moos
See also: Moos
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /muːz/
- Rhymes: -uːz
Asturian
Cornish
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Estonian

moos
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German môs, from Proto-Germanic *mōsą.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmoːs/, [ˈmoːs]
Noun
moos (genitive moosi, partitive moosi)
Declension
Declension of moos (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | moos | moosid | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | moosi | ||
genitive | mooside | ||
partitive | moosi | moose moosisid | |
illative | moosi moosisse |
moosidesse moosesse | |
inessive | moosis | moosides mooses | |
elative | moosist | moosidest moosest | |
allative | moosile | moosidele moosele | |
adessive | moosil | moosidel moosel | |
ablative | moosilt | moosidelt mooselt | |
translative | moosiks | moosideks mooseks | |
terminative | moosini | moosideni | |
essive | moosina | moosidena | |
abessive | moosita | moosideta | |
comitative | moosiga | moosidega |
Further reading
- “moos”, in [PSV] Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
- “moos”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
- “moos”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
- moos in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
Narragansett
Etymology
From Proto-Algonquian *mo·swa (“it strips”), referring to how a moose strips tree bark when feeding: compare Massachusett moos-u (“he strips, cuts smooth”).[1][2]
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “moose”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- “moos”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
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