mooi

From Dutch mooi.

• IPA^(key): /moːi̯/

mooi (attributive mooie, comparative mooier, superlative mooiste)

1. beautiful, pretty

From Middle Dutch moy, from Old Dutch *mōi (“nice, pleasant, clean”), from Proto-Germanic *mawjaz (“clean, washed”), from Proto-Indo-European *mou-io- (“washed”), from Proto-Indo-European *mū-, *mew(ə)- (“to wash, wet”). Cognate with Middle Low German moie (“nice, sheen”) (Low German moi (“pretty, good, nice”)), Middle Low German mūten (“to wash the face”), and possibly to Latin mundus (“clean, neat, elegant”). More at mundation.

• Rhymes: -oːi̯
• IPA^(key): /moːi̯/

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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!

• Afrikaans: mooi
• → Sranan Tongo: moi

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