# moku
## Esperanto
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

moku
* imperative of moki

## Finnish
### Etymology

Slang form of monni.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmoku/, [ˈmo̞ku]
* Rhymes: -oku
* Hyphenation: mo‧ku

### Noun

moku
* (military slang) A conscript who has served less than 180 days in the Finnish Army.
* (military slang) A recruit (a newly enlisted soldier not having taken the military oath or given the military declaration).
* (chess, colloquial) pawn

#### Declension

Possessive forms of moku (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
mokuni
mokuni
accusative
nom.
mokuni
mokuni
gen.
mokuni
genitive
mokuni
mokujeni
partitive
mokuani
mokujani
inessive
mokussani
mokuissani
elative
mokustani
mokuistani
illative
mokuuni
mokuihini
adessive
mokullani
mokuillani
ablative
mokultani
mokuiltani
allative
mokulleni
mokuilleni
essive
mokunani
mokuinani
translative
mokukseni
mokuikseni
abessive
mokuttani
mokuittani
instructive
comitative
—mokuineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
mokusi
mokusi
accusative
nom.
mokusi
mokusi
gen.
mokusi
genitive
mokusi
mokujesi
partitive
mokuasi
mokujasi
inessive
mokussasi
mokuissasi
elative
mokustasi
mokuistasi
illative
mokuusi
mokuihisi
adessive
mokullasi
mokuillasi
ablative
mokultasi
mokuiltasi
allative
mokullesi
mokuillesi
essive
mokunasi
mokuinasi
translative
mokuksesi
mokuiksesi
abessive
mokuttasi
mokuittasi
instructive
comitative
—mokuinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
mokumme
mokumme
accusative
nom.
mokumme
mokumme
gen.
mokumme
genitive
mokumme
mokujemme
partitive
mokuamme
mokujamme
inessive
mokussamme
mokuissamme
elative
mokustamme
mokuistamme
illative
mokuumme
mokuihimme
adessive
mokullamme
mokuillamme
ablative
mokultamme
mokuiltamme
allative
mokullemme
mokuillemme
essive
mokunamme
mokuinamme
translative
mokuksemme
mokuiksemme
abessive
mokuttamme
mokuittamme
instructive
comitative
—mokuinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
mokunne
mokunne
accusative
nom.
mokunne
mokunne
gen.
mokunne
genitive
mokunne
mokujenne
partitive
mokuanne
mokujanne
inessive
mokussanne
mokuissanne
elative
mokustanne
mokuistanne
illative
mokuunne
mokuihinne
adessive
mokullanne
mokuillanne
ablative
mokultanne
mokuiltanne
allative
mokullenne
mokuillenne
essive
mokunanne
mokuinanne
translative
mokuksenne
mokuiksenne
abessive
mokuttanne
mokuittanne
instructive
comitative
—mokuinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
mokunsa
mokunsa
accusative
nom.
mokunsa
mokunsa
gen.
mokunsa
genitive
mokunsa
mokujensa
partitive
mokuaan mokuansa
mokujaan mokujansa
inessive
mokussaan mokussansa
mokuissaan mokuissansa
elative
mokustaan mokustansa
mokuistaan mokuistansa
illative
mokuunsa
mokuihinsa
adessive
mokullaan mokullansa
mokuillaan mokuillansa
ablative
mokultaan mokultansa
mokuiltaan mokuiltansa
allative
mokulleen mokullensa
mokuilleen mokuillensa
essive
mokunaan mokunansa
mokuinaan mokuinansa
translative
mokukseen mokuksensa
mokuikseen mokuiksensa
abessive
mokuttaan mokuttansa
mokuittaan mokuittansa
instructive
comitative
—mokuineen mokuinensa :

#### Synonyms

* (conscript with less than 180 days served in the army): vanhempi, (military slang) gona
* (recruit): alokas, (military slang) mosa, mokkeli, mortti, morkula
* (chess piece): sotilas

### Anagrams

* komu

## Hawaiian
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *motu (compare with Maori motu) from Proto-Oceanic *motus (“broken off, detached”), possibly from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ma-utus (compare with Malay putus (“to snap, to break”)). Sense of large ships extension from sense of island because of their gigantic size compared to the typical waʻa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmo.ku/

### Verb

moku
* to be broken off, to be severed, to be amputated

### Noun

moku
* fragment, segment
* scene of a play
* an island, district, forest, section
* large ships like dredgers, schooners and carriers

### Derived terms

* moku ahi
* mokulele

### References

* ↑ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2008) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 2: The Physical Environment, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 42-3
* ↑ Malo, David (1903) Hawaiian Antiquities‎, page 175

## Japanese
### Romanization

moku
* Rōmaji transcription of もく