moai
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Three moai.
English
Etymology
Rapa Nui mo'ai (“statue, figurine”)
Pronunciation
Noun
moai (plural moai or moais)
- One of the large stone statues on Easter Island (Rapa Nui).
- 2012, John Loret, John T. Tanacredi, Easter Island, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 26:
- As the years passed, the Moais and Ahus became larger and larger, many with red scoria top crowns weighing as much as ten tons.
Derived terms
Translations
stone statue on Easter Island
See also
Further reading
Anagrams
Mokilese
Noun
moai
- (fruit) breadfruit
Northern Sami
Etymology
From Proto-Samic *monōj.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
moai
- we (two)
Inflection
| Inflection of moai (irregular) | |
|---|---|
| Nominative | moai |
| Genitive | munˈno |
| Nominative | moai |
| Genitive | munˈno |
| Accusative | munˈno |
| Illative | munˈnuide |
| Locative | munˈnos |
| Comitative | munˈnuin |
| Essive | munˈnon |
See also
| Personal pronouns | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| 1st person | mun | moai | mii |
| 2nd person | don | doai | dii |
| 3rd person | son | soai | sii |
Further reading
- Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
Portuguese
Noun
moai m (plural moais)
- moai (type of stone statue on Easter Island)
Spanish
Noun
moai m (plural moais)
West Frisian
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch mooi (“pretty, nice”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
moai
Inflection
| Inflection of moai | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | moai | |||
| inflected | moaie | |||
| comparative | moaier | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | moai | moaier | it moaist it moaiste | |
| indefinite | c. sing. | moaie | moaiere | moaiste |
| n. sing. | moai | moaier | moaiste | |
| plural | moaie | moaiere | moaiste | |
| definite | moaie | moaiere | moaiste | |
| partitive | moais | moaiers | — | |
Further reading
“moai”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011