noa

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n. (Noa)人名；(英、葡)诺亚 abbr. （美）全国海洋学协会（National Oceanographic Association）；未另行授权（Not Otherwise Authorized）

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Non-taboo; serving to replace a taboo name or term.

    语言学

    The power of the spoken word has meant that some dangerous things are not mentioned by their "real" names, but by noa terms, like gullfot (literally "golden foot") for "wolf", or tallbjörn (literally "pine bear"), granoxe (literally: "fir ox"), trädräv (literally: "tree fox") or granälg (literally: "fir elk") for "squirrel".

  2. 1.

    Non-sacred; such that it must be kept separate from what is taboo.

    新西兰

词源

From the Polynesian term noa, e.g. Hawaiian noa (“free of taboo”).

来源：wiktionary