woa

Abbreviation of English Nguluwongga.

woa

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Tyaraity.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Tyaraity terms

woa

1. Rare form of whoa.
   • [1924], E[dward] F[rederic] Benson, chapter XII, in David of King’s, London: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC, “Second Year” section, page 229:

     “There was a man once who never ate cherry-tart, to which he was passionately devoted, because the stones stuck in his teeth,” he said. “I’ve forgotten his name.” / “Blaize!” said Tommers. “Thanks, Bags. Woa! That’s nearly a toothful.” / David, with an engaging smile, watched Bags playing about with the decanter-stopper.

   • 1949, Sean O’Casey, “Dublin’s Glittering Guy”, in Inishfallen, Fare Thee Well, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, →OCLC, page 274:

     The gods, A.E. said, swished in to sit on the edge of the bed while he sketched them. Cock your head a little to the left, Mananaan Mac Lir; that’s too much—woa, that’s just right.

   • 2012, Patty O’Furniture, chapter 12, in The Vacant Casualty: A Parody, London: Boxtree/Pan Macmillan, →ISBN, page 156:

     ‘So help me, I will run your arse right down to the police station!’ ‘Woa, that’s good! That’s good, man, sit down.

woa

1. first-person singular present of woaren

Cognate with Ternate fala, Tidore fola.

• IPA^(key): /ˈwo.a/

woa

1. a house

• oa (Adu)

• Edward A. Kotynski (1988), “Tabaru phonology and morphology”, in Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session, volume 32, Summer Institute of Linguistics

From English war.

woa

1. war