moa

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

moas

• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈmɒʌ/, /ˈmoə/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈməʊə/

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• Rhymes: (New Zealand) -oə, (UK) -əʊə

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.

2. (Internet slang, uncommon) An extremely tall individual.

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

moa

1. to vomit

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

From English moa, from Maori moa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmo(ː)ɑ/, [ˈmo̞(ː)ɑ]
• Rhymes: -oɑ
• Syllabification^(key): mo‧a

moa

1. moa (large, extinct, flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae that were native to New Zealand)

• oma

• mó

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔa̝/

moa f (plural moas)

1. molar
2. runner millstone

   Synonym: capa

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

• (molar): molar
• (millstone): capa, pedra
• (gizzard): moella

• moer
• muíño

• “moa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “moa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “moa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “moa” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

From Proto-Polynesian *moa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmo.a/, [ˈmowə]

moa

1. chicken or similar fowl

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.a/
• Rhymes: -ɔa
• Hyphenation: mò‧a

moa m (invariable)

1. moa

• moa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• -oma, amo, amò

moa

1. Rōmaji transcription of モア

moa

1. eel

From Proto-Polynesian *moa.

moa

1. moa a bird (extinct, Dinornis)

• → English: moa

From Proto-Polynesian *moa.

moa

1. chicken

moa m (definite singular moaen, indefinite plural moaer, definite plural moaene)

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

moa m (definite singular moaen, indefinite plural moaer or moaar, definite plural moaene or moaane)

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

• Hyphenation: mo‧a

moa f (plural moas)

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

moa

1. inflection of moer:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

From Proto-Polynesian *moa. Cognates include Hawaiian moa and Maori moa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmo.a/
• Hyphenation: mo‧a

moa

1. chicken

• hare moa

• Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui‎, Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 29

From Proto-Polynesian *moa.

moa

1. chicken or similar fowl

• fuāmoa

From English more.

moa

1. more

• IPA^(key): /ˈmo.a/
• Hyphenation: mo‧a

From Proto-Polynesian *moa. Cognates include Hawaiian moa and Samoan moa.

moa

1. chicken

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *moa. Cognates include Tahitian moa and Samoan moa.

moa

1. spinning top

• R. Simona, editor (1986) Tokelau Dictionary‎, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 236

From Proto-Polynesian *moa.

moa

1. chicken

Borrowed from French moi (“me”).

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [mwaː˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [mwaː˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [mwaː˧˧]

moa

1. (obsolete, humorous) I; me

• toa
• tôi