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moxa
English
Etymology
From Japanese ? (mogusa, “mugwort”). The u is not strongly pronounced in Japanese, leading to its disappearance and the devoicing of the plosive. First used by Hermann Buschoff, a Dutch minister in Batavia, who wrote the first book about this remedy in 1674.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?m?ks?/
Noun
moxa (countable and uncountable, plural moxas)
- Dried leaves of an Asian species of mugwort, Artemisia argyi as used in moxibustion.
- Any other plant used in moxibustion.
Derived terms
- moxibustion
Translations
See also
- moxibustion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Munsee
Particle
móxa
- very
References
- O'Meara, John (2014) , “móxa”, in Delaware-English/English-Delaware Dictionary (Heritage), Toronto: University of Toronto Press, published 1996, ?ISBN
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moya
English
Etymology
Said by Century to have originally been applied to mud formed by Pichincha near Quito and to derive from a South American language.
Noun
moya (uncountable)
- (obsolete, geology) Flowing mud associated with a volcanic eruption (especially in South America), formed when snow or a lake near a volcano is disrupted, or when rain or steam mixes with soil or ash during an eruption. [from 1800s–1930s]
- 1832, Samuel Hibbert, History of the Extinct Volcanos of the Basin of Neuwied, on the Lower Rhine, page 40:
- These are the principal tufas indicative of the boiling tufaceous mud, or moya, which once filled, even to an overflow, the valley of Rieden.
- 1832, Samuel Hibbert, History of the Extinct Volcanos of the Basin of Neuwied, on the Lower Rhine, page 40:
Synonyms
- mud lava, volcanic mud, tufaceous mud
Further reading
- moya in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- moya in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- William Dwight Whitney and Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1914) , “moya”, in The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language, volume III (Hoop–O), revised edition, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., OCLC 1078064371.
Anagrams
- Amoy, Mayo, mayo
Buruwai
Noun
moya
- water
Further reading
- Cornelis L. Voorhoeve, Languages of Irian Jaya Checklist (1975, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics)
Fanagalo
Etymology
From Zulu umoya, from Proto-Bantu *m??jòjà, a variant of Proto-Bantu *m??jòjò (“life, spirit”).
Noun
moya
- air
- wind
Lala (South Africa)
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *m??jòjà, a variant of Proto-Bantu *m??jòjò (“life, spirit”).
Noun
môya
- wind
Northern Sotho
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *m??jòjà, a variant of Proto-Bantu *m??jòjò (“life, spirit”).
Noun
moya
- wind
Rawang
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m?(?).ja?/
Noun
moya
- colour.
Synonyms
- nv?mya
Sotho
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *m??jòjà, a variant of Proto-Bantu *m??jòjò (“life, spirit”).
Noun
moya 3 (uncountable)
- wind
Tsonga
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *m??jòjà, a variant of Proto-Bantu *m??jòjò (“life, spirit”).
Noun
moya 3
- wind
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