hoa

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /həʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /hoʊ/

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• Rhymes: -əʊ
• Homophones: hoe, hoh

Interjection

hoa

1. (obsolete) ho; hey; a call for attention
   • 1751, David Garrick, Every Man in His Humour (adapted from the 1598 work by Ben Jonson)

     Hoa, who is within here?

Anagrams

• AHO, Hao, OHA, hao, hào

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /hoa/ [ho.a]
• IPA^(key): (Southern) /oa/ [o.a]
• Rhymes: -oa
• Hyphenation: ho‧a

Verb

hoa

1. Informal second-person singular (hi) present indicative form of joan (“to go”).
2. Informal second-person singular (hi) present imperative form of joan (“to go”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈho.a/, [ˈho.wə]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *soa, from Proto-Oceanic *soʀa (“friend, partner”). Cognate with Maori hoa and Rapa Nui hoa.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *foa, from Proto-Oceanic *posaq, from Proto-Austronesian *pəcəq (“break into several large pieces”). Cognate with Maori hoa

References

• Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “hoa”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ho.a/, [hɔ.ɐ]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *soa, from Proto-Oceanic *soʀa (“friend, partner”). Cognate with Hawaiian hoa and Rapa Nui hoa.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *foa (“make a path”).

Etymology 3

References

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

Noun

hoa f

1. definite singular of ho
2. definite singular of hoe

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *soa, from Proto-Oceanic *soʀa (“friend, partner”). Cognate with Hawaiian hoa and Maori hoa.

Noun

hoa

1. friend

Verb

hoa

1. to shout

Etymology

Of interjectionary origin, similar to Danish ho.

Verb

hoa (present hoar, preterite hoade, supine hoat, imperative hoa)

1. to hoot (make the cry of an owl)

   Jag hör ugglans hoande. "Ho-ho" säger den.

   I hear the hooting of the owl. "Hoot hoot" it says.

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *soa, from Proto-Oceanic *soʀa (“friend, partner”). Cognate with Maori hoa and Hawaiian hoa.

Etymology 2

Compare Rarotongan ‘oa (“neuralgic headache”).

References

• Sven Wahlroos (2002) “hoa”, in English–Tahitian, Tahitian–English Dictionary, First edition, Honolulu: The Mā'ohi Heritage Press, →ISBN, page 588

Etymology

From Vietnamese hoa.

Pronunciation

• (Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA^(key): [hwaː˧˧]
• (Trùng Khánh) IPA^(key): [hwaː˦˥]

Noun

hoa (花)

1. flower

References

• Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎ (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội