tanoa

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English[edit]

A tanoa bowl

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Samoan tanoa.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

tanoa (plural tanoas)

  1. A bowl for serving kava.

Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Uncertain. Perhaps from Breton tann[1] or from Low German tanu[2].

Pronunciation[edit]

 
 

  • Rhymes: -oɐ
  • Hyphenation: ta‧no‧a

Noun[edit]

tanoa f (plural tanoas)

  1. coopery, cooperage

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ tanoa” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
  2. ^ tanoa” in Dicionário Online de Português.

Samoan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

tanoa

  1. bowl for kava