moya

See also: móyá

English

Etymology

Said by Century to have originally been applied to mud formed by Pichincha near Quito and to derive from a South American language.

Noun

moya (countable and uncountable, plural moyas)

1. (obsolete, geology) Flowing mud associated with a volcanic eruption (especially in South America), formed when snow or a lake near a volcano is disrupted, or when rain or steam mixes with soil or ash during an eruption. [from 1800s–1930s]
   • 1832, Samuel Hibbert, History of the Extinct Volcanos of the Basin of Neuwied, on the Lower Rhine, page 40:

     These are the principal tufas indicative of the boiling tufaceous mud, or moya, which once filled, even to an overflow, the valley of Rieden.

Synonyms

• mud lava, volcanic mud, tufaceous mud

Further reading

• “moya”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “moya”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney and Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1914), “moya”, in The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language, revised edition, volumes III (Hoop–O), New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Amoy, Mayo, mayo

Buruwai

Noun

moya

1. water

Further reading

• Cornelis L. Voorhoeve, Languages of Irian Jaya Checklist (1975, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics)

Fanagalo

Etymology

From Zulu umoya, from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jòjà, a variant of Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jòjò (“life, spirit”).

Noun

moya

1. air
2. wind

Juba Arabic

Moya

Etymology

From Sudanese Arabic موية (mōya), from Arabic مُوَيْئة (muwayʔa), a diminutive of ماء (māʔ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmoja/, [ˈmo.ja]

Noun

moya

1. water

Derived terms

• moya ena (“tear”)
• moya lemuun (“lemonade”)

Lala (South Africa)

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jòjà, a variant of Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jòjò (“life, spirit”).

Noun

môya

1. wind

Northern Sotho

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jòjà, a variant of Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jòjò (“life, spirit”).

Noun

moya

1. wind

Rawang

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔ(˧).ja˧/

Noun

moya

1. colour.

Synonyms

• nv̀mya

Sotho

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jòjà, a variant of Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jòjò (“life, spirit”).

Noun

moya class 3 (uncountable)

1. wind

Tsonga

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jòjà, a variant of Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jòjò (“life, spirit”).

Noun

moya class 3

1. wind