moe
English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Japanese
Alternative forms
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Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈməʊ.eɪ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmoʊ.eɪ/
- Rhymes: -əʊeɪ
Noun
[edit]moe (uncountable)
- (fandom slang) Strong interest in, and especially fetishistic attraction towards, fictional characters in anime, manga, video games, and/or similar media.
- 2015 December 9, Jankenpopp, “Top 15 kawaii and moe anime girls”, in My Anime List[2]:
- Someone who is pretty or beautiful isn't moe by definition. Moe characters don't always have to be younger girls, but it certainly helps! In fact, moe characters don't even have to be female! As long as they make you feel like you want to hug and protect them, that's enough!
- 2023 September 5, Trent Murray, “10 Best Anime Like Bocchi The Rock”, in MSN[3], Carole and Tuesday:
- Despite its moe roots and preference for hijinks, Bocchi The Rock is a loving celebration of rock music and the joys of being in a band.
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]Adjective
[edit]moe (comparative more moe or moe-er, superlative most moe or moe-est)
- (fandom slang) Cute, adorable. (of fictional characters in anime, manga, video games, and/or similar media)
Translations
[edit]See also
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Variant forms.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /məʊ/
Audio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -əʊ
Adverb
[edit]moe
- Obsolete form of mo.
- Obsolete form of more.
- 1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]:
- Sing no more ditties, sing no moe.
- c. 1572, George Gascoigne, Woodmanship:
- The crafty courtiers with their guileful looks,
Must needs put some experience in my maw:
Yet cannot these with many mast'ries moe
Make me shoot straight at any gainful prick […]
Noun
[edit]moe
Verb
[edit]moe
Anagrams
[edit]Cypriot Arabic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Arabic مُوَيْئة (muwayʔa), a diminutive of ماء (māʔ).
Noun
[edit]moe f (plural moyát)
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 436
Dutch
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]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.
Adjective
[edit]moe (comparative moeër or moeier, superlative moest)
- 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
- 1968, Willem Johan van der Molen & Jan Wit, "Evenals een moede hinde" (psalm 42).
Usage notes
[edit]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.
Inflection
[edit]Declension of moe | ||||
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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 | — |
Declension of moe | ||||
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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 forms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Shortening of moeder.
Noun
[edit]moe f (plural moeken, diminutive moeke n or moetje n)
Usage notes
[edit]More common in Belgium as moeke.
Estonian
[edit]Noun
[edit]moe
Galician
[edit]Verb
[edit]moe
- inflection of moer:
Hawaiian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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.)
Verb
[edit]moe
Noun
[edit]moe
See also
[edit]References
[edit]Japanese
[edit]Romanization
[edit]moe
Lovono
[edit]Noun
[edit]moe
References
[edit]- Alexandre François, The languages of Vanikoro: three lexicons and one grammar
Maori
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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.)
Verb
[edit]moe
Noun
[edit]moe
Adjective
[edit]moe
See also
[edit]References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “moe” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.
Old French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Frankish *mauwu (“mouth, protruding lip”).
Noun
[edit]moe oblique singular, f (oblique plural moes, nominative singular moe, nominative plural moes)
Descendants
[edit]Rapa Nui
[edit]Etymology
[edit]See here.
Verb
[edit]moe
Samoan
[edit]Verb
[edit]moe
Derived terms
[edit]Sranan Tongo
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Verb
[edit]moe
Tahitian
[edit]Verb
[edit]moe
Usage notes
[edit]Archaic; use taʻoto.
Teanu
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Oceanic *ʀumaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀumaq, from Proto-Austronesian *ʀumaq.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]moe
References
[edit]- François, Alexandre. 2021. Teanu dictionary (Solomon Islands). Dictionaria 15. 1-1877. DOI:10.5281/zenodo.5653063. – entry moe.
- François, Alexandre. 2021. Online Teanu–English dictionary, with equivalents in Lovono and Tanema. Electronic files. Paris: CNRS. – entry moe.
- Lackey, W.J.. & Boerger, B.H. (2021) “Reexamining the Phonological History of Oceanic's Temotu subgroup”, in Oceanic Linguistics.
Tetum
[edit]Adjective
[edit]moe
Noun
[edit]moe
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