koa

Borrowed from Hawaiian koa.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kəʊə/

koa (plural koas or koa)

1. Acacia koa, a species of large tree in the family Fabaceae which is endemic to and common on the islands of Hawaii; or the wood of this tree.
   • 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 59:

     As you get higher, native vegetation takes over, so a prospect might be framed by the dangling leaves of the beautiful koa tree, each leaf a gently curved, trembling sickle.

   • 2007, March 18, “Anne Eisenberg”, in How to Soften the Edges of Technology‎:

     The outer frame is made of koa and maple.

   • 2012, Julia Flynn Siler, Lost Kingdom, Grove Press, p. 122:

     At her funeral, Likelike's body was placed in a polished koa coffin, adorned with sprays of gardenia […].

• koa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• A-OK, AOK, Kao, OAK, Oka, oak, oka

• IPA^(key): [koa]

koa

1. rain

• Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

koa

1. grasshopper

• Brent Wiebe, Bola (Bola-Bakovi) Language Organized Phonology Data, p. 3

From Proto-Polynesian *toa (compare Maori toa), from Proto-Oceanic *toRas, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *teRas (compare Indonesian teras (“heart, pith (of wood)”)).

koa

1. warrior
2. koa (tree)

From Proto-Polynesian *toqa (compare Maori toa (“brave”)).

koa

1. (stative) to be brave, military

• Kekoa