# toa
## English
### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

toa (plural toas)
* A small painted artifact made by the Diyari people of Australia, believed to have been used as place markers or signposts.
** 2000, Lin Onus, Urban dingo: the art and life of Lin Onus, 1948-1996, page 21:These thirty-four toa constructions, made from urban debris and ceremoniously installed in a circular (or sometimes oval) bed of sand, bring together the multiple themes centred on reclamation that preoccupied his life.
** 2005, Bill Arthur, Macquarie Atlas of Indigenous Australia‎, page 22:It seems that on leaving one place people would place a toa in the ground to show other people where they had gone.

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Maori toa.

#### Noun

toa (plural toas)
* (New Zealand) A brave warrior.
** 1902, Journal of the Polynesian Society‎, volume 11, page 211:The toa or brave who distinguished himself was thought very highly of.
** 2011, Robert N. Bellah, Religion in Human Evolution‎, page 261:Thus in Polynesia, the toa (warrior) could challenge the ariki (priest/chief).

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from Maori toa. Doublet of koa.

#### Noun

toa (countable and uncountable, plural toas)
* A Polynesian tree of the genus Casuarina, or its wood.
** 1817, William Mariner, An Account of the Natives of the Tonga Islands in the South Pacific‎, page 302:It happens that nature has assembled in this spot, not only the wildest profusion of the vegetable kingdom, over which the lofty toa tree stands pre-eminent, but also objects of another description, overhanging rocks, hollow-sounding caverns, and steep precipices, calculated to give an aspect as bold and sublime as the imagination can well conceive, and constituting a species of scenery, which, in proportion as it is more rare, is more admired by the natives.
** 1882, John Shertzer Hittell, The Commerce and Industries of the Pacific Coast of North America‎, page 604:The toa wood of the South Pacific islands is similar to Eastern walnut in color and texture, but is much finer in figure.

### Anagrams

* AOT, ATO, OTA, Ota, TAO, Tao, oat, tao

## Asturian
### Determiner

toa f
* feminine singular of tou

## Dalmatian
### Etymology

From Latin tua, feminine of tuus.

### Pronoun

toa f (masculine to)
* your; second-person feminine singular possessive pronoun

## Ese
### Noun

toa
* water

### References

* Jim and Judy Parlier. Managalasi phonology. 2008 [1963].

## Estonian
### Noun

toa
* genitive singular of tuba

## Fijian
### Noun

toa
* fowl

## Galician
### Etymology 1

Attested circa 1450. From toar, from Old French toer, from Old Norse toga, from Proto-Germanic *tugōną (“to pull”). Compare English tow.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtoa̝/

#### Noun

toa f (plural toas)
* towrope

##### Derived terms

* á toa

#### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “toa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “toa”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “toa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “toa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “toa”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “toar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

toa
* inflection of toar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Garo
### Etymology

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

### Verb

toa
* (transitive) to measure the length, weight
* (intransitive) to be nice.
* to be delicious

### References

* Burling, R. (2003) The Language of the Modhupur Mandi (Garo) Vol. II: The Lexicon‎, Bangladesh: University of Michigan, page 388

## Indonesian
### Etymology

A genericized trademark of the Japanese trademark TOA, from the first two characters (東亞(とうあ) (tōa, “East Asia”))) of its former name (東亞特殊電機(とうあとくしゅでんき) (tōatokushudenki)).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈto.a]
* Hyphenation: toa

### Noun

toa
* (dialect, informal) sound system, including megaphone.
    Toa di sekolah kami sangat nyaring.The megaphone in our school is very loud.

## Maori
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *toqa (compare Hawaiian koa and Samoan toa).

#### Adjective

toa
* brave.

#### Noun

toa
* a warrior.
* courage
* a male.

#### Verb

toa
* to win

### Etymology 2

From English store.

#### Noun

toa
* a store or shop.

### References

* “toa” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈto.ɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈto.ɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈto.a/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈto.ɐ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈto.ɐ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈto(w).ɐ/
* Rhymes: -oɐ
* Hyphenation: to‧a

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

toa f (plural toas)
* towrope
    Synonym: sirga

##### Related terms

* à toa

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

toa
* inflection of toar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Rarotongan
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *toa (compare Hawaiian koa), from Proto-Oceanic *toRas, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *teRas (compare Indonesian teras).

### Noun

toa
* A tree with dark-colored, hard wood, Casuarina equisetifolia.

## Samoan
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *toqa (compare Hawaiian koa).

### Noun

toa
* warrior
* hero

### Adjective

toa
* heroic
* brave
* courageous

## Spanish
### Verb

toa
* inflection of toar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Verb

-toa (infinitive kutoa)
* to give (out)
* to produce
* to publish
* to offer
    kutoa rushwa ― to offer a bribe
* to put out, to remove
* (reflexive) to withdraw, to retire
** 2022, Muungano wa Tanganyika na Zanzibar: Chimbuko, Misingi na Maendeleo, Serikali ya Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania, →ISBN:[…] kufuatia kujitoa kwa Tanzania Zanzibar katika Bodi ya Mitihani ya Afrika Mashariki mwaka 1970 na Tanzania Bara mwaka 1971. […] following the withdrawal of Zanzibar from the East African Examinations Council in 1970 and of Mainland Tanzania in 1971.

#### Conjugation

Conjugation of -toa :
| Positive present | -natoa |
| Subjunctive | -toe |
| Negative | -toi |
| Imperative singular | toa |
Infinitives :
| Positive | kutoa |
| Negative | kutotoa |
Imperatives :
| Singular | toa |
| Plural | toeni |
Tensed forms :
| Habitual | hutoa |
| Positive past | positive subject concord + -litoa |
| Negative past | negative subject concord + -kutoa |
| Positive future | positive subject concord + -tatoa |
| Negative future | negative subject concord + -tatoa |
| Negative subjunctive | positive subject concord + -sitoe |
| Positive present conditional | positive subject concord + -ngetoa |
| Negative present conditional | positive subject concord + -singetoa |
| Positive past conditional | positive subject concord + -ngalitoa |
| Negative past conditional | positive subject concord + -singalitoa |
| Perfect | positive subject concord + -metoa |
| "Already" | positive subject concord + -meshatoa |
| "Not yet" | negative subject concord + -jatoa |
| "If/When" | positive subject concord + -kitoa |
| "If not" | positive subject concord + -sipotoa |
| Consecutive | katoa / positive subject concord + -katoa |
| Consecutive subjunctive | positive subject concord + -katoe |
Relative forms :
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information. :

#### Derived terms

* Verbal derivations:
** Applicative: -tolea
** Causative: -toza
** Passive: -tolewa
** Reciprocal: -toana
** Stative: -toleka
* Nominal derivations:
** utoaji

## Swedish
### Etymology

Clipping of toalett, from French toilette.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²tuːˌa/

### Noun

toa c
* (colloquial) Synonym of toalett (“toilet; bathroom”)
    Jag måste gå på toa!I need to go to the bathroom!

#### Synonyms

* toalett
* dass (colloquial)
* skithus (colloquial)
* hemlighus

#### Derived terms

* damtoa
* herrtoa
* mulltoa
* toabesök
* toaborste (“toilet brush”)
* toapapper
* toarengöring
* toarent
* toaring
* toarulle (“toilet roll”)
* toasits (“toilet seat”)
* toastol

#### See also

* necessär

### References

* toa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* toa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* toa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

## Ternate
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈto.a]

### Verb

toa
* to extend the hand, to reach out

#### References

* Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

## Vietnamese
### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [twaː˧˧]
* (Huế) IPA: [twaː˧˧]
* (Saigon) IPA: [t⁽ʷ⁾aː˧˧]

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

toa
* a railroad car/railway carriage

### Etymology 2

From Teochew 單 / 单. Compare Thai ตั๋ว (dtǔua), Khmer តួ (tuə).

#### Noun

toa
* (medicine, pharmacy) prescription (written order for the administration of a medicine)

##### Synonyms

* (prescription): toa thuốc, đơn thuốc

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from French toi.

#### Pronoun

toa
* (obsolete, sometimes humorous, originally towards a French speaker) you
    Coordinate term: moa

#### See also

* ngộ/nị (towards a Cantonese speaker)
* hoá/lứ (towards a Teochew speaker)

### Anagrams

* tao