# moe
## English
### Etymology 1

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

#### Alternative forms

* moé

#### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈməʊ.eɪ/
* (General American) IPA: /ˈmoʊ.eɪ/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -əʊeɪ

#### Noun

moe (uncountable)
* (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: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 Dual Shockers‎, 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.

##### Derived terms

* figure moe zoku
* moe anthropomorphism

##### Related terms

* moekko
* moe sangyo
* moetan

##### Translations
#### Adjective

moe (comparative more moe or moe-er, superlative most moe or moe-est)
* (fandom slang) Cute, adorable. (of fictional characters in anime, manga, video games, and/or similar media)

##### Translations
#### See also

* kawaii
* aegyo

### Etymology 2

Variant forms.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /məʊ/
* Audio (General Australian):(file)
* Rhymes: -əʊ

#### Adverb

moe
* Obsolete form of mo.
* 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

moe
* Obsolete form of mow (“wry face, grimace”).
* Obsolete form of moa.

#### Verb

moe
* Obsolete form of moo.
* Obsolete form of mow (“to make faces”).

### Anagrams

* EOM, emo, ome, Emo, OEM, -ome, Meo, 'ome, OME, Eom, Ome

## Cypriot Arabic
### Etymology

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

### Noun

moe f (plural moyát)
* water

#### Related terms

* muvárt

### References

* 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
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mu/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: moe
* Rhymes: -u

### Etymology 1

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

moe (comparative moeër or moeier, superlative moest)
* 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

##### Usage notes

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.

##### Alternative forms

* moede

##### Descendants

* Afrikaans: moeg
* Jersey Dutch: mûx, mâ
* Negerhollands: moe, mu

### Etymology 2

Shortening of moeder.

#### Noun

moe f (plural moeken, diminutive moeke n or moetje n)
* (informal, dialectal) mother
    Synonyms: moeder, mam

##### Usage notes

More common in Belgium as moeke.

## Estonian
### Noun

moe
* genitive singular of mood

## Galician
### Verb

moe
* inflection of moer:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Hawaiian
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *mohe (compare Tongan mohe, Maori moe) from Proto-Oceanic (compare Fijian moce). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Verb

moe
* to sleep
* to lie down
* to die
* to ambush
* to marry
* to incubate eggs (of birds)

### Noun

moe
* bed
    Synonyms: moekū, moena
* dream
* marriage
* calmness

### See also

* moemoe

### References

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

## Japanese
### Romanization

moe
* Rōmaji transcription of もえ

## Lovono
### Noun

moe
* house

### References

* Alexandre François, The languages of Vanikoro: three lexicons and one grammar

## Maori
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *mohe (compare Tongan mohe, Hawaiian moe) from Proto-Oceanic (compare Fijian moce). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Verb

moe
* to sleep, to nap
* to dream
* to marry
* to die
* to faint

### Noun

moe
* sleep
* dream
    Synonym: moemoea

### Adjective

moe
* dormant

### See also

* moemoe
* moenga

### References

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

### Further reading

* “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
### Etymology

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

### Noun

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

#### Descendants

* Middle French: moe, moue
** French: moue

## Rapa Nui
### Etymology

See here.

### Verb

moe
* sleep
* lie down

## Samoan
### Verb

moe
* sleep

#### Derived terms

* potumoe

## Sranan Tongo
### Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch moeten.

### Verb

moe
* must
* have to
* should

## Tahitian
### Verb

moe
* sleep

#### Usage notes

Archaic; use taʻoto.

## Teanu
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /moe/, /mʷoe/

### Noun

moe
* house

### References

* François, Alexandre. 2021. Teanu dictionary (Solomon Islands). Dictionaria 15. 1-1877. DOI:10.5281/zenodo.5653063. – entry moe.
* François, Alexandre. 2021. Online Teanu–English dictionary, with equivalents in Lovono and Tanema. Electronic files. Paris: CNRS. – entry moe.
* Lackey, W.J.. & Boerger, B.H. (2021) “Reexamining the Phonological History of Oceanic's Temotu subgroup”, in Oceanic Linguistics.

## Tetum
### Adjective

moe
* ashamed

### Noun

moe
* shame