roa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "roa"

Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of English Romance.

Symbol

roa

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

Estonian

Noun

roa

  1. genitive singular of roog

Fala

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese roda, from Latin rota (“wheel”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈroa/
  • Rhymes: -oa
  • Syllabification: ro‧a

Noun

roa f (plural roas)

  1. wheel

References

  • Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎[1], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Galician

Verb

roa

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

Garo

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɾua/

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Noun

roa

  1. rice seedling after removal from seedbed or after transplanting

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

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.

Etymology 3

Alternative forms

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.

Ladin

Etymology

From Raetic.

Noun

roa f (plural roes)

  1. landslide

Malagasy

Malagasy cardinal numbers
 <  1 2 3  > 
    Cardinal : roa
    Ordinal : faharoa

Etymology

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

Numeral

roa

  1. two

Maori

Etymology

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

Adjective

roa

  1. long
  2. tall
  3. slow

Derived terms

References

Middle English

Noun

roa

  1. (Early Middle English) alternative form of ro (“roe deer”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

roa m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of ro

Verb

roa

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

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

Anagrams

  • O-ar, o-ar, ora

Portuguese

Verb

roa

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

Rapa Nui

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *loa.

Adjective

roa

  1. long

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈroa/ [ˈro.a]
  • Rhymes: -oa
  • Syllabification: ro‧a

Etymology 1

Noun

roa f (plural roas)

  1. synonym of roda

Etymology 2

Verb

roa

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

Further reading

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

  • Audio:(file)

Verb

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

  1. to amuse, to entertain
    Farfar roade dom med fräckisar
    Grandpa entertained them with dirty jokes
    Att se på när andra arbetar roar henne
    Watching others work amuses her
  2. (archaic, intransitive, reflexive) to rest

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
present participle roande
past participle road

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References

Tahitian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *loa.

Adjective

roa

  1. long (time or space)

Adverb

roa

  1. very (intensity mark)

References

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