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koa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "koa"

English

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A koa tree

Etymology

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Borrowed from Hawaiian koa. Doublet of toa.

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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 […].

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Ajië

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Noun

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koa

  1. rain

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Bavarian

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Etymology

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Cognate with German kein.

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Determiner

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koa

  1. no (negation of nouns and adjectives)

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Declination of koa
m n f pl
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

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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
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Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Chinese, probably Hokkien 卦 (kòa).

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

Noun

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koa (first-person possessive koaku, second-person possessive koamu, third-person possessive koanya)

  1. (gaming) a Chinese card game.

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Further reading

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Lokono

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Noun

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koa

  1. horn

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

Tongan

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Noun

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koa

  1. soap, foam, lather
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