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4-letter words (1 found)

ANOA,

3-letter words (1 found)

ANA,

2-letter words (5 found)

AA,AN,NA,NO,ON,

You can make 7 words from anoa according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

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anoa naoa aona oana noaa onaa anao naao aano aano naao anao aoan oaan aaon aaon oaan aoan noaa onaa naoa anoa oana aona

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Definitions and meaning of anoa

anoa

Etymology

From Indonesian anoa.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /əˈnoʊə/

Noun

anoa (plural anoas)

  1. Either of two related species of small Indonesian water buffalo similar in appearance to deer; Bubalus quarlesi or Bubalus depressicornis.

Usage notes

The two species may constitute a subgenus of Bubalus. See anoa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Synonyms

  • (small water buffalo): dwarf buffalo, midget buffalo, sapiutan

Hyponyms

  • (small water buffalo): lowland anoa (Bubalus depressicornis), mountain anoa (Bubalus quarlesi)

Translations

Further reading

  • Bubalus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Bubalus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
  • Category:Anoa on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

  • NOAA, Oana

Chickasaw

Adverb

anoa

  1. again

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Indonesian anoa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑnoːɑ/

Noun

anoa m (plural anoa's, diminutive anoaatje n)

  1. anoa, Bubalus depressicornis
    Synonyms: dwergbuffel, gemsbuffel

Finnish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *anodak, from Proto-Finno-Permic *ana-. Cognate with Erzya анамс (anams, “to ask, beg”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑnoɑˣ/, [ˈɑ̝no̞ɑ̝(ʔ)]
  • Rhymes: -ɑnoɑ
  • Syllabification(key): a‧no‧a

Verb

anoa

  1. (transitive, usually atelic) to plead, beg, ask, request, implore, entreat, petition, solicit
  2. (transitive, usually atelic) to apply (for a post, job, etc.)
Conjugation
Derived terms
References
Further reading
  • “anoa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

Etymology 2

From Indonesian anoa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑnoɑ/, [ˈɑ̝no̞ɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ɑnoɑ
  • Syllabification(key): a‧no‧a

Noun

anoa

  1. anoa, Bubalus depressicorni
Declension
Synonyms
  • kääpiöpuhveli (dated)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑnoɑ/, [ˈɑ̝no̞ɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ɑnoɑ
  • Syllabification(key): a‧no‧a

Noun

anoa

  1. partitive singular of ano

Indonesian

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Austronesian *qaNuaŋ via a Celebic language.

Noun

anoa (first-person possessive anoaku, second-person possessive anoamu, third-person possessive anoanya)

  1. anoa (a small Indonesian water buffalo)

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Indonesian anoa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈnɔ.a/
  • Rhymes: -ɔa
  • Hyphenation: a‧nò‧a

Noun

anoa m (invariable)

  1. anoa (Bubalus depressicornis)

Further reading

  • anoa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Japanese

Romanization

anoa

  1. Rōmaji transcription of アノア

Malay

Pronunciation

  • (Johor-Selangor) IPA(key): /anoə/
  • (Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /anoa/

Noun

anoa (Jawi spelling انوا, plural anoa-anoa, informal 1st possessive anoaku, 2nd possessive anoamu, 3rd possessive anoanya)

  1. anoa (a small Indonesian water buffalo)

Further reading

  • “anoa” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: a‧no‧a

Noun

anoa m or f (plural anoas)

  1. anoa (a small Indonesian water buffalo)

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈnoa/ [aˈno.a]
  • Rhymes: -oa
  • Syllabification: a‧no‧a

Noun

anoa f (plural anoas)

  1. anoa (a small Indonesian water buffalo)

Further reading

  • “anoa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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