roa

See also: ROA, róa, Róa, and ro'a

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LadinEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Raetic.

NounEdit

roa f (plural [please provide])

1. landslide

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MalagasyEdit

Malagasy cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : roa     Ordinal : faharoa

EtymologyEdit

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

NumeralEdit

roa

1. (cardinal) two

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MaoriEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Polynesian *loa.

AdjectiveEdit

roa

1. long
2. tall
3. slow

Derived termsEdit

• Aotearoa

ReferencesEdit

• roa Te Aka Māori-English, English-Māori Dictionary and Index.

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Norwegian BokmålEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• (of noun) roen
• (of verb) roet

NounEdit

roa m, f

1. definite feminine singular of ro

VerbEdit

roa

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

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Norwegian NynorskEdit

NounEdit

roa f

1. definite singular of ro

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PortugueseEdit

VerbEdit

roa

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of roer
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of roer
3. first-person singular imperative of roer
4. third-person singular imperative of roer

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Rapa NuiEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Polynesian *loa.

AdjectiveEdit

roa

1. long

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SpanishEdit

VerbEdit

roa

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of roer.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of roer.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of roer.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of roer.

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SwedishEdit

EtymologyEdit

ro +‎ -a, from Old Swedish ro (“rest”), German ruhe with a secondary meaning in Danish and Swedish of entertainment, pastime (during the rest)

PronunciationEdit

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VerbEdit

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

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

ConjugationEdit

Conjugation of roa (weak)

	Active	Passive
Infinitive	roa	roas
Present tense	roar	roas
Past tense	roade	roades
Supine	roat	roats
Imperative	roa	—
Present participle	roande
Past participle	road

Related termsEdit

• oro
• oroa
• rolig

ReferencesEdit

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

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TahitianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Polynesian *loa

AdjectiveEdit

roa

1. long (time or space)

AdverbEdit

roa

1. very (intensity mark)

ReferencesEdit

• 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.