noa

See also: Noa, noa-, nōa, noʻa, NOA, NoA, and -noa

Languages (18)

Translingual • English

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Basque • Belizean Creole • Ese • Estonian • Hawaiian • Italian • Low German • Manx • Māori • Mpotovoro • Norwegian Nynorsk • Portuguese • Saterland Frisian • Swahili • Tokelauan • Tongan

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Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Noanamá.

Symbol

noa

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Woun Meu.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Woun Meu terms

English

Etymology 1

From the Polynesian term noa, e.g. Hawaiian noa (“free of taboo”).

Adjective

noa (not comparable)

1. (linguistics) Non-taboo; serving to replace a taboo name or term.
   • 1968, Scottish Gaelic Studies, page 25:

     It vividly recalls the use of the same epithet in the name The Seven Haley Isles, a seamen's noa term for the Flannan Islands (SGS, xi, 88). A further striking parallel is offered by Eng. halibut lit. 'holy butt' and its many Germanic cognates, terms which certainly arose in a milieu conditioned by intense superstition […]

   • 2002, O. Bandle (ed.), The Nordic Languages (Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN), page 291:

     The power of the spoken word has meant that some dangerous things are not mentioned by their "real" names, but by noa terms, like gullfot (literally "golden foot") for "wolf", or tallbjörn (literally "pine bear"), granoxe (literally: "fir ox"), trädräv (literally: "tree fox") or granälg (literally: "fir elk") for "squirrel".

   • 2015 October 31, Heidrun Stebergløkken, Ragnhild Berge, Eva Lindgaard, Ritual Landscapes and Borders within Rock Art Research: Papers in Honour of Professor Kalle Sognnes, Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 145:

     Blå Jungfrun […] is a noa name. The tabooed name of this island is Blåkulla, Blue Hill (or Rock), a recurring name of the home of the witches in the North.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Māori noa.

Adjective

noa (not comparable)

1. (New Zealand, among the Maori) Non-sacred; such that it must be kept separate from what is taboo.

   Antonym: tapu

Anagrams

• AON, NAO, Nao, OAN, ONA, Ona, ano-, nao

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /noa/ [no.a]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -oa, -a
• Hyphenation: no‧a

Verb

noa (masculine allocutive noak, feminine allocutive noan)

1. first-person singular, present indicative of joan (“to go”)

Belizean Creole

Verb

noa

1. know

References

• Crosbie, Paul, ed. (2007), Kriol-Inglish Dikshineri: English-Kriol Dictionary. Belize City: Belize Kriol Project, p. 244.

Ese

Noun

noa

1. (anatomy) cheek

Estonian

Noun

noa

1. genitive singular of nuga

Hawaiian

Etymology

Compare Māori noa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈno.a/, [ˈno.wə]

Noun

noa

1. release from taboo restrictions
2. a commoner

Verb

noa

1. (stative) free of taboo, profane

Antonyms

• kapu

Derived terms

• hoʻonoa
• lā noa

Italian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɔ.a/
• Rhymes: -ɔa
• Hyphenation: nò‧a

Noun

noa m (uncountable)

1. that which is noa

   Antonym: tabù

Further reading

• noa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• -ano, -ona, ano

Low German

Preposition

noa

1. (Low Prussian) alternative form of nao (“to, towards”)

Manx

Etymology

From Middle Irish núa, from Old Irish nuae, Proto-Celtic *nowiyos (compare Welsh newydd, Breton nevez), from Proto-Indo-European *néwyos. Compare Irish nua and Scottish Gaelic nuadh.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /noː/

Adjective

noa

1. new, fresh, novel, recent

   Hug eh ennym noa er hene.

   He assumed a new name.

   (literally, “He put a new name on himself.”)

Māori

Etymology

Compare Hawaiian noa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnoa/ [ˈnɔɐ]

Particle

noa

1. merely, suddenly, unintentionally, etc. Denotes an absence of limitations or conditions. (Follows immediately after the word.)

Derived terms

• noa ake
• noa atu
• noa iho

Verb

noa

1. to be unrestricted

Adjective

noa

1. common, ordinary

Antonyms

• tapu

Descendants

• → English: noa
• → Italian: noa

References

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

Mpotovoro

Etymology

Compare Big Nambas nauei.

Noun

noa

1. water

Further reading

• ABVD, citing D. T. Tryon, New Hebrides Languages: An internal classification (1976, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics); also listed under the place-name Alavas 1 / 2, citing Aviva Shimelman

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronoun

noa

1. (non-standard since 1959)feminine singular of noen

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese noa, from earlier Old Galician-Portuguese nõa, from Vulgar Latin of Iberia *nona, from proto-Romanic *nona, from Vulgar Latin *nona, from Latin nōna, feminine of nōnus (“ninth”). Doublet of Portuguese, Galician, Spanish, and Italian nona (“ninth”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈno.ɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈno.ɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈno.a/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈno.ɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈno.ɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈno(w).ɐ/

• Hyphenation: no‧a

Noun

noa f (uncountable)

2. nones

   O clérigo, que dizia sempre suas orações, dessa vez esqueceu-se-lhe da noa.

   The priest, who had always said her hours, that time forgot the nones.

Further reading

• “noa”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “noa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian nā. Cognates include West Frisian nee and English no.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɔː/
• Hyphenation: noa
• Rhymes: -ɔː

Particle

noa

1. no

Antonyms

• jee

References

• Marron C. Fort (2015), “noa”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN

Swahili

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu [Term?].

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Verb

-noa (infinitive kunoa)

1. to sharpen something
2. to not understand something

Conjugation

Conjugation of -noa
Positive present -nanoa Subjunctive -noe Negative -noi Imperative singular noa
Infinitives
Positive kunoa Negative kutonoa
Imperatives
Singular noa Plural noeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hunoa Positive past positive subject concord + -linoa Negative past negative subject concord + -kunoa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nanoa) Singular Plural 1st person ninanoa/nanoa tunanoa 2nd person unanoa mnanoa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) ananoa wananoa other classes positive subject concord + -nanoa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -noi) Singular Plural 1st person sinoi hatunoi 2nd person hunoi hamnoi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hanoi hawanoi other classes negative subject concord + -noi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tanoa Negative future negative subject concord + -tanoa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -noe) Singular Plural 1st person ninoe tunoe 2nd person unoe mnoe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anoe wanoe other classes positive subject concord + -noe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sinoe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngenoa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singenoa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalinoa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalinoa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -anoa) Singular Plural 1st person nanoa twanoa 2nd person wanoa mwanoa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anoa wanoa m-mi(III/IV) wanoa yanoa ji-ma(V/VI) lanoa yanoa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chanoa vyanoa n(IX/X) yanoa zanoa u(XI) wanoa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwanoa pa(XVI) panoa mu(XVIII) mwanoa
Perfect positive subject concord + -menoa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshanoa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -janoa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kinoa "If not" positive subject concord + -siponoa Consecutive kanoa / positive subject concord + -kanoa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kanoe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -ninoa -tunoa 2nd person -kunoa -wanoa/-kunoeni/-wanoeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mnoa -wanoa m-mi(III/IV) -unoa -inoa ji-ma(V/VI) -linoa -yanoa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kinoa -vinoa n(IX/X) -inoa -zinoa u(XI) -unoa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kunoa pa(XVI) -panoa mu(XVIII) -munoa Reflexive -jinoa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -noa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -noaye -noao m-mi(III/IV) -noao -noayo ji-ma(V/VI) -noalo -noayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -noacho -noavyo n(IX/X) -noayo -noazo u(XI) -noao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -noako pa(XVI) -noapo mu(XVIII) -noamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -noa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yenoa -onoa m-mi(III/IV) -onoa -yonoa ji-ma(V/VI) -lonoa -yonoa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chonoa -vyonoa n(IX/X) -yonoa -zonoa u(XI) -onoa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -konoa pa(XVI) -ponoa mu(XVIII) -monoa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Tokelauan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈno.a]
• Hyphenation: no‧a

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *noqa. Cognates include Tuvaluan noa and Samoan noa.

Verb

noa

1. (transitive) to bind, tie

Etymology 2

Particle

noa

1. Expresses the unimportance of the preceding word; just, mere, only

References

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎^[1], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 252

Tongan

Tongan cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : noa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /no.a/

Numeral

noa

1. zero