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See also: Appendix:Variations of "koa"

Translingual

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Etymology

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Abbreviation of English Konomala.

Symbol

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koa

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

See also

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  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Konomala terms

English

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A koa tree

Etymology

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Borrowed from Hawaiian koa. Doublet of toa.

Pronunciation

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /kəʊə/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Noun

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koa (plural koas or koa)

  1. A large tree of species Acacia koa (family Fabaceae) which is endemic to and common on the islands of Hawaii; or the wood of this tree.
    • 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 59:As you get higher, native vegetation takes over, so a prospect might be framed by the dangling leaves of the beautiful koa tree, each leaf a gently curved, trembling sickle.
    • 2007 March 18, Anne Eisenberg, “How to Soften the Edges of Technology”, in New York Times‎[1]:The outer frame is made of koa and maple.
    • 2012, Julia Flynn Siler, Lost Kingdom, Grove Press, page 122:At her funeral, Likelike's body was placed in a polished koa coffin, adorned with sprays of gardenia […].

Derived terms

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  • koa finch
  • koa wilt

See also

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  • koa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

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  • A-OK, AOK, Kao, OAK, Oka, oak, oka

Ajië

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [koa]

Noun

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koa

  1. rain

References

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  • Leenhardt, M. (1935), Vocabulaire et grammaire de la langue Houaïlou, Paris: Institut d'ethnologie. Cited in: "Houaïlou" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
  • Leenhardt, M. (1946), Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "Ajiø" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.

Bavarian

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Etymology

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Cognate with German kein.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /koɐ̯/

Determiner

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koa

  1. no (negation of nouns and adjectives)

See also

[edit] Declension of koa
singular plural
m n f
nominative koa (determiner)koana (pronoun) koa (determiner)koans (pronoun) koa (determiner)koane (pronoun) koa (determiner)koane (det./pron.)
accusative koan
dative koam koana koane

Bola

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Noun

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koa

  1. grasshopper

References

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  • Brent Wiebe, Bola (Bola-Bakovi) Language Organized Phonology Data, p. 3

Garo

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Verb

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koa

  1. to stitch

Hawaiian

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Polynesian *toa (compare Maori toa), from Proto-Oceanic *toRas, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *teRas (compare Indonesian teras (“heart, pith (of wood)”)).

Noun

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koa

  1. warrior
  2. koa (tree)

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Polynesian *toqa (compare Maori toa (“brave”)).

Verb

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koa

  1. (stative) to be brave, military
Derived terms
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  • Kekoa

Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Chinese, probably Hokkien 卦 (kòa).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈkoa]
  • Hyphenation: koa

Noun

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koa (plural koa-koa)

  1. (gaming) a Chinese card game

Alternative forms

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  • kua

Further reading

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  • “koa”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Lokono

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Noun

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koa

  1. horn

References

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  • de Goeje, C. H. (1928), The Arawak Language of Guiana‎[2], Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 250

Nǀuu

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /koɑ/

Verb

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koa

  1. to gossip Synonym: koake

References

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  • Sands, Bonny & Jones, Kerry & Esau, Katrina & Collins, Chris & Witzlack-Makarevich, Alena & Job, Sylvanus & Miller, Amanda & Steyn, Betta & Zaanen, Menno & Namaseb, Levi & Berg, Dietloff & Mantzel, Dotty & Damarah, Willem & Snyman, Claudia & Wyk, David & Brugman, Johanna & Exter, Mats & Vaalbooi, Antjie & Westhuizen, Mietjie. (2022). Nǀuuki Namagowab Afrikaans English ǂXoakiǂxanisi/Mîdi di ǂKhanis/Woordeboek/Dictionary.

Tongan

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Noun

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koa

  1. soap, foam, lather

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