toa

See also: tóa, Tōa, töa, toả, to'a, To'a, tòa, and тоа

English

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

toa (plural toas)

1. A small painted artifact made by the Diyari people of Australia, believed to have been used as place markers or signposts.
   • 2000, Lin Onus, Urban dingo: the art and life of Lin Onus, 1948-1996, page 21:

     These thirty-four toa constructions, made from urban debris and ceremoniously installed in a circular (or sometimes oval) bed of sand, bring together the multiple themes centred on reclamation that preoccupied his life.

   • 2005, Bill Arthur, Macquarie Atlas of Indigenous Australia‎^[1], page 22:

     It seems that on leaving one place people would place a toa in the ground to show other people where they had gone.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Maori toa.

Noun

toa (plural toas)

1. (New Zealand) A brave warrior.
   • 1902, Journal of the Polynesian Society‎^[2], volume 11, page 211:

     The toa or brave who distinguished himself was thought very highly of.

   • 2011, Robert N. Bellah, Religion in Human Evolution‎^[3], page 261:

     Thus in Polynesia, the toa (warrior) could challenge the ariki (priest/chief).

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Maori toa. Doublet of koa.

Noun

toa (countable and uncountable, plural toas)

1. A Polynesian tree of the genus Casuarina, or its wood.
   • 1817, William Mariner, An Account of the Natives of the Tonga Islands in the South Pacific‎^[4], page 302:

     It happens that nature has assembled in this spot, not only the wildest profusion of the vegetable kingdom, over which the lofty toa tree stands pre-eminent, but also objects of another description, overhanging rocks, hollow-sounding caverns, and steep precipices, calculated to give an aspect as bold and sublime as the imagination can well conceive, and constituting a species of scenery, which, in proportion as it is more rare, is more admired by the natives.

   • 1882, John Shertzer Hittell, The Commerce and Industries of the Pacific Coast of North America‎^[5], page 604:

     The toa wood of the South Pacific islands is similar to Eastern walnut in color and texture, but is much finer in figure.

Anagrams

• AOT, ATO, OTA, Ota, TAO, Tao, oat, tao

Asturian

Determiner

toa f

1. feminine singular of tou

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin tua, feminine of tuus.

Pronoun

toa f (masculine to)

1. your; second-person feminine singular possessive pronoun

Ese

Noun

toa

1. water

References

• Jim and Judy Parlier. Managalasi phonology. 2008 [1963].

Estonian

Noun

toa

1. genitive singular of tuba

Fijian

Noun

toa

1. fowl

Galician

Etymology 1

Attested circa 1450. From toar, from Old French toer, from Old Norse toga, from Proto-Germanic *tugōną (“to pull”). Compare English tow.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtoa̝/

Noun

toa f (plural toas)

1. towrope

Derived terms

• á toa

References

• Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “toa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “toa”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• “toa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “toa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “toa” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Etymology 2

Verb

toa

1. inflection of toar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Garo

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

toa

1. (transitive) to measure the length, weight
2. (intransitive) to be nice.
3. to be delicious

References

• Burling, R. (2003) The Language of the Modhupur Mandi (Garo) Vol. II: The Lexicon‎^[6], Bangladesh: University of Michigan, page 388

Indonesian

Etymology

A genericized trademark of the Japanese trademark TOA, from the first two characters (東亞(とうあ) (tōa, “East Asia”))) of its former name (東亞特殊電機(とうあとくしゅでんき) (tōatokushudenki)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtoa]
• Hyphenation: toa

Noun

toa (plural toa-toa, first-person possessive toaku, second-person possessive toamu, third-person possessive toanya)

1. (dialect, informal) sound system, including megaphone.

   Kemenag sebut toa masjid bukan untuk bangunkan sahur ― Ministry of Religious Affairs mention that mosque sound system is not for suhur waking up.

Maori

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *toqa (compare Hawaiian koa).

Adjective

toa

1. brave.

Noun

toa

1. a warrior.
2. courage
3. a male.

Verb

toa

1. to win

Etymology 2

From English store.

Noun

toa

1. a store or shop.

References

• “toa” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈto.ɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈto.ɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈto.a/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈto.ɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈto.ɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈto(w).ɐ/

• Hyphenation: to‧a

Noun

toa f (plural toas)

1. towrope

   Synonym: sirga

Related terms

• à toa

Etymology 2

Verb

toa

1. inflection of toar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Rarotongan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *toa (compare Hawaiian koa), from Proto-Oceanic *toRas, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *teRas (compare Indonesian teras).

Noun

toa

1. A tree with dark-colored, hard wood, Casuarina equisetifolia.

Spanish

Verb

toa

1. inflection of toar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Verb

-toa (infinitive kutoa)

1. to give (out)
2. to produce
3. to publish
4. to offer

   kutoa rushwa ― to offer a bribe

5. to put out, to remove

Conjugation

Conjugation of -toa
Positive present -natoa Subjunctive -toe Negative -toi Imperative singular toa
Infinitives
Positive kutoa Negative kutotoa
Imperatives
Singular toa Plural toeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutoa Positive past positive subject concord + -litoa Negative past negative subject concord + -kutoa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natoa) Singular Plural 1st person ninatoa/natoa tunatoa 2nd person unatoa mnatoa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatoa wanatoa other classes positive subject concord + -natoa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -toi) Singular Plural 1st person sitoi hatutoi 2nd person hutoi hamtoi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatoi hawatoi other classes negative subject concord + -toi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatoa Negative future negative subject concord + -tatoa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -toe) Singular Plural 1st person nitoe tutoe 2nd person utoe mtoe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atoe watoe other classes positive subject concord + -toe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitoe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetoa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetoa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitoa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitoa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atoa) Singular Plural 1st person natoa twatoa 2nd person watoa mwatoa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atoa watoa m-mi(III/IV) watoa yatoa ji-ma(V/VI) latoa yatoa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatoa vyatoa n(IX/X) yatoa zatoa u(XI) watoa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwatoa pa(XVI) patoa mu(XVIII) mwatoa
Perfect positive subject concord + -metoa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshatoa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatoa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kitoa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipotoa Consecutive katoa / positive subject concord + -katoa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katoe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nitoa -tutoa 2nd person -kutoa -watoa/-kutoeni/-watoeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtoa -watoa m-mi(III/IV) -utoa -itoa ji-ma(V/VI) -litoa -yatoa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitoa -vitoa n(IX/X) -itoa -zitoa u(XI) -utoa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kutoa pa(XVI) -patoa mu(XVIII) -mutoa Reflexive -jitoa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -toa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -toaye -toao m-mi(III/IV) -toao -toayo ji-ma(V/VI) -toalo -toayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -toacho -toavyo n(IX/X) -toayo -toazo u(XI) -toao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -toako pa(XVI) -toapo mu(XVIII) -toamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -toa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yetoa -otoa m-mi(III/IV) -otoa -yotoa ji-ma(V/VI) -lotoa -yotoa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotoa -vyotoa n(IX/X) -yotoa -zotoa u(XI) -otoa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kotoa pa(XVI) -potoa mu(XVIII) -motoa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -tolea
  • Causative: -toza
  • Passive: -tolewa
  • Reciprocal: -toana
  • Stative: -toleka

• Nominal derivations:
  • utoaji

Swedish

Etymology

Clipping of toalett, from French toilette.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²tuːˌa/

Noun

toa c

1. (colloquial) toilet, loo

   Jag måste gå på toa!

   I have to go to the toilet!

Declension

Declension of toa
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	toa	toan	toor	toorna
Genitive	toas	toans	toors	toornas

Synonyms

• toalett
• dass (colloquial)
• skithus (colloquial)
• hemlighus

Derived terms

• damtoa
• herrtoa
• toabesök
• toaborste (“toilet brush”)
• toapapper
• toarengöring
• toarent
• toaring
• toarulle (“toilet roll”)
• toasits (“toilet seat”)
• toastol

See also

• necessär

References

• toa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• toa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• toa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈto.a]

Verb

toa

1. to extend the hand, to reach out

Conjugation

Conjugation of toa
	Singular	Plural
	Inclusive	Exclusive
1st	totoa	fotoa	mitoa
2nd	notoa	nitoa
3rd	Masculine	otoa	itoa, yotoa†
Feminine	motoa
Neuter	itoa
† - archaic

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [twaː˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [twaː˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [t⁽ʷ⁾aː˧˧]

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

toa

1. a railroad car/railway carriage

Etymology 2

From Teochew 單／单. Compare Thai ตั๋ว (dtǔua), Khmer តួ (tuə).

Noun

toa

1. (medicine, pharmacy) a prescription

Etymology 3

Borrowed from French toi.

Pronoun

toa

1. (obsolete, humorous) you

See also

• moa

Anagrams

• tao