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moe

See also: Moe, MOE, MoE, moé, mö, -mö, and мое

EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

 
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From Japanese 萌え (moe, “budding, sprouting”), imperfective or continuative form of 萌える (moeru, “to burst into bud, to sprout”).

Alternative formsEdit

 
Wikipe-tan, a moe personification of Wikipedia

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

moe (uncountable)

  1. (slang) Strong interest in, and especially fetishistic attraction towards, fictional characters in anime, manga, video games, and/or similar media.
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit

See alsoEdit

Etymology 2Edit

Variant forms.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /məʊ/
  • Audio (AU)(file)
  • Rhymes: -əʊ

AdverbEdit

moe

  1. Obsolete form of mo.
  2. Obsolete form of more.

NounEdit

moe

  1. Obsolete form of mow (“wry face, grimace”).
  2. Obsolete form of moa.

VerbEdit

moe

  1. Obsolete form of moo.
  2. Obsolete form of mow (“to make faces”).

AnagramsEdit

Cypriot ArabicEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Arabic ماء‎ (māʔ).

NounEdit

moe (plural moyát)

  1. water

ReferencesEdit

  • Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill

DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From moede with loss of -d-, from Middle Dutch moede (“tired, loath”), from Old Dutch muothi (“tired”), from Proto-West Germanic *mōþī, from Proto-Germanic *mōþaz. Cognate to German müde and Old English mēþe.

AdjectiveEdit

moe (comparative moeër or moeier, superlative moest)

  1. 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
Usage notesEdit

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.

InflectionEdit
Inflection of moe
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 formsEdit
DescendantsEdit
  • Afrikaans: moeg
  • Jersey Dutch: mûx, mâ
  • Negerhollands: moe, mu

Etymology 2Edit

Shortening of moeder.

NounEdit

moe f (plural moeken, diminutive moeke n or moetje n)

  1. (informal, dialectal) mother
Usage notesEdit

More common in Belgium as moeke.

EstonianEdit

NounEdit

moe

  1. genitive singular of mood

HawaiianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Polynesian *mohe (compare Tongan mohe, Maori moe)[1] from Proto-Oceanic (compare Fijian moce).[2] (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

VerbEdit

moe

  1. to sleep
  2. to lie down
  3. to die
  4. to ambush
  5. to marry
  6. (of birds) to incubate eggs

NounEdit

moe

  1. bed
    Synonyms: moekū, moena
  2. dream
  3. marriage
  4. calmness

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Pukui, Mary Kawena; Elbert, Samuel H. (1986), “moe”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 249
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “mohe”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online‎[1]

JapaneseEdit

RomanizationEdit

moe

  1. Rōmaji transcription of もえ

LovonoEdit

NounEdit

moe

  1. house

ReferencesEdit

MaoriEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Polynesian *mohe (compare Tongan mohe, Hawaiian moe) from Proto-Oceanic (compare Fijian moce).[1][2] (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

VerbEdit

moe

  1. to sleep, to nap
  2. to dream
  3. to marry
  4. to die
  5. to faint

NounEdit

moe

  1. sleep
  2. dream
    Synonym: moemoea

AdjectiveEdit

moe

  1. dormant

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “mohe”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online‎[2]
  2. ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎[3], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 246-7

Further readingEdit

  • “moe” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori-English, English-Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Old FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Frankish *mauwu (“mouth, protruding lip”).

NounEdit

moe f (oblique plural moes, nominative singular moe, nominative plural moes)

  1. mouth

DescendantsEdit

Rapa NuiEdit

EtymologyEdit

See here.

VerbEdit

moe

  1. sleep
  2. lie down

SamoanEdit

VerbEdit

moe

  1. sleep

Derived termsEdit

Sranan TongoEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Dutch moeten.

VerbEdit

moe

  1. must
  2. have to
  3. should

TahitianEdit

VerbEdit

moe

  1. sleep

Usage notesEdit

Archaic; use taʻoto.

TeanuEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Oceanic *ʀumaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀumaq, from Proto-Austronesian *ʀumaq.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

moe

  1. house

ReferencesEdit

TetumEdit

AdjectiveEdit

moe

  1. ashamed

NounEdit

moe

  1. shame
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