noa

See also: Noa and noa-

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Maori.

Adjective

noa (not comparable)

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

   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".

Anagrams

• AON, NAO, Nao, ONA, Ona, ano-, nao

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Ese

Noun

noa

1. (anatomy) cheek

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Hawaiian

Noun

1. release from taboo restrictions
2. a commoner

Verb

1. (stative) free of taboo, profane

Derived terms

• hoʻonoa
• lā noa

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Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish núa, from Proto-Celtic *nouyos (compare Welsh newydd, Breton nevez), from Proto-Indo-European *néwyos.

Adjective

noa

1. new, fresh, novel, recent
   • Hug eh ennym noa er hene.
     • He assumed a new name.

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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

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronoun

noa

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

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Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Frisian nā (eastern dialect) and nē (western dialect). Compare English no.

Adverb

noa

1. no

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Swahili

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.

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Tongan

Tongan cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : noa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /no.a/

Numeral

noa

1. zero