moa

English

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moa

Wikipedia

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈmɒʌ/, /ˈmoə/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈməʊə/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: (New Zealand) -oə, (UK) -əʊə

Noun

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.
   • 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

Translations

Anagrams

• -oma, Amo, Amo., MAO, Mao, Oma, mao, oma

'Are'are

Verb

moa

1. to vomit

References

• Kateřina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

Dutch

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:

moa

Wikipedia ^nl

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Noun

moa m (plural moa's)

1. moa (extinct bird of the family Dinornithidae)

Finnish

Etymology

From English moa, from Maori moa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmo(ː)ɑ/,
• Rhymes: -oɑ
• Syllabification^(key): mo‧a

Noun

moa

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

Declension

Derived terms

Anagrams

• oma

Galician

Etymology 1

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

• mó

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔa̝/

Noun

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

• (molar): molar
• (millstone): capa, pedra
• (gizzard): moella

Derived terms

Related terms

• moer
• muíño

References

• “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

Verb

moa

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

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *moa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmoa/,

Noun

moa

1. chicken or similar fowl

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

moa m (invariable)

1. moa

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• -oma, amo, amò

Japanese

Romanization

moa

1. Rōmaji transcription of モア

Malay

Noun

moa

1. eel

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *moa.

Noun

moa

1. moa a bird (extinct, Dinornis)

Descendants

• → English: moa

Niuean

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *moa.

Noun

moa

1. chicken

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

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

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

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

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

moa

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology

Borrowed from English moa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.a/
• Rhymes: -ɔa
• Syllabification: mo‧a
• Homophone: Moa

Noun

moa m animal (indeclinable)

1. moa (any ratite of the order Dinornithiformes)

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: mo‧a

Etymology 1

Noun

moa f (plural moas)

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

moa

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

Rapa Nui

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

moa

1. chicken

Derived terms

• hare moa

References

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

Samoan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *moa.

Noun

moa

1. chicken or similar fowl

Derived terms

• fuāmoa

Talysh

Etymology

Cognate with Persian مادر (mâdar).

Noun

moa

1. mother

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English more.

Adverb

moa

1. more

Tokelauan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: mo‧a

Etymology 1

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

Noun

moa

1. chicken

Etymology 2

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

Noun

moa

1. spinning top

References

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

Tongan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *moa.

Noun

moa

1. chicken

Vietnamese

Etymology

Borrowed from French moi (“me”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key):
• (Huế) IPA^(key):
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key):

Pronoun

moa

1. (obsolete, humorous) I; me

See also

• toa
• tôi