loa
See also: Loa, LOA, lóa, loá, lôa, Lóa, and lo'a
English
Alternative forms
- lwa
Etymology
From Haitian Creole lwa.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈləʊə/
- Rhymes: -əʊə
Noun
loa (plural loas or loa)
- In the voodoo religion, a spirit intermediary between Bondye (the creator god) and human beings.
- 1953, Maya Deren, Divine Horsemen, McPherson & Company 2004, p. 36:
- Here, on the Island Below the Sea, the loa have their permanent residence, their primal location.
- 2007, Kevin Filan, The Haitian Vodou Handbook, Destiny Books 2007, p. 3:
- Some will caution you at great length about the dangers of Vodou. They will tell you that the lwa are jealous, thin-skinned, and hot-tempered.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 714:
- Equally surprising is to find St Patrick so prominent in many Vodou shrines, until one remembers that he too had been a slave who had twice crossed the sea, the second time to freedom, and that he had particular power over snakes, like the loa (Haitian equivalent of orisha) Dambala Wèdo.
- 1953, Maya Deren, Divine Horsemen, McPherson & Company 2004, p. 36:
Translations
spirits of voodoo
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Anagrams
- -ola, AOL, Lao, OAL, Ola, ola
Estonian
Noun
loa
- genitive singular of luba
Hawaiian
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *loa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlo.a/, [ˈlowə]
Noun
loa
- distance, length
Verb
loa
- (stative) long, permanent
Derived terms
- Hōkūloa (literally “long star”)
- Mauna Loa (literally “long mountain”)
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from translingual Loa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlɔ.a/
- Rhymes: -ɔa
- Hyphenation: lò‧a
Noun
loa f (plural loe)
- any nematod of the Loa taxonomic genus
Further reading
- loa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
- Lao, alo, alo-, alò, olà
Malagasy
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *luaq (compare Malay luak).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈlu.a]
Verb
loa
- to vomit
- to pay
- to discharge
Related terms
Focus (Voice) | |
Agent (Active) | man-form: mandoa |
mi-form: -- | |
om-form: -- | |
Patient (Passive) | loa |
alternate: -- | |
a-form: aloa | |
voa-form: voaloa | |
tafa-form: -- | |
Goal (Relative) | an-form: andoavana |
i-form: -- |
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
loa (present tense loar, past tense loa, past participle loa, passive infinitive loast, present participle loande, imperative loa/lo)
- Alternative spelling of loe
Noun
loa f
- definite singular of lo
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- lôa (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈlo.ɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈlo.a/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈlo.ɐ/, (regional) /ˈlo.wɐ/
- Hyphenation: lo‧a
Etymology 1
Deverbal from loar.
Noun
loa f (plural loas)
- praise
- (usually in the plural) carol
Verb
loa
- inflection of loar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈloa/ [ˈlo.a]
- Rhymes: -oa
- Syllabification: lo‧a
Noun
loa f (plural loas)
- praise
- 2022 August 23, Javier G. Cuesta, “Rusia convierte el funeral de Daria Dugina en un alegato para justificar el asedio a Ucrania”, in El País:
- La última despedida de Daria Dugina, asesinada la noche del pasado sábado en plena carretera en las afueras de Moscú con una bomba adosada a su coche, se ha convertido este martes en una loa a favor de la victoria rusa sobre Ucrania.
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Related terms
- loar
Verb
loa
- inflection of loar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “loa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- luwa
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish loa.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: lo‧a
- IPA(key): /ˈloʔa/, [ˈlo.ʔɐ]
Noun
loa
- poetic panegyric of eulogy (usually in praise of the Virgin Mary and the saints)
Tswana
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlɔ.a/
Verb
lôa (perfect loile)
- to bewitch
Derived terms
- moloi
Vietnamese
Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese word from 螺 (“spiral shell”).
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [lwaː˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [lwaː˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [l⁽ʷ⁾aː˧˧]
Noun
(classifier cái) loa
- megaphone (portable device used to amplify a person's voice)
- (by extension) speaker; loudspeaker
Anagrams
- lao