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Maori
Etymology
Related to ī (“to turn sour”).[1] Could also be from māī itself from māhī. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
moī
- to ferment
- Synonym: māhī
References
- ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary, Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 248
Further reading
- Williams, Herbert William (1917) “moī”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 240
- “moī” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.