moai

See also: Moai, moái, mo'ai, mò'āi, and Appendix:Variations of "moai"

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Rapa Nui mo'ai (statue, figurine).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmoʊ.aɪ/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

moai (plural moai or moais)

  1. One of the large stone statues on Easter Island (Rapa Nui).
    • 2012, John Loret, John T. Tanacredi, Easter Island, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 26:
      As the years passed, the Moais and Ahus became larger and larger, many with red scoria top crowns weighing as much as ten tons.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

  • 🗿
  • ahu (the stone platform of the moai)

Further reading

Anagrams

Mokilese

Noun

moai

  1. (fruit) breadfruit

Inflection

Forms of moai
singular plural
demonstrative forms
1st person
(near speaker)
moaie moaikai
2nd person
(near hearer)
moaien moaiken
3rd person
(near neither speaker nor hearer)
moaio moaiok
article forms
indefinite moaimen moaipwi
definite moaiwa

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *monōj.

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈmoɑ̯j/

Pronoun

moai

  1. we (two)

Inflection

Inflection of moai (irregular)
Nominative moai
Genitive munˈno
Nominative moai
Genitive munˈno
Accusative munˈno
Illative munˈnuide
Locative munˈnos
Comitative munˈnuin
Essive munˈnon

See also

Northern Sami personal pronouns
singular dual plural
1st person mun moai mii
2nd person don doai dii
3rd person son soai sii

Further reading

  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Portuguese

Noun

moai m (plural moais)

  1. moai (type of stone statue on Easter Island)

Spanish

Noun

moai m (plural moais)

  1. moai

West Frisian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch mooi (pretty, nice).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /moːj/

Adjective

moai

  1. beautiful, pretty, nice
    Synonyms: fijn, fraai, kreas, prachtich

Inflection

Inflection of moai
uninflected moai
inflected moaie
comparative moaier
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial moai moaier it moaist
it moaiste
indefinite c. sing. moaie moaiere moaiste
n. sing. moai moaier moaiste
plural moaie moaiere moaiste
definite moaie moaiere moaiste
partitive moais moaiers

Further reading

moai”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011