Akoa tree Borrowed fromHawaiian koa Doublet oftoa
koa (plural koas or koa
A large tree of speciesAcacia koa Fabaceae Hawaii ; or the wood of this tree.2004 Richard Fortey ,The Earth , Folio Society, published2011 , page59 :As you get higher, native vegetation takes over, so a prospect might be framed by the dangling leaves of the beautifulkoa
2007 March 18, Anne Eisenberg, “How to Soften the Edges of Technology”, inNew York Times [1] The outer frame is made ofkoa and maple.
2012 Julia Flynn Siler ,Lost Kingdom , Grove Press, page122 :At her funeral, Likelike's body was placed in a polishedkoa coffin, adorned with sprays of gardenia […].
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rain Leenhardt, M. (1935 )Vocabulaire et grammaire de la langue Houaïlou , Paris: Institut d'ethnologie Houaïlou " in Greenhill, S.J.,Blust, R. , &Gray, R.D. (2008).The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics .Evolutionary Bioinformatics Leenhardt, M. (1946 )Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie Ajiø " in Greenhill, S.J.,Blust, R. , &Gray, R.D. (2008).The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics .Evolutionary Bioinformatics Cognate withGerman kein
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no ( negation of nouns and adjectives ) koa
grasshopper koa
tostitch FromProto-Polynesian *toa Maori toa Proto-Oceanic *toRas Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *teRas Indonesian teras ( “ heart, pith (of wood) ” ) ).
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warrior koa (tree)FromProto-Polynesian *toqa Maori toa ( “ brave ” ) ).
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( stative ) brave ,military FromChinese Hokkien 卦 kòa
IPA (key ) : [ˈkoa] Hyphenation:koa koa (plural koa -koa
( gaming ) card game koa
horn de Goeje, C. H. (1928 )The Arawak Language of Guiana [2] →ISBN 250 koa
soap ,foam ,lather 
