roa

roa

See also: ROA, róa, Róa, and ro'a

Translingual

Symbol

roa

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-5 language code for Romance languages.

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Estonian

Noun

roa

1. genitive singular of roog

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Garo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾua/

Alternative forms

• rua

Noun

roa

1. rice seedling after removal from seedbed or after transplanting

Alternative forms

• rua

Verb

roa

1. to mate (of animals)

Conjugation

Tense inflections for roa (see Appendix:Garo verbs)

		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.

Alternative forms

• rua

Verb

roa

1. to dance

Conjugation

Tense inflections for roa (see Appendix:Garo verbs)

		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.

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Ladin

Etymology

From Raetic.

Noun

roa f (plural [please provide])

1. landslide

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Malagasy

Malagasy cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : roa     Ordinal : faharoa

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

Numeral

roa

1. two

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Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *loa, cognate with Hawaiian loa and Tahitian roa.

Adjective

roa

1. long
2. tall
3. slow

Derived terms

• Aotearoa

References

• roa Te Aka Māori-English, English-Māori Dictionary and Index.
• Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary, Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 420-1

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Middle English

Noun

roa

1. Alternative form of ro (“roe deer”)

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• (of noun) roen
• (of verb) roet

Noun

roa m or f

1. definite feminine singular of ro

Verb

roa

1. inflection of roe:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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)

1. (transitive) to calm
2. (reflexive) to calm down

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

roa f

1. definite singular of ro

References

• “roa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• O-ar, o-ar, ora

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Portuguese

Verb

roa

1. inflection of roer:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

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Rapa Nui

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *loa.

Adjective

roa

1. long

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Spanish

Noun

roa f (plural roas)

1. Synonym of roda

Verb

roa

1. inflection of roer:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “roa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Swedish

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

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Verb

roa (present roar, preterite roade, supine roat, imperative roa)

1. (archaic, intransitive, reflexive) to rest
2. to entertain (someone); to amuse

Conjugation

Conjugation of roa (weak)

	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.

Related terms

• oro
• oroa
• rolig

References

• 2. ro in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

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Tahitian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *loa.

Adjective

roa

1. long (time or space)

Adverb

roa

1. 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.