loa

See also LOA

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Haitian Creole lwa, perhaps from French roi (“king”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈləʊə/

Noun

loa (plural loas or loa)

1. In the voodoo religion, a spirit intermediary between Bondye (the creator god) and human beings.
   • 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 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.

Anagrams

• AOL, Lao, OAL, Ola

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Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *loa

Noun

loa

1. distance, length

Verb

loa

1. (stative) long, permanent

   Mauna Loa: long mountain

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Malagasy

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈlu.a]

Etymology

Common Malayo-Polynesian, compare Malay luak

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: --

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Portuguese

Noun

loa f

1. praise

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Spanish

Noun

loa f (plural loas)

1. praise

Related terms

• loar

Verb

loa (infinitive loar)

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of loar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of loar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of loar.

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Tswana

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈlɔ.a/

Verb

lôa (perfect loile)

1. to bewitch

Derived terms

• moloi