moai
English
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Etymology
(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Rapa Nui mo'ai (“statue, figurine”)
Pronunciation
Noun
moai (plural moai or moais)
- One of the large stone statues on Easter Island (Rapa Nui).
Translations
stone statue on Easter Island
See also
- ahu (the stone platform of the moai)
Anagrams
Northern Sami
Etymology
From Proto-Samic *monōj.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
moai
- we (two)
Inflection
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
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
- 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
Noun
moai m (plural moais)
- moai (type of stone statue on Easter Island)
Spanish
Noun
moai m (plural moais)
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian *moi, from Proto-Germanic *mawjaz.
Pronunciation
Adjective
moai
Inflection
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
“moai”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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