| 释义 |
noa|ˈnəʊə|
[a. Hawaiian (Maori, Tahitian) noa (something) free from taboo, ordinary.]
An expression substituted for a taboo word or phrase. Freq. in Comb.
1925O. Jespersen Mankind, Nation & Individual ix. 169 This harmless word that has been substituted, the Polynesians call noa. Ibid. 179 Both the above Danish names for devil are originally noa-names. Ibid. 184 Certain words and expressions are taboo for certain persons and must therefore be replaced by other words, by noa-words. 1951S. Ullmann Words & their Use iii. iii. 75 If a word is struck by a taboo ban, it must be replaced by a harmless alternative, a so-called noa term. 1956Trans. Philol. Soc. 1955 1 The special terms used by the [Faroese] fishermen to replace ordinary words when these became tabooed are designated as noa words or noa names, etc. Noa denotes the opposite of taboo, in the present context it stands for what is allowed in contrast to that which is forbidden. 1975W. B. Lockwood Lang. Brit. Isles 55 [Cornish] pajerpaw ‘newt’, lit. ‘four foot’..clearly a noa name. |