moa

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See also: Moa, MOA, mo'a, moả, and mỏa

English[edit]

English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Maori moa, from Proto-Polynesian *moa (“fowl”).

moas

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈmɒʌ/, /ˈmoə/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈməʊə/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: (New Zealand) -oə, (UK) -əʊə

Noun[edit]

moa (plural moas)

  1. Any of several species of large, extinct, flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae that were native to New Zealand; until its extinction, one species was the largest bird in the world. [from 19th c.]
    • 2000, Errol Fuller, Extinct Birds, Oxford, page 29:
      The moas (order Dinornithiformes) of New Zealand are likewise extinct but almost certainly some still survived when Tasman first sighted the islands in 1642.
  2. (Internet slang, uncommon) An extremely tall individual.

Derived terms[edit]

Translations[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

'Are'are[edit]

Verb[edit]

moa

  1. to vomit

References[edit]

Dutch[edit]

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nl

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English moa, from Maori moa, from Proto-Polynesian *moa.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

moa m (plural moa's)

  1. moa (extinct bird of the family Dinornithidae)

Finnish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English moa, from Maori moa.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈmo(ː)ɑ/, [ˈmo̞(ː)ɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -oɑ
  • Syllabification(key): mo‧a

Noun[edit]

moa

  1. moa (large, extinct, flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae that were native to New Zealand)

Declension[edit]

Inflection of moa (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative moa moat
genitive moan moien
partitive moaa moia
illative moaan moiin
singular plural
nominative moa moat
accusative nom. moa moat
gen. moan
genitive moan moien
moainrare
partitive moaa moia
inessive moassa moissa
elative moasta moista
illative moaan moiin
adessive moalla moilla
ablative moalta moilta
allative moalle moille
essive moana moina
translative moaksi moiksi
abessive moatta moitta
instructive — moin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of moa (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative moani moani
accusative nom. moani moani
gen. moani
genitive moani moieni
moainirare
partitive moaani moiani
inessive moassani moissani
elative moastani moistani
illative moaani moiini
adessive moallani moillani
ablative moaltani moiltani
allative moalleni moilleni
essive moanani moinani
translative moakseni moikseni
abessive moattani moittani
instructive — —
comitative — moineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative moasi moasi
accusative nom. moasi moasi
gen. moasi
genitive moasi moiesi
moaisirare
partitive moaasi moiasi
inessive moassasi moissasi
elative moastasi moistasi
illative moaasi moiisi
adessive moallasi moillasi
ablative moaltasi moiltasi
allative moallesi moillesi
essive moanasi moinasi
translative moaksesi moiksesi
abessive moattasi moittasi
instructive — —
comitative — moinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative moamme moamme
accusative nom. moamme moamme
gen. moamme
genitive moamme moiemme
moaimmerare
partitive moaamme moiamme
inessive moassamme moissamme
elative moastamme moistamme
illative moaamme moiimme
adessive moallamme moillamme
ablative moaltamme moiltamme
allative moallemme moillemme
essive moanamme moinamme
translative moaksemme moiksemme
abessive moattamme moittamme
instructive — —
comitative — moinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative moanne moanne
accusative nom. moanne moanne
gen. moanne
genitive moanne moienne
moainnerare
partitive moaanne moianne
inessive moassanne moissanne
elative moastanne moistanne
illative moaanne moiinne
adessive moallanne moillanne
ablative moaltanne moiltanne
allative moallenne moillenne
essive moananne moinanne
translative moaksenne moiksenne
abessive moattanne moittanne
instructive — —
comitative — moinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative moansa moansa
accusative nom. moansa moansa
gen. moansa
genitive moansa moiensa
moainsarare
partitive moaansa moiaan
moiansa
inessive moassaan
moassansa 		moissaan
moissansa
elative moastaan
moastansa 		moistaan
moistansa
illative moaansa moiinsa
adessive moallaan
moallansa 		moillaan
moillansa
ablative moaltaan
moaltansa 		moiltaan
moiltansa
allative moalleen
moallensa 		moilleen
moillensa
essive moanaan
moanansa 		moinaan
moinansa
translative moakseen
moaksensa 		moikseen
moiksensa
abessive moattaan
moattansa 		moittaan
moittansa
instructive — —
comitative — moineen
moinensa

Derived terms[edit]

compounds

Anagrams[edit]

Galician[edit]

moas ("millstones") inside a traditional Galician mill
moa ("grindstone")

Etymology 1[edit]

From Medieval Galician proper moa, from Latin mola (“millstone”), from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to grind”). Cognate of Portuguese mó and of Spanish muela.

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

moa f (plural moas)

  1. molar
  2. runner millstone
    Synonym: capa
  3. grindstone
    • 1448, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros, page 295:
      que lle quebrantaron duas moas de moer ferramenta, que sían armadas et encabalgadas
      that they broke two grindstones used for sharpening tools, that were framed and mounted
  4. whetstone
  5. heap
  6. gizzard
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • “moa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “moa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “moa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “moa” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

moa

  1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of moer:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Hawaiian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Polynesian *moa.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

moa

  1. chicken or similar fowl

Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English moa, from Maori moa, from Proto-Polynesian *moa (“fowl”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɔ.a/
  • Rhymes: -ɔa
  • Hyphenation: mò‧a

Noun[edit]

moa m (invariable)

  1. moa

Further reading[edit]

  • moa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Romanization[edit]

moa

  1. Rōmaji transcription of モア

Malay[edit]

Noun[edit]

moa

  1. eel

Maori[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Polynesian *moa.

Noun[edit]

moa

  1. moa a bird (extinct, Dinornis)

Descendants[edit]

  • → English: moa

Niuean[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Polynesian *moa.

Noun[edit]

moa

  1. chicken

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Noun[edit]

moa m (definite singular moaen, indefinite plural moaer, definite plural moaene)

  1. moa (large, extinct flightless bird of New Zealand)

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Noun[edit]

moa m (definite singular moaen, indefinite plural moaer or moaar, definite plural moaene or moaane)

  1. moa (large, extinct flightless bird of New Zealand)

Polish[edit]

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl
moa

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English moa.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

moa m animal (indeclinable)

  1. moa (any ratite of the order Dinornithiformes)

Further reading[edit]

  • moa in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • moa in PWN's encyclopedia

Portuguese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

 
 

  • Hyphenation: mo‧a

Etymology 1[edit]

Noun[edit]

moa f (plural moas)

  1. moa (large, extinct flightless bird of New Zealand)

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb[edit]

moa

  1. inflection of moer:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Rapa Nui[edit]

Te moa.

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Polynesian *moa. Cognates include Hawaiian moa and Maori moa.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈmo.a/
  • Hyphenation: mo‧a

Noun[edit]

moa

  1. chicken

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui‎[1], Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 29

Samoan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Polynesian *moa.

Noun[edit]

moa

  1. chicken or similar fowl

Derived terms[edit]

Talysh[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Cognate with Persian مادر (mâdar).

Noun[edit]

moa

  1. mother

Tok Pisin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English more.

Adverb[edit]

moa

  1. more

Tokelauan[edit]

Te moa (1).
Te moa (2).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈmo.a]
  • Hyphenation: mo‧a

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Polynesian *moa. Cognates include Hawaiian moa and Samoan moa.

Noun[edit]

moa

  1. chicken

Etymology 2[edit]

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *moa. Cognates include Tahitian moa and Samoan moa.

Noun[edit]

moa

  1. spinning top

References[edit]

  • R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎[2], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 236

Tongan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Polynesian *moa.

Noun[edit]

moa

  1. chicken

Vietnamese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French moi (“me”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

moa

  1. (obsolete, humorous) I; me

See also[edit]

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