moa

moa

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

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Mwan terms

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

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

• Audio (Southern England):

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

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.]
   • 2000, Errol Fuller, Extinct Birds, Oxford, page 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.

   • 2018 April 4, Hanneke Meijer, The Guardian:

     For instance, the little bush moa fed nearly exclusively on forest vegetation, whereas the heavy-footed moa was a grazer in open vegetation habitats.

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

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

moa

1. to vomit

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

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

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moa m (plural moa's)

1. moa (extinct bird of the family Dinornithidae)

From English moa, from Maori moa.

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

moa

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

• oma

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

• mó

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔa̝/

moa f (plural moas)

1. molar
2. runner millstone

   Synonym: capa

3. grindstone
   • 1448, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, 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

• 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

moa

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

From Proto-Polynesian *moa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmo.a/, [ˈmo.wə]

moa

1. chicken or similar fowl

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

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

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

Inherited from Proto-Polynesian *moa.

• IPA^(key): /mɔa/

moa

1. moa (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)

• IPA^(key): [ˈmo.a]

moa

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

Borrowed from English moa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.a/
• Rhymes: -ɔa
• Syllabification: mo‧a
• Homophone: Moa

moa m animal (indeclinable)

1. moa (any ratite of the order Dinornithiformes)

• moa in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• moa in PWN's encyclopedia

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

From Proto-Polynesian *moa.^[1]

moa

1. chicken or similar fowl

• fuāmoa

From Proto-Polynesian *moa₄ (compare with Tongan moa).^[2]

moa

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

Cognate with Persian مادر (mâdar).

moa

1. mother

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^[2], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 236

From Proto-Polynesian *moa.^[1]

moa

1. chicken

From Proto-Polynesian *moa₄ (compare with Samoan moa).^[2]

moa

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

Borrowed from French moi (“me”).

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

moa

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

   Coordinate term: toa

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