hoa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "hoa"

Translingual

Symbol

hoa

(international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Hoava.

English

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /həʊ/
(US) IPA^(key): /hoʊ/
Audio (General Australian): (file)
Rhymes: -əʊ
Homophones: hoe, hoh

Interjection

hoa

(obsolete) ho; hey; a call for attention
- 1751, David Garrick, Every Man in His Humour (adapted from the 1598 work by Ben Jonson)
  Hoa, who is within here?

Anagrams

AHO, Hao, OHA, hao, hào

Basque

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /hoa/ [ho.a]
IPA^(key): (Southern) /oa/ [o.a]
Rhymes: -oa, -a
Hyphenation: ho‧a

Verb

hoa

Informal second-person singular (hi) present indicative form of joan (“to go”).
Informal second-person singular (hi) imperative form of joan (“to go”).

Hawaiian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈho.a/, [ˈho.wə]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *soa, from Proto-Oceanic *soʀa (“friend, partner”). Cognate with Maori hoa and Rapa Nui hoa.

Noun

hoa

friend, companion, associate, colleague, comrade, partner, mate, peer

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *foa, from Proto-Oceanic *posaq, from Proto-Austronesian *pəcəq (“break into several large pieces”). Cognate with Maori hoa

Noun

hoa

club (heavy stick for use as weapon or plaything)

Verb

hoa

to club, to strike with a stick or club

References

Pukui, Mary Kawena; Elbert, Samuel H. (1986), “hoa”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN

Maori

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈhoa/, [ˈhɔɐ]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *soa, from Proto-Oceanic *soʀa (“friend, partner”). Cognate with Hawaiian hoa and Rapa Nui hoa.

Noun

hoa

friend, companion, mate, partner, spouse, ally

Derived terms

hoahoa

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *foa (“make a path”).

Noun

hoa

pitch (of a roof)

Verb

hoa (passive hoaina)

to lay out; to plan; to arrange

Etymology 3

Noun

hoa

charm, spell, enchantment

References

“hoa” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

hoa f

definite singular of ho
definite singular of hoe

Rapa Nui

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *soa, from Proto-Oceanic *soʀa (“friend, partner”). Cognate with Hawaiian hoa and Maori hoa.

Noun

hoa

friend

Sotho

Verb

hoa

to shout

Swedish

Etymology

Of interjectionary origin, similar to Danish ho.

Verb

hoa (present hoar, preterite hoade, supine hoat, imperative hoa)

to hoot (make the cry of an owl)
Jag hör ugglans hoande. "Ho-ho" säger den.
I hear the hooting of the owl. "Hoot hoot" it says.

Conjugation

Conjugation of *hoa* (weak)
	active		passive
infinitive	hoa		hoas
supine	hoat		hoats
imperative	hoa		—
imper. plural¹	hoen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	hoar	hoade	hoas	hoades
ind. plural¹	hoa	hoade	hoas	hoades
subjunctive²	hoe	hoade	hoes	hoades

present participle		hoande
past participle		hoad

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Tahitian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *soa, from Proto-Oceanic *soʀa (“friend, partner”). Cognate with Maori hoa and Hawaiian hoa.

Noun

hoa

friend

Etymology 2

Compare Rarotongan ‘oa (“neuralgic headache”).

Noun

hoa

headache

References

Sven Wahlroos (2002), “hoa”, in English–Tahitian, Tahitian–English Dictionary, First edition, Honolulu: The Mā'ohi Heritage Press, →ISBN, page 588

Tày

Etymology

From Vietnamese hoa.

Pronunciation

(Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA^(key): [hwaː˧˧]
(Trùng Khánh) IPA^(key): [hwaː˦˥]

Noun

hoa (Nôm form 花)

flower

Synonyms

bjoóc

Derived terms

References

Dương Nhật Thanh; Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003), Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎^[1] (in Tày and Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học xã hội [Social Sciences Publishing House]

Vietnamese

FWOTD – 23 December 2021

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [hwaː˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [hwaː˧˧]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [waː˧˧]
Audio (Hà Nội): (file)

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 花. The "capital" sense probably comes from the flourishes of the cursive capital letters that are commonly taught in elementary schools; even cursive lower-case letters don't have as many flourishes, which explains the distinction.

The form ba is attested in some Central dialects, most notably from the placename Đông Ba.^[1]

Alternative forms

(Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam, dated or obsolete) huê
(certain small Central dialects) ba

Noun

(classifier bông, đoá) hoa

(botany) flower; flowering plant
Synonym: bông

cánh hoa ― petal

Derived terms

Adjective

hoa

capital, upper case
Antonym: thường
- 1936, Vũ Trọng Phụng, chapter 1, in Số đỏ, Hà Nội báo:
  Ấy là một cuộc tình duyên, với, hơn nữa – theo lối gọi của những ông làm báo – một cuộc tình duyên của Bình dân (chữ B hoa).
  Theirs was a love affair, and what is more – in the words of journalists – a love affair of the People (with a capital P).

Derived terms

chữ hoa

Noun

hoa

(card games) a suit

Etymology 2

Romanization

hoa

Sino-Vietnamese reading of 華

Derived terms

References

^ Trần, Ngọc Bảo (2017). "Từ Điển Phương Ngữ Huế".

[1] Trần, Ngọc Bảo (2017). "Từ Điển Phương Ngữ Huế".

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