# roa
## Translingual
### Symbol

roa
* (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-5 language code for Romance languages.

## Estonian
### Noun

roa
* genitive singular of roog

## Fala
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese roda, from Latin rota (“wheel”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈroa/
* Rhymes: -oa
* Syllabification: ro‧a

### Noun

roa f (plural roas)
* wheel

### References

* Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎, 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

## Galician
### Verb

roa
* (reintegrationist norm) inflection of roer:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Garo
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɾua/

### Etymology 1
#### Alternative forms

* rua

#### Noun

roa
* rice seedling after removal from seedbed or after transplanting

### Etymology 2
#### Alternative forms

* rua

#### Verb

roa
* to mate (of animals)

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 3
#### Alternative forms

* rua

#### Verb

roa
* to dance

##### Conjugation
## Ladin
### Etymology

From Raetic.

### Noun

roa f (plural roes)
* landslide

## Malagasy
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

### Numeral

roa
* two

## Maori
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *loa, cognate with Hawaiian loa and Tahitian roa.

### Adjective

roa
* long
* tall
* slow

#### Derived terms

* Aotearoa

#### References

* roa Te Aka Māori-English, English-Māori Dictionary and Index.
* Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary, Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, pages 420-1

## Middle English
### Noun

roa
* Alternative form of ro (“roe deer”)

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* roen (of noun)
* roet (of verb)

### Noun

roa m or f
* definite feminine singular of ro

### Verb

roa
* inflection of roe:
** simple past
** past participle

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1

From ro f (“calm, quiet”).

#### Verb

roa (present tense roar, past tense roa, past participle roa, passive infinitive roast, present participle roande, imperative roa/ro)
* (transitive) to calm
* (reflexive) to calm down

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

roa f
* definite singular of ro

### References

* “roa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

### Anagrams

* O-ar, o-ar, ora

## Portuguese
### Verb

roa
* inflection of roer:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Rapa Nui
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *loa.

### Adjective

roa
* long

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈroa/ [ˈro.a]
* Rhymes: -oa
* Syllabification: ro‧a

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

roa f (plural roas)
* Synonym of roda

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

roa
* inflection of roer:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “roa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Etymology

ro +‎ -a, from Old Swedish ro (“rest”), German ruhe with a secondary meaning in Danish and Swedish of entertainment, pastime (during the rest)

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

roa (present roar, preterite roade, supine roat, imperative roa)
* to amuse, to entertain
    Farfar roade dom med fräckisarGrandpa entertained them with dirty jokes
    Att se på när andra arbetar roar henneWatching others work amuses her
* (archaic, intransitive, reflexive) to rest

#### Related terms

* oro
* oroa
* rolig

### References

* roa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* roa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* roa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
* 2. ro in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

## Tahitian
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *loa.

### Adjective

roa
* long (time or space)

### Adverb

roa
* very (intensity mark)

#### References

* Yves Lemaître, Lexique du tahitien contemporain (Current Tahitian lexicon), 1995.
* “roa” in Dictionnaire en ligne Tahitien/Français (Online Tahitian–French Dictionary), by the Tahitian Academy.