Koa
See also: Appendix:Variations of "koa"
Hawaiian
Etymology
koa (“warrior, courage; koa tree”). Also a short form of compound names containing the element koa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈko.a/, [ˈko.wə]
Proper noun
Koa
- a male given name from Hawaiian
Related terms
References
- Hawaii State Archives: Marriage records Koa occurs in 19th century marriage records as the only name (mononym) of 6 women and 16 men.
Plautdietsch
Noun
Koa f (plural Koare)
Swedish
Symbol
Koa
Tagalog
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Hokkien 柯 (Koa), via English Koa. Doublet of Cua and Kua.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog)
- IPA(key): /ˈkoa/ [ˈkoː.ɐ]
- Rhymes: -oa
- Syllabification: Ko‧a
- IPA(key): /ˈkwa/ [ˈkwa] (Hokkien fluent)
- Rhymes: -a
- Syllabification: Koa
- IPA(key): /ˈkoa/ [ˈkoː.ɐ]
Proper noun
Koa (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜏ)
- a Chinese Filipino surname from Hokkien