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moes

See also: mös

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moes

  1. preterite of moet; had to
    Die kinders moes in haar kar kots.
    The children had to puke in her car.

Dutch

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  • IPA(key): /mus/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: moes
  • Rhymes: -us

Etymology 1

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From Middle Dutch moes, from Old Dutch muos, from Proto-West Germanic *mōs, from Proto-Germanic *mōsą.

Noun

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moes f or n (uncountable)

  1. mush, pulp (of food)
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Etymology 2

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Compare moeder, moe.

Noun

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moes f (uncountable, diminutive moesje n)

  1. (colloquial, often in the diminutive) mom, mother

Estonian

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Noun

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moes

  1. inessive singular of mood

Galician

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moes

  1. second-person singular present indicative of moer

Limburgish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch muus, from Old Dutch *mūs, from Proto-West Germanic *mūs, from Proto-Germanic *mūs.

Noun

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moes f (plural muus, diminutive muuske)

  1. mouse

Walloon

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Etymology

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From Old French meis, from Latin mēnsis, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s.

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moes m

  1. month

Welsh

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Etymology

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From Proto-Brythonic *boɨs, from Proto-Celtic *banssus, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ-. The m- replaced the b- under the influence of Latin mōs, reinforced by the ambiguity of the lenited form foes (which could in theory come from either boes or moes).

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moes f (plural moesau)

  1. morality
  2. (in the plural) morals

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Mutation

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Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
moes foes unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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