different between myxa vs moxa

English

Etymology

Latin, a lamp nozzle, from Ancient Greek.

Noun

myxa

1. (zoology) The distal end of the mandibles of a bird.

Anagrams

• Maxy

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???? (múxa).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?myk.sa/, [?m?ks?ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?mik.sa/, [?miks?]

Noun

myxa f (genitive myxae); first declension

1. sebesten (tree)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Related terms

• myxum

References

• myxa in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• myxa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• myxa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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)

1. Dried leaves of an Asian species of mugwort, Artemisia argyi as used in moxibustion.
2. Any other plant used in moxibustion.

Derived terms

• moxibustion

Translations

See also

• moxibustion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Munsee

Particle

móxa

1. very

References

• O'Meara, John (2014) , “móxa”, in Delaware-English/English-Delaware Dictionary (Heritage), Toronto: University of Toronto Press, published 1996, ?ISBN