loa
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Haitian Creole lwa.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
loa (plural loas or loa)
- In the voodoo religion, a spirit intermediary between Bondye (the creator god) and human beings.
- 1953, Maya Deren, Divine Horsemen, McPherson & Company, published 2004, page 36:
- Here, on the Island Below the Sea, the loa have their permanent residence, their primal location.
- 2007, Kevin Filan, The Haitian Vodou Handbook, Destiny Books, page 3:
- Some will caution you at great length about the dangers of Vodou. They will tell you that the lwa are jealous, thin-skinned, and hot-tempered.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 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.
Translations[edit]
spirits of voodoo
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Estonian[edit]
Noun[edit]
loa
Galician[edit]
Verb[edit]
loa
- inflection of loar:
Hawaiian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Polynesian *loa.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
loa
Verb[edit]
loa
Derived terms[edit]
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from translingual Loa.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
loa f (plural loe)
Further reading[edit]
- loa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams[edit]
Malagasy[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *luaq (compare Malay luak).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
loa
Related terms[edit]
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: -- |
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Verb[edit]
loa (present tense loar, past tense loa, past participle loa, passive infinitive loast, present participle loande, imperative loa/lo)
- Alternative spelling of loe
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
loa f
Portuguese[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: lo‧a
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
loa f (plural loas)
Etymology 2[edit]
Verb[edit]
loa
- inflection of loar:
Spanish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
loa f (plural loas)
- praise
- Synonyms: alabanza, halago, elogio, enaltecimiento
- 2022 August 23, Javier G. Cuesta, “Rusia convierte el funeral de Daria Dugina en un alegato para justificar el asedio a Ucrania”, in El País[1]:
- La última despedida de Daria Dugina, asesinada la noche del pasado sábado en plena carretera en las afueras de Moscú con una bomba adosada a su coche, se ha convertido este martes en una loa a favor de la victoria rusa sobre Ucrania.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Related terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Verb[edit]
loa
- inflection of loar:
Further reading[edit]
- “loa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tagalog[edit]
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Noun[edit]
loa (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜏ) (ecclesiastical, poetry)
Tswana[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
lôa (perfect loile)
- to bewitch
Derived terms[edit]
Vietnamese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Sino-Vietnamese word from 螺 (“spiral shell”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
(classifier cái) loa
- megaphone (portable device used to amplify a person's voice)
- (by extension) speaker; loudspeaker
Anagrams[edit]
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