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moe

See also: Moe, MOE, MoE, moé, mö, -mö, мое, and -moe

English

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Etymology 1

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From Japanese 萌え (moe, “budding, sprouting”), imperfective or continuative form of 萌える (moeru, “to burst into bud, to sprout”).

Alternative forms

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Wikipe-tan, a moe personification of Wikipedia

Pronunciation

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Noun

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moe (uncountable)

  1. (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.
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Adjective

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moe (comparative more moe or moe-er, superlative most moe or moe-est)

  1. (fandom slang) Cute, adorable. (of fictional characters in anime, manga, video games, and/or similar media)
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Etymology 2

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Variant forms.

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Adverb

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moe

  1. Obsolete form of mo.
  2. 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

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moe

  1. Obsolete form of mow (“wry face, grimace”).
  2. Obsolete form of moa.

Verb

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moe

  1. Obsolete form of moo.
  2. Obsolete form of mow (“to make faces”).

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Cypriot Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic مُوَيْئة (muwayʔa), a diminutive of ماء (māʔ).

Noun

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moe f (plural moyát)

  1. water
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References

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  • 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

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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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

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moe (comparative moeër or moeier, superlative moest)

  1. 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
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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
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Declension of moe
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
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
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Descendants
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  • Afrikaans: moeg
  • Jersey Dutch: mûx, mâ
  • Negerhollands: moe, mu

Etymology 2

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Shortening of moeder.

Noun

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moe f (plural moeken, diminutive moeke n or moetje n)

  1. (informal, dialectal) mother
Usage notes
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More common in Belgium as moeke.

Estonian

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Noun

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moe

  1. genitive singular of mood

Galician

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Verb

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moe

  1. inflection of moer:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Hawaiian

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Etymology

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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

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moe

  1. to sleep
  2. to lie down
  3. to die
  4. to ambush
  5. to marry
  6. to incubate eggs (of birds)

Noun

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moe

  1. bed
    Synonyms: moekū, moena
  2. dream
  3. marriage
  4. calmness

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References

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  1. ^ Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “moe”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 249
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “mohe”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online

Japanese

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Romanization

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moe

  1. Rōmaji transcription of もえ

Lovono

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Noun

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moe

  1. house

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Maori

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Etymology

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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

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moe

  1. to sleep, to nap
  2. to dream
  3. to marry
  4. to die
  5. to faint

Noun

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moe

  1. sleep
  2. dream
    Synonym: moemoea

Adjective

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moe

  1. dormant

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References

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  1. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “mohe”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
  2. ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, pages 246-7

Further reading

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  • “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

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Etymology

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From Frankish *mauwu (“mouth, protruding lip”).

Noun

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moe oblique singular, f (oblique plural moes, nominative singular moe, nominative plural moes)

  1. mouth

Descendants

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Rapa Nui

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Etymology

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See here.

Verb

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moe

  1. sleep
  2. lie down

Samoan

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Verb

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moe

  1. sleep

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Sranan Tongo

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Dutch moeten.

Verb

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moe

  1. must
  2. have to
  3. should

Tahitian

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Verb

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moe

  1. sleep

Usage notes

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Archaic; use taʻoto.

Teanu

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Etymology

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From Proto-Oceanic *ʀumaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀumaq, from Proto-Austronesian *ʀumaq.

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moe

  1. house

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Tetum

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Adjective

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moe

  1. ashamed

Noun

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moe

  1. shame
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