moko

Borrowed from Maori moko.

moko (plural mokos)

1. A tattoo (image made in the skin) in Maori culture, traditionally done with chisels.
   • 2014, Peter Wells, Journey to a Hanging:

     He decides to overtrace the moko on Te Rau's face.

• moko jumbie

• Mook, mook

moko

1. A spice in Ghana.

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moko inan

1. beak

From moki +‎ -o.

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• IPA^(key): [ˈmoko]
• Rhymes: -oko
• Hyphenation: mok‧o

moko (accusative singular mokon, plural mokoj, accusative plural mokojn)

1. ridicule
   • 1927, Edmond Privat, Historio de la lingvo esperanto:

     Antaŭvidante nur mokojn kaj persekutojn, mi decidis kaŝi antaŭ ĉiuj mian laboron.

     Expecting only ridicule and persecution, I decided to conceal from everyone my work.

   • 2007, Jorge Camacho, Beletra Almanako 1 (BA1 - Literaturo en Esperanto), Mondial, →ISBN, page 169:

     Svarmas la kritikoj kaj la mokoj al la supozata strangeco de la esperantistoj, eĉ, kio estas des pli surpriza, fare de la esperantistoj mem.

     The criticisms and the mockeries swarm towards the presumed strangeness of the esperantists, even, as is all the more surprising, from the esperantists themselves.

   • 1982, Peter G. Forster, The Esperanto Movement, Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 381:

     Kaj nin ne timigas la noktaj fantomoj / Nek batoj de l'sorto, nek mokoj de l'homoj / Ĉar klara kaj rekta kaj tre difinita / Ĝi estas, la voj' elektita.

     And we are not frightened by the nocturnal phantoms / Nor the beatings of fate, nor the mockery of humans / For clear, straight and well-defined / Is the chosen route.

From Proto-Oceanic *mogko (compare with Maori moko, Hawaiian moʻo)[1][2]

moko

1. gecko, lizard

• Gatty, Ronald (2009) “moko”, in Fijian-English Dictionary, Suva, Fiji: Ronald Gatty, →ISBN, page 173

moko

1. smoke

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moko

1. Polynesian tattoo

From Proto-Polynesian *moko (compare with Hawaiian moʻo)[1] from Proto-Oceanic *mogko (compare with Fijian moko)[2][3]

moko

1. lizard, gecko

moko

1. accusative/instrumental singular of moka

moko

1. old (said of people), elderly, aged

• maiwe

moko

1. elder

From Proto-Polynesian *moko. Cognates include Hawaiian moʻo and Samoan moʻo.

• IPA^(key): [ˈmo.ko]
• Hyphenation: mo‧ko

moko

1. gecko

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 238

• IPA^(key): /mo.ko/

moko

1. lizard, gecko

moko

1. girl, young woman (after puberty), adolescent

• Lizot, Jacques (2004) Diccionario enciclopédico de la lengua yãnomãmɨ (in Spanish), Vicariato apostólico de Puerto Ayacucho, →ISBN