noa

Borrowed from Maori.

noa (not comparable)

1. (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".[1]

• AON, NAO, Nao, ONA, Ona, ano-, nao

noa

1. (anatomy) cheek

noa

1. release from taboo restrictions
2. a commoner

noa

1. (stative) free of taboo, profane

• hoʻonoa
• lā noa

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

noa

1. new, fresh, novel, recent
   • Hug eh ennym noa er hene.
     • He assumed a new name.

Compare Big Nambas nauei.

noa

1. water

• 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

noa

1. (non-standard since 1959)feminine singular of noen

From Old Frisian nā (eastern dialect) and nē (western dialect). Compare English no.

noa

1. no

noa

1. zero