# noa
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Maori noa.

### Adjective

noa (not comparable)
* (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".

#### Antonyms

* tapu

### References

* ↑ Bandle, O. (ed.) The Nordic Languages p. 291 Walter de Gruyter 2002 →ISBN

### Anagrams

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

## Basque
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* IPA: /noa/ [no.a]
* Rhymes: -oa, -a
* Hyphenation: no‧a

### Verb

noa
* First-person singular (ni) present indicative form of joan (“to go”).

## Belizean Creole
### Verb

noa
* know

### References

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

## Ese
### Noun

noa
* (anatomy) cheek

## Estonian
### Noun

noa
* genitive singular of nuga

## Hawaiian
### Etymology

Compare Maori noa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈno.a/, [ˈno.wə]

### Noun

noa
* release from taboo restrictions
* a commoner

### Verb

noa
* (stative) free of taboo, profane

### Derived terms

* hoʻonoa
* lā noa

### Antonyms

* kapu

## Italian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈnɔ.a/
* Rhymes: -ɔa
* Hyphenation: nò‧a

### Noun

noa m (uncountable)
* that which is noa
    Antonym: tabù

### Further reading

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

### Anagrams

* -ano, -ona, ano

## Manx
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /noː/

### Adjective

noa
* new, fresh, novel, recent
    Hug eh ennym noa er hene.He assumed a new name.(literally, “He put a new name on himself.”)

## Maori
### Etymology

Compare Hawaiian noa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈno.a/, [ˈnɔ.ɐ]

### Particle

noa
* 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
* to be unrestricted

### Adjective

noa
* 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
* 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
* (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: /ˈno.ɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈno.ɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈno.a/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈno.ɐ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈno.ɐ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈno(w).ɐ/
* Hyphenation: no‧a

### Noun

noa f (uncountable)
* 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.

### References

* ↑ Patota, Giuseppe (2002) Lineamenti di grammatica storica dell'italiano (in Italian), Bologna: il Mulino, →ISBN, page 138

## Saterland Frisian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nɔː/
* Hyphenation: noa
* Rhymes: -ɔː

### Particle

noa
* no

#### Antonyms

* jee

### References

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

## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Verb

-noa (infinitive kunoa)
* to sharpen something
* 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 future | positive subject concord + -tanoa |
| Negative future | negative subject concord + -tanoa |
| 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 |
| 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 |
Relative forms :
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information. :

## Tokelauan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈno.a]
* Hyphenation: no‧a

### Etymology 1

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

#### Verb

noa
* (transitive) to bind, tie

### Etymology 2
#### Particle

noa
* Expresses the unimportance of the preceding word; just, mere, only

### References

* R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 252

## Tongan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /no.a/

### Numeral

noa
* zero