mo'a

Rapa Nui

Etymology

Borrowed from Tahitian moʻa.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmo.ʔa/
  • Hyphenation: mo‧'a

Verb

mo'a

  1. (transitive) to respect

References
  • Veronica Du Feu (1996) Rapanui (Descriptive Grammars), Routledge, →ISBN, page 58
  • “mo'a”, in Diccionario etimológico Rapanui-Español, Valparaíso: Comisión para la Estructuración de la Lengua Rapanui, 2000, →ISBN
  • Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui‎, Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 29
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