oa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "oa"

Bavarian

Alternative forms

• a (East Central Bavarian)

Etymology

Cognate with German ein.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oɐ̯/

Determiner

oa (West Central Bavarian)

1. one

See also

Declension of oa

	m	n	f
nominative	oa (determiner) oana (pronoun)	oa (determiner) oans (pronoun)	oa (determiner) oane (pronoun)
accusative	oan
dative	oam		oana

• a (“a”, article)

Estonian

Noun

oa

1. genitive singular of uba

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• hó, húa, ó, úa

Etymology 1

Univerbation of ó (“from”) +‎ a (“his/her/its/their”)

Determiner

oa (‘his’ and ‘its’ trigger lenition, ‘her’ triggers /h/-prothesis, ‘their’ triggers eclipsis)

1. from his/her/its/their

Etymology 2

ó (“from”) +‎ -a (relative pronoun)

Pronoun

oa·

1. from which

Further reading

• Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940) [1909], D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, translation of Handbuch des Alt-Irischen (in German), →ISBN, § 847, page 524; reprinted 2017

Romanian

Interjection

oa

1. obsolete form of oac

References

• oa in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Sundanese

Etymology

Imitative

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oˈwa/

Noun

oa

1. gibbon (Hylobates)

Further reading

• "oa" in Maman Sumantri; Atjep Djamaludin; Achmad Patoni; R.H. Moch. Koerdie; M.O. Koesman; Epa Sjafei Adisastra. (1985), Kamus Sunda-Indonesia [Sundanese-Indonesian Dictionary] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Department of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Verb

-oa (infinitive kuoa)

1. to marry a woman (used only of a man)

Conjugation

Conjugation of -oa
Positive present -naoa Subjunctive -oe Negative -oi Imperative singular oa
Infinitives
Positive kuoa Negative kutooa
Imperatives
Singular oa Plural oeni
Tensed forms
Habitual huoa Positive past positive subject concord + -lioa Negative past negative subject concord + -kuoa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -naoa) Singular Plural 1st person ninaoa/naoa tunaoa 2nd person unaoa mnaoa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anaoa wanaoa other classes positive subject concord + -naoa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -oi) Singular Plural 1st person sioi hatuoi 2nd person huoi hamwoi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) haoi hawaoi other classes negative subject concord + -oi
Positive future positive subject concord + -taoa Negative future negative subject concord + -taoa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -oe) Singular Plural 1st person nioe tuoe 2nd person uoe mwoe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aoe waoe other classes positive subject concord + -oe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sioe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngeoa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singeoa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalioa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalioa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aoa) Singular Plural 1st person naoa twaoa 2nd person waoa mwaoa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aoa waoa m-mi(III/IV) waoa yaoa ji-ma(V/VI) laoa yaoa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chaoa vyaoa n(IX/X) yaoa zaoa u(XI) waoa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwaoa pa(XVI) paoa mu(XVIII) mwaoa
Perfect positive subject concord + -meoa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshaoa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jaoa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kioa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipooa Consecutive kaoa / positive subject concord + -kaoa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kaoe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nioa -tuoa 2nd person -kuoa -waoa/-kuoeni/-waoeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mwoa -waoa m-mi(III/IV) -uoa -ioa ji-ma(V/VI) -lioa -yaoa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kioa -vioa n(IX/X) -ioa -zioa u(XI) -uoa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuoa pa(XVI) -paoa mu(XVIII) -muoa Reflexive -jioa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -oa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -oaye -oao m-mi(III/IV) -oao -oayo ji-ma(V/VI) -oalo -oayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -oacho -oavyo n(IX/X) -oayo -oazo u(XI) -oao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -oako pa(XVI) -oapo mu(XVIII) -oamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -oa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yeoa -ooa m-mi(III/IV) -ooa -yooa ji-ma(V/VI) -looa -yooa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chooa -vyooa n(IX/X) -yooa -zooa u(XI) -ooa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kooa pa(XVI) -pooa mu(XVIII) -mooa
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:
  • Causative: -oza (“marry off, give in marriage”)
  • Passive: -olewa (“to marry (of a woman, to take a husband)”)
  • Reciprocal: -oana (“marry each other, intermarry”)

• Nominal derivations:
  • ndoa (“marriage”)
  • uozi (“marriage”)

Tabaru

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈo.a/

Noun

oa

1. (Adu) alternative form of woa (“house”)

References

• Edward A. Kotynski (1995) "Glottal stop and the nasal prefix in Tabaru and other North Halmaheran languages, Universitas Katolik Indonesia Atma Jaya

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔwaː˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔwaː˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [(ʔ)waː˧˧]

Etymology 1

Interjection

oa

1. wow

   Synonym: uầy

Etymology 2

Romanization

oa

1. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 窩

Derived terms

• oa tàng
• oa trữ

Etymology 3

Romanization

oa

1. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 媧

Derived terms

• Nữ Oa