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I’ve never heard of a noa-name, and my attempts to Google frustratingly return only meanings of the name Noa. Do you have any good starting points for me to lea
by portofcall 9y ago
I’ve never heard of a noa-name, and my attempts to Google frustratingly return only meanings of the name Noa. Do you have any good starting points for me to learn about this? It’s so very up my alley, and I’d love to learn more.
- scrumper 9y ago'Noa' is a Polynesian term apparently; basically it's the opposite of 'taboo' (also Polynesian.) It's not on the face of it a very confidence-inspiring source, but r/askhistorians is as good as Reddit gets, and the poster here wrote an actual book on the subject. Give it a read: https://thingsonreddit.com/things/13812/comments/ https://thingsonreddit.com/things/13812/comments/
- portofcall 9y agoI love /r/askhistorians, they have fantastic contributions and moderation. Thanks very much for this.
- henrikschroder 9y agoYeah, I tried a quick googling for it as well, and got buried in resources about the name Noah instead. I thought it would be more wide-spread, but there's wikipedia pages for it in Swedish, Norwegian and Iceland at least: https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noaord https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noaord
- portofcall 9y agoFortunately Google translate does a good job with that, thanks very much. I really love learning about new quirks of language. I’ve read it now, and that’s so cool. It also cam with some good references I’m going to get into now. Thanks again. :)