moan.

Brit.

/ˈməʊə/, U.S.

/ˈmoʊə/, New Zealand English

/moʌ/,

/ˈmʌuə/,

/ˈmoə/

Forms: 1800s moe, 1800s moia, 1800s– moa.

Origin: A borrowing from Maori. Etymons: Maori moa, Móe O'.

Etymology: < Maori moa (1820 as Móe O' in S. Lee & T. Kendall Gram. & Vocab. Lang. N.Z.; recorded only in New Zealand Maori). The New Zealand Maori word is thought to be derived from a Proto-Polynesian word for ‘fowl’: compare Cook Island Maori moa chicken, fowl, and the following:1949 P. H. Buck Coming of Maori 19 The name moa was applied to the domestic fowl throughout Polynesia... From the presence of the word moa in even a few Maori references, it seemed evident that the first settlers, having no introduced moa, applied the spare name to a local bird which appealed to them as furnishing an even better supply of food than the domesticated fowl which they knew in their homeland.An obsolete variant form †movie (1842–3) is recorded by Dict. N.Z. Eng. (1997), but with the following quot. to show that this probably arose by confusion:1989 A. Anderson Prodigious Birds 92 Rule called it ‘A Movie’, but his own paper (Rule 1843) unwittingly demonstrates that this was no more than a misunderstood reference to a common Maori name for the North Island, Ika na Maui (or ‘Movie’), meaning the Fish of Maui. Compare French moa (1846).

Any of several large extinct flightless birds resembling emus, of the order Dinornithiformes, found in New Zealand from the Pliocene or late Miocene until after the arrival of humans during the Holocene.The order Dinornithiformes is usually divided into two families, Dinornithidae and Anomalopterygidae. The former contains the tallest known birds, Dinornis giganteus and D. maximus, which stood over 3 metres (10 feet) high.

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moa1839

Dinornis1843

Aepyornis1851

Archaeopteryx1862

Hesperornis1871

ichthyornis1872

elephant bird1889

mamo1891

1839 R. Taylor Jrnl. 26 Apr. 117 Here [i.e. near Tokomaru] a valley was pointed out in which the great bird moa was said to exist, the natives say they dread to hear its cry as it is a certain portend [sic] of death.

1841 A. D. W. Best Jrnl. 20 Apr. (1966) 291 Te Warru amused us with accounts of..the Moia a species of Ostrich supposed to be extinct.

1844 J. W. Barnicoat Jrnl. 5 May The native[s] report that the gigantic Moe Bird still inhabits the interior [of Otago].

1863 J. D. Dana Man. Geol. 578 The Moa (Dinornis giganteus) of New Zealand exceeded the ostrich in size.

1927 A. L. Thomson Birds iii. 63 The moa of New Zealand and the Aepyornis of Madagascar..were larger still.

1966 Encycl. N.Z. II. 575 Giant moas were probably extinct about A.D. 1500; the smaller bush moas may have lingered on in remote parts of the South Island until the early nineteenth century.

1990 M. J. Benton Vertebr. Palaeontol. viii. 219 There were at least 13 species of moas..which lived on both North and South Islands of New Zealand.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

moa bone n.

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1843 R. Taylor Diary 17 July in A. D. Mead Richard Taylor (1966) 40 And there discovered a complete Valley filled with moa bones not far short of elephant's in point of size.

1993 Caves & Caving Winter 33/2 The cave..contains a significant number of Moa bones.

C2.

moa stone n. any of a number of small rounded stones found in a group, believed by some to be the remains of the gizzard of a moa; usually in plural.

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1856 T. Tancred Notes Nat. Hist. Province Canterbury 13 There are found on parts of the plains little heaps of rounded agate or quartz pebbles..which are popularly called ‘moa stones’, and are supposed to be the contents of the gizzards of those birds which have died at the places where these heaps are found.

1893 Trans. & Proc. N.Z. Inst. 1892 25 27 To aid in the digestion of this food, the moa..swallowed little pebbles, which, rounded & polished by the friction of their stomach, assumed a peculiar form, and are called to this day ‘moa-stones’ by the natives, who are familiar with them.

1926 N.Z. Jrnl. Sci. & Technol. 8 65 [Australian] settlers called them [sc. australites] ‘gum-stones’, as we in New Zealand say ‘moa-stones’.

1985 E. J. Studholme Coldstream xiii These bones were not, as one would expect them to be, near the moa stones, but scattered generally over the run.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	moa
释义	moan. Brit. /ˈməʊə/, U.S. /ˈmoʊə/, New Zealand English /moʌ/, /ˈmʌuə/, /ˈmoə/ Forms: 1800s moe, 1800s moia, 1800s– moa. Origin: A borrowing from Maori. Etymons: Maori moa, Móe O'. Etymology: < Maori moa (1820 as Móe O' in S. Lee & T. Kendall Gram. & Vocab. Lang. N.Z.; recorded only in New Zealand Maori). The New Zealand Maori word is thought to be derived from a Proto-Polynesian word for ‘fowl’: compare Cook Island Maori moa chicken, fowl, and the following:1949 P. H. Buck Coming of Maori 19 The name moa was applied to the domestic fowl throughout Polynesia... From the presence of the word moa in even a few Maori references, it seemed evident that the first settlers, having no introduced moa, applied the spare name to a local bird which appealed to them as furnishing an even better supply of food than the domesticated fowl which they knew in their homeland.An obsolete variant form †movie (1842–3) is recorded by Dict. N.Z. Eng. (1997), but with the following quot. to show that this probably arose by confusion:1989 A. Anderson Prodigious Birds 92 Rule called it ‘A Movie’, but his own paper (Rule 1843) unwittingly demonstrates that this was no more than a misunderstood reference to a common Maori name for the North Island, Ika na Maui (or ‘Movie’), meaning the Fish of Maui. Compare French moa (1846). Any of several large extinct flightless birds resembling emus, of the order Dinornithiformes, found in New Zealand from the Pliocene or late Miocene until after the arrival of humans during the Holocene.The order Dinornithiformes is usually divided into two families, Dinornithidae and Anomalopterygidae. The former contains the tallest known birds, Dinornis giganteus and D. maximus, which stood over 3 metres (10 feet) high. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > unspecified and miscellaneous birds > [noun] > extinct or fossil > extinct or fossil types moa1839 Dinornis1843 Aepyornis1851 Archaeopteryx1862 Hesperornis1871 ichthyornis1872 elephant bird1889 mamo1891 1839 R. Taylor Jrnl. 26 Apr. 117 Here [i.e. near Tokomaru] a valley was pointed out in which the great bird moa was said to exist, the natives say they dread to hear its cry as it is a certain portend [sic] of death. 1841 A. D. W. Best Jrnl. 20 Apr. (1966) 291 Te Warru amused us with accounts of..the Moia a species of Ostrich supposed to be extinct. 1844 J. W. Barnicoat Jrnl. 5 May The native[s] report that the gigantic Moe Bird still inhabits the interior [of Otago]. 1863 J. D. Dana Man. Geol. 578 The Moa (Dinornis giganteus) of New Zealand exceeded the ostrich in size. 1927 A. L. Thomson Birds iii. 63 The moa of New Zealand and the Aepyornis of Madagascar..were larger still. 1966 Encycl. N.Z. II. 575 Giant moas were probably extinct about A.D. 1500; the smaller bush moas may have lingered on in remote parts of the South Island until the early nineteenth century. 1990 M. J. Benton Vertebr. Palaeontol. viii. 219 There were at least 13 species of moas..which lived on both North and South Islands of New Zealand. Compounds C1. General attributive. moa bone n. ΚΠ 1843 R. Taylor Diary 17 July in A. D. Mead Richard Taylor (1966) 40 And there discovered a complete Valley filled with moa bones not far short of elephant's in point of size. 1993 Caves & Caving Winter 33/2 The cave..contains a significant number of Moa bones. C2. moa stone n. any of a number of small rounded stones found in a group, believed by some to be the remains of the gizzard of a moa; usually in plural. ΚΠ 1856 T. Tancred Notes Nat. Hist. Province Canterbury 13 There are found on parts of the plains little heaps of rounded agate or quartz pebbles..which are popularly called ‘moa stones’, and are supposed to be the contents of the gizzards of those birds which have died at the places where these heaps are found. 1893 Trans. & Proc. N.Z. Inst. 1892 25 27 To aid in the digestion of this food, the moa..swallowed little pebbles, which, rounded & polished by the friction of their stomach, assumed a peculiar form, and are called to this day ‘moa-stones’ by the natives, who are familiar with them. 1926 N.Z. Jrnl. Sci. & Technol. 8 65 [Australian] settlers called them [sc. australites] ‘gum-stones’, as we in New Zealand say ‘moa-stones’. 1985 E. J. Studholme Coldstream xiii These bones were not, as one would expect them to be, near the moa stones, but scattered generally over the run. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1839
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