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

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *Hreth₂-

Proto-Indo-European *Hróth₂eh₂der.

Proto-Italic *rotā

Latin rota

Old Galician-Portuguese roda

Fala roa

Inherited 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), 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN, page 251

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

• rua

Noun

roa

1. rice seedling after removal from seedbed or after transplanting

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• rua

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	–	–	–	–	–

¹ dialectal

Etymology 3

Alternative forms

• rua

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	–	–	–	–	–

¹ dialectal

Ladin

Etymology

From Raetic.

Noun

roa f (plural roes)

1. landslide

Lotha Naga

Etymology

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

Verb

roa

1. to come

Inflection

Inflection of roa

Formation	Tense			Imperative
	Present	Past	Future
Simple	roala	rocho	rov	roa
Causative	rotokala	rotokcho	rotokvü	rotoka
Perfect	rothaka	rothakcho	rothakvü	—
Abilitative	rokhoka	rokhokcho	rokhokvü	—

Further reading

• Murry, K. R.; Yanthan, J. T.; Patton, Alumo (1978), Anglo-Lotha Vocabulary, Wokha, Nagaland: Kyong Academy, page 30

Malagasy

Malagasy cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : roa     Ordinal : faharoa

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa. Compare Ma'anyan rueh

Numeral

roa

1. two

Māori

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈroa/ [ˈɾɔɐ]

Adjective

roa

1. long
2. tall
3. slow

Derived terms

• Aotearoa

References

• roa Te Aka Māori-English, English-Māori Dictionary and Index.
• Tregear, Edward (1891), “roa”, in Maori–Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎^[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, pages 420–1

Middle English

Noun

roa

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• roen (of noun)
• roet (of verb)

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

• “roa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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

• “roa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

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

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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.

Related terms

• oro
• oroa
• rolig

References

• “roa”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “roa”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “roa”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• 2. ro in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Tahitian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *loa.

Adjective

roa

1. long (time or space)

Adverb

roa

1. very (intensity mark)

References

• Lemaître, Yves (1995), Lexique du tahitien contemporain [Current Tahitian lexicon]‎^[2] (in French), Paris: Éditions de l'Orstom, →ISBN
• “roa” in Dictionnaire en ligne Tahitien/Français (Online Tahitian–French Dictionary), by the Tahitian Academy.