Basque

Pronunciation

• Audio

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• IPA^(key): /noa/
• Rhymes: -oa
• Hyphenation: no‧a

Verb

noa

1. First-person singular (ni) present indicative form of joan (“to go”).

Belizean Creole

Verb

noa

1. know

References

• Crosbie, Paul, ed. (2007), Kriol-Inglish Dikshineri: English-Kriol Dictionary. Belize City: Belize Kriol Project, p. 244.

Ese

Noun

noa

1. (anatomy) cheek

Estonian

Noun

noa

1. genitive singular of nuga

Hawaiian

Noun

noa

1. release from taboo restrictions
2. a commoner

Verb

noa

1. (stative) free of taboo, profane

Derived terms

• hoʻonoa
• lā noa

Italian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɔ.a/
• Rhymes: -ɔa
• Hyphenation: nò‧a

Noun

noa m (uncountable)

1. that which is noa

   Antonym: tabù

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• -ano, -ona, ano

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): /noː/

Adjective

noa

1. new, fresh, novel, recent

   Hug eh ennym noa er hene.

   He assumed a new name.

   (literally, “He put a new name on himself.”)

References

• Linguistic Atlas and Survey of Irish Dialects Volume I, Heinrich Wagner, page 78

Maori

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈno.a/,

Particle

noa

1. merely, suddenly, unintentionally, etc. Denotes an absence of limitations or conditions. (Follows immediately after the word.)

Derived terms

• noa ake
• noa atu
• noa iho

Verb

noa

1. to be unrestricted

Mpotovoro

Etymology

Compare Big Nambas nauei.

Noun

noa

1. 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

1. (non-standard since 1959)feminine singular of noen

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese noa, from earlier Old Galician-Portuguese nõa, from Vulgar Latin of Iberia *nona, from proto-Romanic *nona, from Vulgar Latin *nona, from Latin nōna, feminine of nōnus (“ninth”). Doublet of Portuguese, Galician, Spanish, and Italian nona (“ninth”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: no‧a

Noun

noa f (uncountable)

2. nones

   O clérigo, que dizia sempre suas orações, dessa vez esqueceu-se-lhe da noa.

   The priest, who had always said her hours, that time forgot the nones.

References

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian nā. Cognates include West Frisian nee and English no.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɔː/
• Hyphenation: noa
• Rhymes: -ɔː

Particle

noa

1. no

Antonyms

• jee

References

• Marron C. Fort (2015) “noa”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

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Verb

-noa (infinitive kunoa)

1. to sharpen something
2. to not understand something

Conjugation

Tokelauan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: no‧a

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *noqa. Cognates include Tuvaluan noa and Samoan noa.

Verb

noa

1. (transitive) to bind, tie

Etymology 2

Particle

noa

1. Expresses the unimportance of the preceding word; just, mere, only

References

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 252

Tongan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /no.a/

Numeral

noa

1. zero