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Bavarian
- oamoi (West Central Bavarian)
Etymology
From Middle High German einmāle, equivalent to a + -moi. Cognate with German einmal and Dutch eenmaal.
Pronunciation
- (East Central) IPA(key): /ˈaːmɔe/
- Hyphenation: a‧moi
Adverb
amoi
- once, one time (one and only one time)
- once (formerly; during some period in the past)
- sometime (at an indefinite but stated time in the past or future)
- first of all, firstly (as an initial point; before any other considerations)
Indonesian
Etymology
From Zhangzhou Hokkien 阿妹 (a-mōe, “younger sister”).
Pronunciation
Noun
amoi (plural amoi-amoi, first-person possessive amoiku, second-person possessive amoimu, third-person possessive amoinya)
- Chinese girl
Further reading
Ye'kwana
Variant orthographies
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| Brazilian standard
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| New Tribes
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Pronunciation
Noun
amoi
- ritual pollution; taboo object or animal or action, or taboo matter considered present in an object, animal, etc.
Derived terms
References
- Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “amoi”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana, Lyon
- Guss, David M. (1989) To Weave and Sing: Art, Symbol, and Narrative in the South American Rain Forest, Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, →ISBN, pages 66, 231: “amoihe”
- Lauer, Matthew Taylor (2005) Fertility in Amazonia: Indigenous Concepts of the Human Reproductive Process Among the Ye’kwana of Southern Venezuela, Santa Barbara: University of California, pages 223, 246–248: “amoi”