doa

See also: DOA, Dóa, dóa, and do a

Galician

doas de colar (Galician Iron Age collar beads)

Etymology

13th century. Probably from Latin donā (“gifts”); alternatively, from Latin dolare (“to hew or chop into shape”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdoa̝/

Noun

doa f (plural doas)

1. bead
   • 1395, Antonio López Ferreiro (ed.), Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática. Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 160:

     mando a miña Neta Tareija sanches todo o aliofar et coraes que eu ey et os esmaltes et o meu Reliquario esmaltado et a miña Cunca de plata dourada et as miñas doas de ouro

     I send to my granddaughter Tareixa Sanchez all of my pearls and corals, and the enamels, and my enamelled relicary and my gilded silver bowl and my beads of gold

   Synonyms: abelorio, conta

2. (dated) any trinket
   • 1347, Antonio López Ferreiro (ed.), Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática. Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 280:

     It. mando que todas las doas que eu ouuer a o tempo de miña morte assy adubos de panos como yrilandas [grilandas] e relicas e cintas e outras qualesquer doas que eu aia e sse pola uentura estouuere delas ou todas en penora mando que sse tiren e sse den a o prior ffrey Johan nunes con todos los panos de uestir

     Item: I command that every trinket that I could have at the time of my death, so clothing ornaments, as well as garlands, relics, ribbons, and any other trinket that I could have -and in case that they were pawned I command that they should be redeemed- and they should give them to the prior, the friar Johan Nunes, with all of my clothes

References

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• “doa” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
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• “doa” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Arabic دُعَاء (duʕāʔ, “invocation, supplication”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /doa/
• Hyphenation: doa

Noun

doa

1. A prayer.

Derived terms

• berdoa
• mendoa
• mendoakan

 

Further reading

• “doa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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Japanese

Romanization

doa

1. Rōmaji transcription of ドア

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• doene m or n

Noun

doa m or n

1. definite neuter plural of do

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• doane

Noun

doa m or n

1. definite neuter plural of do

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Portuguese

Verb

doa

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Swahili

Noun

doa (ma class, plural madoa)

1. spot
2. blemish (small flaw which spoils the appearance of something)