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M3O1A1

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3-letter words (2 found)

MOA,OMA,

2-letter words (4 found)

AM,MA,MO,OM,

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Definitions and meaning of moa

moa

Translingual

Symbol

moa

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Mwan.

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Mwan terms

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈmɒʌ/, /ˈmoə/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈməʊə/
  • Rhymes: (New Zealand) -oə, (UK) -əʊə

Noun

moa (plural moa or 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.]
  2. (Internet slang, uncommon) An extremely tall individual.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

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

'Are'are

Verb

moa

  1. to vomit

References

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

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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/, [ˈmo̞(ː)ɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -oɑ
  • Syllabification(key): mo‧a
  • Hyphenation(key): moa

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
  4. whetstone
  5. heap
  6. gizzard
Synonyms
  • (molar): molar
  • (millstone): capa, pedra
  • (gizzard): moella
Derived terms
Related terms
  • moer
  • muíño

References

  • Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “moa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
  • Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “moa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
  • Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “moa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
  • Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “moa”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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): /ˈmo.a/, [ˈmo.wə]

Noun

moa

  1. chicken or similar fowl

Derived terms

  • moamoa (“care for”, verb)
  • puʻupuʻu moa (“chicken pox”)

Further reading

  • moa in Combined Hawaiian Dictionary, at trussel2.com.

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

Inherited from Proto-Polynesian *moa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɔa/

Noun

moa

  1. moa (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)

Old Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmo.a]

Adjective

moa

  1. alternative form of mó (comparative of mór (“big, great”))

Mutation

Polish

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[1], Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 29

Samoan

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *moa.

Noun

moa

  1. chicken or similar fowl
Derived terms
  • fuāmoa

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *moa₄ (compare with Tongan moa).

Noun

moa

  1. banana blossom, flower at the end of its bunch.

References

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): [ˈmo.a]
  • 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[2], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 236

Tongan

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *moa.

Noun

moa

  1. chicken

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *moa₄ (compare with Samoan moa).

Noun

moa

  1. banana blossom, flower at the end of its bunch.

References

Vietnamese

Etymology

Borrowed from French moi (“me”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [mwaː˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [mwaː˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [mwaː˧˧]

Pronoun

moa

  1. (obsolete, sometimes humorous, originally towards a French speaker) I; me
    Coordinate term: toa

See also

  • ngộ/nị (towards a Cantonese speaker)
  • hoá/lứ (towards a Teochew speaker)

Source: wiktionary.org