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mo'i

mo'i

See also: moi, MOI, möi, mọi, mới, mỗi, and mōʻī

English

Noun

mo'i (plural mo'i)

  1. (Hawaii) A king or high chief.
    • 1987, Helen Wong, Ann Rayson, Hawaii's Royal History, p. 37:
      The two armies would draw up close to one another with each mō‘ī usually at the center.
    • 2012, Julia Flynn Siler, Lost Kingdom, Grove Press, p. 49:
      The king turned to a long-serving Hawaiian adviser and asked him to name the new mō‘ī, but he declined, saying they were all his ali‘i.

Lojban

Cmavo

mo'i (rafsi mov)

  1. towards (indicating motion)

Rafsi

mo'i

  1. rafsi of morji.