morai

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English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From the Ancient Greek μόραι (mórai), the nominative plural form of μόρᾰ (móra), whence mora.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

morai

  1. plural of mora (ancient Spartan military unit).

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

morai (plural morais)

  1. Alternative form of marae
    • 1906, Nicholas Senn, Tahiti: The Island Paradise, page 110:
      Not only the whattas or offering-places of the morais are commonly loaded with fruits and animals, but there are few houses lacking a small place of the same sort.

Anagrams[edit]

Galician[edit]

Verb[edit]

morai

  1. (reintegrationist norm) second-person plural imperative of morar

Ladin[edit]

Adjective[edit]

morai m pl

  1. plural of moral

Portuguese[edit]

Verb[edit]

morai

  1. second-person plural imperative of morar