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English

Etymology

Rapa Nui mo'ai (“statue, figurine”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mo?.a?/

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.

Translations

See also

• ahu (“the stone platform of the moai”)

Further reading

• moai on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• IMAO, MAOI, MIOA, Maio, Miao, amio

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *mon?j.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /?mo??j/

Pronoun

moai

1. we (two)

Inflection

See also

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): /mo?j/

Adjective

moai

1. beautiful, pretty, nice

Inflection

Further reading

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

English

Adverb

moar (not comparable)

1. (Internet slang, humorous) Alternative form of more

Anagrams

• Amor, Mora, Omar, Oram, Roma, mora, roam, roma

Danish

Etymology

Exaggerated pronunciation of mor (“mother”)

Noun

moar

1. (hypocoristic, usually childish) Mother, female parent.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

moar m

1. indefinite plural of mo

Verb

moar

1. present tense of moa and moe

Swedish

Noun

moar

1. indefinite plural of mo

Anagrams

• Mora, orma