roa

See also: ROA, róa, Róa, and ro'a

Estonian

Noun

roa

1. genitive singular of roog

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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.

Adjective

roa

1. long
2. tall
3. slow

Derived terms

• Aotearoa

References

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

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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 ro)

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

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. first/third-person singular imperative

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Rapa Nui

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *loa.

Adjective

roa

1. long

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Spanish

Verb

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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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		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	roar	roade	roas	roades
Indicative 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.