moe
English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Japanese 萌え (moe, “budding, sprouting”), imperfective or continuative form of 萌える (moeru, “to burst into bud, to sprout”).
Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
moe (uncountable)
- (slang) Strong interest in, and especially fetishistic attraction towards, fictional characters in anime, manga, video games, and/or similar media.
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
See also[edit]
Moe (slang) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 2[edit]
Variant forms.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
moe
- Obsolete form of mo.
- Obsolete form of more.
- 1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act II, scene iii]:
- Sing no more ditties, sing no moe.
- c. 1572, George Gascoigne, Woodmanship
- The crafty courtiers with their guileful looks,
Must needs put some experience in my maw:
Yet cannot these with many mast'ries moe
Make me shoot straight at any gainful prick […]
- The crafty courtiers with their guileful looks,
Noun[edit]
moe
Verb[edit]
moe
Anagrams[edit]
Cypriot Arabic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
moe (plural moyát)
References[edit]
- Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill
Dutch[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From moede with loss of -d-, from Middle Dutch moede (“tired, loath”), from Proto-West Germanic *mōþī, from Old Dutch muothi (“tired”), from Proto-Germanic *mōþaz. Cognate to German müde and Old English mēþe.
Adjective[edit]
moe (comparative moeër or moeier, superlative moest)
- tired, weary
- 1968, Willem Johan van der Molen & Jan Wit, "Evenals een moede hinde" (psalm 42).
- Evenals een moede hinde / naar het klare water smacht, / schreeuwt mijn ziel om God te vinden / die ik ademloos verwacht.
- Just as a tired doe / yearns for clear water, / my soul cries out to find god / whom I breathlessly expect.
- Synonym: vermoeid
- 1968, Willem Johan van der Molen & Jan Wit, "Evenals een moede hinde" (psalm 42).
Usage notes[edit]
This word is usually used predicatively rather than attributively. If an attributive sense is needed, most people use vermoeid. The forms moeie and moeier are often proscribed. The form moede is mostly formal.
Inflection[edit]
Inflection of moe | ||||
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uninflected | moe | |||
inflected | moeë | |||
comparative | moeër | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | moe | moeër | het moest het moeste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | moeë | moeëre | moeste |
n. sing. | moe | moeër | moeste | |
plural | moeë | moeëre | moeste | |
definite | moeë | moeëre | moeste | |
partitive | moes | moeërs | — |
Inflection of moe | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
uninflected | moe | |||
inflected | moeie | |||
comparative | moeier | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | moe | moeier | het moest het moeste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | moeie | moeiere | moeste |
n. sing. | moe | moeier | moeste | |
plural | moeie | moeiere | moeste | |
definite | moeie | moeiere | moeste | |
partitive | moes | moeiers | — |
Alternative forms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Shortening of moeder.
Noun[edit]
moe f (plural moeken, diminutive moeke n or moetje n)
Estonian[edit]
Noun[edit]
moe
Hawaiian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (compare Fijian moce, Malay pejam, Maori moe).
Verb[edit]
moe
- to sleep
Japanese[edit]
Romanization[edit]
moe
Lovono[edit]
Noun[edit]
moe
References[edit]
- Alexandre François, The languages of Vanikoro: three lexicons and one grammar
Maori[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (compare Fijian moce, Indonesian pejam, Hawaiian moe).
Verb[edit]
moe
- to sleep
Old French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Frankish *mauwu (“mouth, protruding lip”)
Noun[edit]
moe f (oblique plural moes, nominative singular moe, nominative plural moes)
Descendants[edit]
Rapa Nui[edit]
Etymology[edit]
See here.
Verb[edit]
moe
Samoan[edit]
Verb[edit]
moe
Derived terms[edit]
Sranan Tongo[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Verb[edit]
moe
Tahitian[edit]
Verb[edit]
moe
Usage notes[edit]
Archaic; use taʻoto.
Teanu[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Oceanic *ʀumaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀumaq, from Proto-Austronesian *ʀumaq.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
moe
References[edit]
- François, Alexandre. 2021. Teanu dictionary (Solomon Islands). Dictionaria 15. 1-1877. DOI:10.5281/zenodo.5653063. – entry moe.
- François, Alexandre. 2021. Online Teanu–English dictionary, with equivalents in Lovono and Tanema. Electronic files. Paris: CNRS. – entry moe.
- Lackey, W.J.. & Boerger, B.H. (2021), “Reexamining the Phonological History of Oceanic's Temotu subgroup”, in Oceanic Linguistics.
Tetum[edit]
Adjective[edit]
moe
Noun[edit]
moe
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