roa
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Symbol
roa
Noun
roa
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese roda, from Latin rota (“wheel”).
Pronunciation
Noun
roa f (plural roas)
References
- Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web), 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN
Verb
roa
- (reintegrationist norm) inflection of roer:
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Alternative forms
Noun
roa
- rice seedling after removal from seedbed or after transplanting
Etymology 2
Alternative forms
Verb
roa
- to mate (of animals)
Conjugation
| Declarative | Interrogative | Potential | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Negative | "not yet" | Positive | Negative | Positive | Negative | ||
| Present | Simple | roa | roja | rokuja | roama | rojama | roakon | rojakon |
| Continuous | roenga | rojaenga | rokujaenga | roengama | rojaengama | roaengakon | rojaengakon | |
| Past | roaha | rojaha | rokujaha | roahama | rojahama | roahakon | rojahakon | |
| Future | rogen, ronoa1 | rojawa | rokujawa | rogenma, ronoama1 | rojawama | rogenkon, ronoakon1 | rojawakon | |
| "probably" | ronabaginang | rojanabaginang | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Intentional | ronajok | rojanajok | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Change of state | Non-past | rojok | rojajok | – | – | – | – | – |
| Past | roahajok | rojahajok | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Imperative | Second person | robo | ronabe | – | – | – | – | – |
| Third person | rokan, rokana | rojakan, rojakana | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Formal imperative | robone | ronabene | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Infinitive | rona | rojana | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 1Dialectal. | ||||||||
Tense inflections for roa (see Appendix:Garo verbs)
Etymology 3
Alternative forms
Verb
roa
- to dance
Conjugation
| Declarative | Interrogative | Potential | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Negative | "not yet" | Positive | Negative | Positive | Negative | ||
| Present | Simple | roa | roja | rokuja | roama | rojama | roakon | rojakon |
| Continuous | roenga | rojaenga | rokujaenga | roengama | rojaengama | roaengakon | rojaengakon | |
| Past | roaha | rojaha | rokujaha | roahama | rojahama | roahakon | rojahakon | |
| Future | rogen, ronoa1 | rojawa | rokujawa | rogenma, ronoama1 | rojawama | rogenkon, ronoakon1 | rojawakon | |
| "probably" | ronabaginang | rojanabaginang | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Intentional | ronajok | rojanajok | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Change of state | Non-past | rojok | rojajok | – | – | – | – | – |
| Past | roahajok | rojahajok | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Imperative | Second person | robo | ronabe | – | – | – | – | – |
| Third person | rokan, rokana | rojakan, rojakana | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Formal imperative | robone | ronabene | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Infinitive | rona | rojana | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 1Dialectal. | ||||||||
Tense inflections for roa (see Appendix:Garo verbs)
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Etymology
From Raetic.
Noun
roa f (plural roes)
| < 1 | 2 | 3 > |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal : roa Ordinal : faharoa | ||
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.
Numeral
roa
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *loa, cognate with Hawaiian loa and Tahitian roa.
Adjective
roa
Derived terms
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
Noun
roa
- Alternative form of ro (“roe deer”)
Alternative forms
Noun
roa m or f
Verb
roa
- inflection of roe:
- simple past
- past participle
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
References
- “roa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
- O-ar, o-ar, ora
Verb
roa
- inflection of roer:
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *loa.
Adjective
roa
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
roa f (plural roas)
- Synonym of roda
Etymology 2
Verb
roa
- inflection of roer:
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
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 fräckisar
- Grandpa entertained them with dirty jokes
- Att se på när andra arbetar roar henne
- Watching others work amuses her
- (archaic, intransitive, reflexive) to rest
Conjugation
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | roa | roas | ||
| Supine | roat | roats | ||
| Imperative | roa | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | roen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | roar | roade | roas | roades |
| Ind. plural1 | roa | roade | roas | roades |
| Subjunctive2 | roe | roade | roes | roades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | roande | |||
| Past participle | road | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Conjugation of roa (weak)
Related terms
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)
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.
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