moz

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”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /moz/

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

References

  1. ↑ Online Etymology Dictionary
  2. ↑ “moz” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

Kurdish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmoz/

Noun

moz f

  1. bee

Lower Sorbian

Verb

moz impf

  1. Obsolete spelling of móc
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