moko

See also: mòko, mōkō, Mōko, mo꞉ko, and mɔ̌kɔ́

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Maori moko.

Noun

moko (plural mokos)

1. A tattoo (image made in the skin) in Maori culture, traditionally done with chisels.
   • 2014, Peter Wells, Journey to a Hanging:

     He decides to overtrace the moko on Te Rau's face.

See also

• moko jumbie

Anagrams

• Mook, mook

Akan

Noun

moko

1. A spice in Ghana.

Basque

Pronunciation

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Noun

moko inan

1. beak

Esperanto

Etymology

From moki +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): [ˈmoko]
• Rhymes: -oko
• Hyphenation: mok‧o

Noun

moko (accusative singular mokon, plural mokoj, accusative plural mokojn)

1. ridicule
   • 1927, Edmond Privat, Historio de la lingvo esperanto:

     Antaŭvidante nur mokojn kaj persekutojn, mi decidis kaŝi antaŭ ĉiuj mian laboron.

     Expecting only ridicule and persecution, I decided to conceal from everyone my work.

   • 2007, Jorge Camacho, Beletra Almanako 1 (BA1 - Literaturo en Esperanto), Mondial, →ISBN, page 169:

     Svarmas la kritikoj kaj la mokoj al la supozata strangeco de la esperantistoj, eĉ, kio estas des pli surpriza, fare de la esperantistoj mem.

     The criticisms and the mockeries swarm towards the presumed strangeness of the esperantists, even, as is all the more surprising, from the esperantists themselves.

   • 1982, Peter G. Forster, The Esperanto Movement, Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 381:

     Kaj nin ne timigas la noktaj fantomoj / Nek batoj de l'sorto, nek mokoj de l'homoj / Ĉar klara kaj rekta kaj tre difinita / Ĝi estas, la voj' elektita.

     And we are not frightened by the nocturnal phantoms / Nor the beatings of fate, nor the mockery of humans / For clear, straight and well-defined / Is the chosen route.

Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *mogko (compare with Maori moko, Hawaiian moʻo)

Noun

moko

1. gecko, lizard

References

• Gatty, Ronald (2009) “moko”, in Fijian-English Dictionary, Suva, Fiji: Ronald Gatty, →ISBN, page 173

Gilbertese

Noun

moko

1. smoke

Maori

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “I'm assuming each sense has an independent origin, but it's possible they're cognate”)

Noun

moko

1. Polynesian tattoo

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *moko (compare with Hawaiian moʻo) from Proto-Oceanic *mogko (compare with Fijian moko)

Noun

moko

1. lizard, gecko

Slovene

Noun

moko

1. accusative/instrumental singular of moka

Tocharian B

Adjective

moko

1. old (said of people), elderly, aged

Antonyms

• maiwe

Noun

moko

1. elder

Tokelauan

Te moko.

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *moko. Cognates include Hawaiian moʻo and Samoan moʻo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmo.ko]
• Hyphenation: mo‧ko

Noun

moko

1. gecko

References

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎^[2], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 238

Tongan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mo.ko/

Noun

moko

1. lizard, gecko

Yanomamö

Noun

moko

1. girl, young woman (after puberty), adolescent

References

• Lizot, Jacques (2004) Diccionario enciclopédico de la lengua yãnomãmɨ (in Spanish), Vicariato apostólico de Puerto Ayacucho, →ISBN