anoa

From Indonesian anoa ultimately from Proto-Austronesian *qaNuaŋ via a Celebic language (cognates: Tagalog anwang and Ilocano nuang referring to the domesticated water buffalo).

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

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anoa (plural anoas)

1. Either of two related species of small Indonesian water buffalo similar in appearance to deer; Bubalus quarlesi or Bubalus depressicornis.
   • 1998, Jane Whitten, Tropical Wildlife of Southeast Asia‎^[2], page 16:

     Anoas need undisturbed forest and cannot adapt to logged areas. The bad-tempered anoa with its sharp short horns is greatly feared, but in spite of this it is periodically suggested as a potential domestic animal. Anyone who has met with an anoa ridicules this idea.

   • 2000, Michael Alvard, “The Impact of Traditional Subsistence Hunting and Trapping on Prey Populations: Data from Wana Horticuluralists of Upland Central Sulwesi, Indonesia”, in John G. Robinson, Elizabeth L. Bennett, editors, Hunting for Sustainability in Tropical Forests, page 223:

     The Celebes pig and, to a lesser degree, the anoa were the focus of the Wana's large game interests.

   • 2011, Colin Groves, Peter Grubb, Ungulate Taxonomy, unnumbered page:

     They reported seeing mountain anoa trophies for sale, and also a living captive animal, in the Toraja highlands; probable lowland anoas in the Gunung Tangkoko National Park on the N tip of Sulawesi, and evidence of both kinds of anoas in or near the Dumoga-Bone National Park.

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

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

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

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

• NOAA, Oana

anoa

1. again

Borrowed from Indonesian anoa.

• IPA^(key): /ɑnoːɑ/

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

1. anoa, Bubalus depressicornis

   Synonyms: dwergbuffel, gemsbuffel

From Proto-Finnic *anodak, from Proto-Finno-Permic *ana- (compare Erzya анамс (anams, “to ask, beg”)).^[1]

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

anoa

1. (transitive, usually atelic) to plead, beg, ask, request, implore, entreat, petition, solicit [with ablative ‘who is asked’ and object ‘for something’; or with partitive ‘who is asked’ and illative of third infinitive ‘to do something’]
2. (transitive, usually atelic) to apply (for a post, job, etc.)

• “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 1 July 2023

From Indonesian anoa.

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

anoa

1. anoa, lowland anoa, Bubalus depressicornis

• kääpiöpuhveli (dated)

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

anoa

1. partitive singular of ano

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

anoa (plural anoa-anoa)

1. anoa (a small Indonesian water buffalo)

Borrowed from Indonesian anoa.

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

anoa m (invariable)

1. anoa (Bubalus depressicornis)

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

anoa

1. Rōmaji transcription of アノア

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

anoa (Jawi spelling انوا, plural anoa-anoa or anoa²)

1. anoa (a small Indonesian water buffalo)

• "anoa" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

• Hyphenation: a‧no‧a

anoa m or f (plural anoas)

1. anoa (a small Indonesian water buffalo)

• “anoa”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026

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

anoa f (plural anoas)

1. anoa (a small Indonesian water buffalo)

• “anoa”, 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