moai

See also: Moai, moái, mo'ai, and mò'āi

English

Three moai.

Etymology

From Rapa Nui mo'ai (“statue, figurine”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmoʊ.aɪ/

• Audio:

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Noun

moai (plural moai or moais)

1. 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

• road moai

Translations

stone statue on Easter Island

• Bulgarian: моа́и pl (moái)
• Catalan: moai (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 摩艾石像 (mó'ài shíxiàng)

• Finnish: moai (fi)
• German: Moai m
• Japanese: モアイ (moai)
• Korean: 모아이 (moai)
• Portuguese: moai (pt) m
• Spanish: moái (es) m
• Swedish: moai (sv) c

See also

• 🗿
• ahu (“the stone platform of the moai”)

Further reading

• moai on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• IMAO, MAOI, MIOA, Maio, Miao, amio

Mokilese

Noun

moai

1. (fruit) breadfruit

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *monōj.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈmoɑ̯j/

Pronoun

moai

1. we (two)

Inflection

Inflection of moai (irregular)
Nominative	moai
Genitive	munˈno
Nominative	moai
Genitive	munˈno
Accusative	munˈno
Illative	munˈnuide
Locative	munˈnos
Comitative	munˈnuin
Essive	munˈnon

See also

Personal pronouns
	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)

1. moai (type of stone statue on Easter Island)

Spanish

Noun

moai m (plural moais)

1. moai

West Frisian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch mooi (“pretty, nice”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moːj/

Adjective

moai

1. beautiful, pretty, nice

   Synonyms: fijn, fraai, kreas, prachtich

Inflection

Inflection of moai
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