Results for 'oa'
Oa, owa, n. 1. Side boards of a canoe. = rauawa. In some parts the term is only used for the rauawa before it is fitted to the canoe. ‖ Tr. xliii, 559. Kua oti te haumi, kua piri te kakariki o te niao, kua eke nga oa (W.M. xiii, 166).
2. Thwart of a canoe.
Williams Dictionary
ae, ai, ao, au, ea, ei, eo, eu, ia, ie, io, iu, oa, oe, oi, ou, ua, ue, ui
Most of these vowel-pairs are spoken as two syllables, each vowel being pronounced as a single syllable, thus: i-a, i-e, u-i and so on.
