mo'ai
See also: moai, Moai, moái, and mò'āi
Rapa Nui
FWOTD – 21 October 2012
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmo.ʔai/
Noun
mo'ai
- Statue, statuette (especially one of the large stone statues on Easter Island).
- 1995, Veronica de Feu, Rapanui: A Descriptive Grammar, page 153:
- Ko tikea 'a e au te moai nui nui ...
- I have seen a big statue.
- Note: This source does not show non-ambiguous glottal stops.
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Derived terms
- mo'ai kavakava
Descendants
- English: moai
- German: Moai
- Portuguese: moai
- Spanish: moái
See also
- ahu
- pukao
- marae