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English
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Moai_Rano_raraku.jpg/220px-Moai_Rano_raraku.jpg)
Etymology
[edit]From Rapa Nui mo'ai (“statue, figurine”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]moai (plural moai or moais)
- One of the large stone statues on Easter Island (Rapa Nui).
- 2012, John Loret, John T. Tanacredi, Easter Island, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 26:
- As the years passed, the Moais and Ahus became larger and larger, many with red scoria top crowns weighing as much as ten tons.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]stone statue on Easter Island
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]Mokilese
[edit]Noun
[edit]moai
- (fruit) breadfruit
Northern Sami
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Samic *monōj.
Pronunciation
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]moai
- we (two)
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of moai (irregular) | |
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Nominative | moai |
Genitive | munˈno |
Nominative | moai |
Genitive | munˈno |
Accusative | munˈno |
Illative | munˈnuide |
Locative | munˈnos |
Comitative | munˈnuin |
Essive | munˈnon |
See also
[edit]Personal pronouns | |||
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singular | dual | plural | |
1st person | mun | moai | mii |
2nd person | don | doai | dii |
3rd person | son | soai | sii |
Further reading
[edit]- Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
Portuguese
[edit]Noun
[edit]moai m (plural moais)
- moai (type of stone statue on Easter Island)
Spanish
[edit]Noun
[edit]moai m (plural moais)
West Frisian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Dutch mooi (“pretty, nice”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]moai
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of moai | ||||
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uninflected | moai | |||
inflected | moaie | |||
comparative | moaier | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | moai | moaier | it moaist it moaiste | |
indefinite | c. sing. | moaie | moaiere | moaiste |
n. sing. | moai | moaier | moaiste | |
plural | moaie | moaiere | moaiste | |
definite | moaie | moaiere | moaiste | |
partitive | moais | moaiers | — |
Further reading
[edit]“moai”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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