moa

See also Moa, and MOA

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

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

moas

Pronunciation

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

Noun

moa (plural moas)

1. A very large, extinct, flightless bird of the family Dinornithidae that was native to New Zealand; until its extinction, one species was the largest bird in the world.

Translations

extinct bird

• Arabic: موا (ar) (muua) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 恐鳥 (cmn), 恐鸟 (cmn) (kǒngniǎo)

• Czech: moa (cs)
• Danish: moa (da)
• Dutch: moa (nl)
• Finnish: moa (fi)
• Georgian: მოასნაირნი (ka) (moasnairni)
• German: Moa (de)
• Hebrew: מואה (he)

• Japanese: モア (ja) (moa)
• Korean: 모아 (ko) (moa)
• Lithuanian: moa (lt)
• Navajo: naayééʼ tsídiitsoh
• Norwegian: moafugler (no)
• Polish: moa (pl)
• Portuguese: moa (pt)
• Russian: моа (ru) (móa) f
• Swedish: moafåglar (sv)

Anagrams

• Amo.
• Mao, MAO
• oma

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Finnish

Noun

moa

1. moa

Declension

Declension of moa (type koira) singular plural nominative moa moat genitive moan moien moain1 partitive moaa moia accusative moa moan moat inessive moassa moissa elative moasta moista illative moaan moiin adessive moalla moilla ablative moalta moilta allative moalle moille essive moana moina translative moaksi moiksi instructive – moin abessive moatta moitta comitative – moineen 1) Rare.

Anagrams

• oma

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Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *moa

Noun

moa

1. chicken or similar fowl

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Malay

Noun

moa

1. eel Template:gloss stub

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Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *moa

Noun

moa

1. moa a bird (extinct, Dinornis)

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Niuean

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *moa

Noun

moa

1. chicken

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Rapa Nui

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *moa

Noun

moa

1. chicken

Derived terms

• hare moa

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Samoan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *moa

Noun

moa

1. chicken or similar fowl

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Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English more.

Adverb

moa

1. more