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hoa

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English

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Pronunciation

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Interjection

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hoa

  1. (obsolete) ho; hey; a call for attention

Anagrams

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Basque

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Pronunciation

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

Verb

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hoa

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

Hawaiian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈho.a/, [ˈho.wə]

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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hoa

  1. friend, companion, associate, colleague, comrade, partner, mate, peer
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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

Noun

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hoa

  1. club (heavy stick for use as weapon or plaything)

Verb

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hoa

  1. to club, to strike with a stick or club

References

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

Maori

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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hoa

  1. friend, companion, mate, partner, spouse, ally
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Etymology 2

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

Noun

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hoa

  1. pitch (of a roof)

Verb

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hoa (passive hoaina)

  1. to lay out; to plan; to arrange

Etymology 3

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Noun

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hoa

  1. charm, spell, enchantment

References

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  • 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

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Noun

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hoa f

  1. definite singular of ho
  2. definite singular of hoe

Rapa Nui

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Etymology

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

Noun

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hoa

  1. friend

Sotho

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Verb

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hoa

  1. to shout

Swedish

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Etymology

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Of interjectionary origin, similar to Danish ho.

Verb

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

  1. 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

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Tahitian

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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hoa

  1. friend

Etymology 2

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Compare Rarotongan ‘oa (neuralgic headache).

Noun

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hoa

  1. headache

References

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

Tày

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Etymology

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From Vietnamese hoa.

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Noun

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hoa ()

  1. flower

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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References

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  • Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎[1] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội

Vietnamese

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Alternative forms

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

Etymology

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Sino-Vietnamese word from . 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]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(classifier bông, đoá) hoa

  1. a flower
    Synonym: bông
    cánh hoapetal

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Adjective

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hoa

  1. 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

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Noun

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hoa

  1. (card games) a suit

See also

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Suits in Vietnamese · hoa, chất (layout · text)
pích nhép, tép, chuồn

References

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