moī

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Maori

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Etymology

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Related to ī (“to turn sour”).[1]

Verb

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moī

  1. to ferment
    Synonym: māhī

References

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  1. ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 248

Further reading

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  • “moī” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.
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