moal

Breton

Etymology

From Middle Breton moel, from Proto-Brythonic *moɨl, from Proto-Celtic *mailos; cognate with Welsh moel and Old Irish máel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmwɑːl/

Adjective

moal

1. bald

Mutation

Mutation of moal

	unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard
simple form	moal	voal	never occurs	never occurs
comparative	moaloc'h	voaloc'h	never occurs	never occurs
superlative	moalañ	voalañ	unchanged	unchanged
exclamative	moalat	voalat	unchanged	unchanged

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish mall.

Adjective

moal (comparative s'melley)

1. feeble, weak, meagre
2. late
3. wretched

Sundanese

Etymology

Perhaps from Arabic مُحَال (muḥāl, “impossible”). If so, doublet of mohal.

Verb

moal (Sundanese script ᮙᮧᮃᮜ᮪)

1. will not, won't

   Kawasna engké peuting mah moal hujan

   It seems like it won't rain later tonight.

2. (in conversations as an interjection) to not want

   Synonyms: embung, alim

See also

• hanteu, henteu, teu
• sanés, lain
• embung
• taya, euweuh

Further reading

• "MOAL" Coolsma, S (1913), Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij