moz

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See also: Moz, MOZ, mòz, and mož

Abenaki

FWOTD – 19 November 2012

Etymology

Cognate to Narragansett moos (“moose”) and Unami mus (“moose”), from Proto-Algonquian *mo·swa (“it strips”), referring to how a moose strips tree bark when feeding: compare Massachusett moos-u (“he strips, cuts smooth”).

Pronunciation

Noun

moz (animate, plural mozak)

  1. moose
    mozika ― there is an abundance of moose
    • 1884, Joseph Laurent, New Familiar Abenakis and English Dialogues, page 117:
      Kaswak nawa mozak k'nihlô?
      How many moose did you kill?

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → English: moose

References

  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “moose”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
  2. ^ “moz”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

Lower Sorbian

Verb

moz impf

  1. Obsolete spelling of móc

Northern Kurdish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Cognate with Central Kurdish مۆز (moz, “horsefly”), Zazaki moza (“horsefly”), Mazanderani ماز (māz, “bee”). From Proto-Iranian *wabžáH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wabžʰáH, from Proto-Indo-European *wóps, from *webʰ-. Asatrian initially derived from Armenian մոզ (moz), but later proposed the native Iranian etymology himself.

Alternative forms

Noun

moz f

Northern Kurdish moz
Central Kurdish مۆز (moz)
Southern Kurdish مووز (mûz)
  1. hornet; wasp
  2. gadfly, horsefly, large fly that bites or annoys livestock
    moz kirin ― (of cattle) to fly into a rage as a result of horsefly biting
  3. bee
  4. bumblebee
Descendants

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Asatrian, Garnik (2002) “Review of R. L. Tsabolov, Etymological Dictionary of Kurdish, vol. 1 (A-M), Moscow: “Academy of Sciences”, 2001, 686 pp.”, in Iran and the Caucasus‎, volume 6, number 1, page 269
  2. ^ Асатрян, Г. (1987) “Язык заза и армянский (Предварительные заметки) [Zaza and Armenian (Preliminary Notes)]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal]‎ (in Russian), number 1, Yerevan: Academy Press, page 165
  3. ^ Orbeli, I. A. (2002) “muz”, in Курдско-русский словарь [Kurdish–Russian Dictionary] (Избранные труды в двух томах; II.2)‎ (in Russian), edited by Ž. S. Musaeljan and I. I. Cukerman from the author's manuscript written during his 1911–1912 Moks expedition, Yerevan: Academy Press, →ISBN, page 125b
  4. ^ Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “moz I”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎, with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, pages 397–398
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Bakajev, Č. X. (1957) “моз I”, in I. A. Orbeli, editor, Kurdsko-russkij slovarʹ [Kurdish–Russian Dictionary], Moscow: Gosudarstvennoje izdatelʹstvo inostrannyx i nacionalʹnyx slovarej, page 247a
  6. ^ Adjarian, H. (1909–1911) “Recueil de mots kurdes en dialecte de Novo-Bayazet [Compendium of Kurdish Words in the Nor Bayazet Dialect]”, in Mémoires de la Société de Linguistique de Paris (in French), volume XVI, page 361a
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Kurdojev, K. K. (1960) “moz I”, in Kurdsko-russkij slovarʹ [Kurdish–Russian Dictionary], Moscow: Gosudarstvennoje izdatelʹstvo inostrannyx i nacionalʹnyx slovarej, page 549b
  8. ^ Rhea, Samuel A. (1872–1880) “Brief Grammar and Vocabulary of the Kurdish Language of the Hakari District”, in Journal of the American Oriental Society, volume 10, page 147b

Further reading

  • Cabolov, R. L. (2001) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ kurdskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Kurdish Language] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Russian Academy Press Vostochnaya Literatura, page 682
  • Jaba, Auguste, Justi, Ferdinand (1879) “موز”, in Dictionnaire Kurde-Français [Kurdish–French Dictionary], Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 408b

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

  • моз (moz) — Cyrillic spelling
  • موز (muz) — Arabic spelling

Noun

moz f

  1. Alternative form of mozik (“calf”)

References

  1. ^ Bakajev, Č. X. (1957) “моз II”, in I. A. Orbeli, editor, Kurdsko-russkij slovarʹ [Kurdish–Russian Dictionary], Moscow: Gosudarstvennoje izdatelʹstvo inostrannyx i nacionalʹnyx slovarej, page 247a
  2. ^ Kurdojev, K. K. (1960) “moz II”, in Kurdsko-russkij slovarʹ [Kurdish–Russian Dictionary], Moscow: Gosudarstvennoje izdatelʹstvo inostrannyx i nacionalʹnyx slovarej, page 549b
  3. ^ Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “moz II”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎, with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 398a

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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Noun

moz (Sawndip forms 𭷱 or 磨 or 𬌫 or 獏, 1957–1982 spelling moƨ)

  1. ox; cattle; cow
    Synonym: cwz

Etymology 2

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Noun

moz (1957–1982 spelling moƨ)

  1. mid-lower abdomen; suprapubic area
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