moa

See also: Moa, MOA, mo'a, moả, and mỏa

English

Etymology

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

moas

Pronunciation

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. [from 19th c.]
    • 2000, Errol Fuller, Extinct Birds, Oxford 2000, p. 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.

Translations

Anagrams

Finnish

Noun

moa

  1. moa

Declension

Inflection of moa (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative moa moat
genitive moan moien
partitive moaa moia
illative moaan moiin
singular plural
nominative moa moat
accusative nom. moa moat
gen. moan
genitive moan moien
moainrare
partitive moaa moia
inessive moassa moissa
elative moasta moista
illative moaan moiin
adessive moalla moilla
ablative moalta moilta
allative moalle moille
essive moana moina
translative moaksi moiksi
instructive — moin
abessive moatta moitta
comitative — moineen

Anagrams

Galician

moas ("millstones") inside a traditional Galician mill
moa ("grindstone")

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Medieval Galician proper moa, from Latin mola (“millstone”), from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to grind”). Cognate of Portuguese mó and of Spanish muela.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɔa̝/

Noun

moa f (plural moas)

  1. molar
  2. millstone
  3. grindstone
    • 1448, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), 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

Derived terms

  • moa do siso
  • moa do xuízo

References

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *moa.

Noun

moa

  1. chicken or similar fowl

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

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Noun

moa f (plural moas)

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

Etymology 2

Verb

moa

  1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of moer
  2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of moer
  3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of moer
  4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of moer

Rapa Nui

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *moa.

Noun

moa

  1. chicken

Derived terms

Samoan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *moa.

Noun

moa

  1. chicken or similar fowl

Derived terms

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English more.

Adverb

moa

  1. more

Vietnamese

Etymology

Borrowed from French moi (“me”).

Pronunciation

Pronoun

moa

  1. (obsolete, humorous) I; me

See also

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