"moa" meaning in Tongan

See moa in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From Proto-Polynesian *moa. Etymology templates: {{inh|to|poz-pol-pro|*moa}} Proto-Polynesian *moa Head templates: {{head|to|noun}} moa
  1. chicken
    Sense id: en-moa-to-noun-gR64G50R Categories (other): Chickens Disambiguation of Chickens: 87 13
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Etymology: From Proto-Polynesian *moa₄ (compare with Samoan moa). Etymology templates: {{inh|to|poz-pol-pro|*moa₄}} Proto-Polynesian *moa₄, {{cog|sm|moa}} Samoan moa Head templates: {{head|to|noun}} moa
  1. banana blossom, flower at the end of its bunch.
    Sense id: en-moa-to-noun-oaEUgDPn Categories (other): Pages with 24 entries, Pages with entries, Tongan entries with incorrect language header, Flowers Disambiguation of Pages with 24 entries: 16 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 19 3 5 19 3 1 11 1 2 1 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 1 1 0 1 2 0 1 23 2 3 23 2 0 13 0 1 0 13 Disambiguation of Tongan entries with incorrect language header: 4 96 Disambiguation of Flowers: 20 80
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Tongan dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-09-20 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (d6fca27 and 65e1673). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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