mooi

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch mooi.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmʊəɪ̯/
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Adjective

mooi (attributive mooie, comparative mooier, superlative mooiste)

  1. beautiful, pretty

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch mooy, moy, from Old Dutch mōi (“beautiful, trim, neat”, attested in nicknames), further origin uncertain; possibly from Proto-West Germanic *mauwī (“clean, washed”), perhaps from Proto-Germanic *mawjaz, *maujaz, from Proto-Indo-European *mewH- (“to wet, wash”). Further etymology unknown. Cognate with West Frisian moai (“beautiful”), Middle Low German môi, môie (whence German Low German mooi (“beautiful”)).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /moːi̯/
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  • Hyphenation: mooi
  • Rhymes: -oːi̯

Adjective

mooi (comparative mooier, superlative mooist)

  1. beautiful, pretty, handsome
    Wat een mooi meisje. ― What a beautiful girl.
    Ik ben te mooi om te werken. ― I'm too beautiful to work.
  2. nice, good
    Mooi werk! ― Nice work!

Inflection
Inflection of mooi
uninflected mooi
inflected mooie
comparative mooier
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial mooimooierhet mooist
het mooiste
indefinite m./f. sing. mooiemooieremooiste
n. sing. mooimooiermooiste
plural mooiemooieremooiste
definite mooiemooieremooiste
partitive mooismooiers—

Descendants
  • Afrikaans: mooi, mōi, mui, mooj
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: moi
  • Jersey Dutch: mûi
  • Negerhollands: mooi, mooj, mui
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: moi, moye
  • → Aukan: moi
  • → Caribbean Hindustani: moi
  • → Kwinti: moi
  • → North Frisian: mooi
  • → Saterland Frisian: mooi
  • → Scots: moy
  • → Saramaccan: moi
  • → Sranan Tongo: moi
    • → Ndyuka-Trio Pidgin: moime
  • → West Frisian: moai

See also

"mooi" on etymologiebank.nl

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