moya

Said by Century to have originally been applied to mud formed by Pichincha near Quito and to derive from a South American language.

moya (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) Flowing mud associated with a volcanic eruption (especially in South America), formed when snow or a lake near a volcano is disrupted, or when rain or steam mixes with soil or ash during an eruption. [1800s until the 1930s]

• mud lava, volcanic mud

• moya in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• moya in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1914

• Amoy, Mayo, mayo

moya

1. water

• Cornelis L. Voorhoeve, Languages of Irian Jaya Checklist (1975, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics)

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jòjà, a variant of Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jòjò (“life, spirit”).

moya

1. wind

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jòjà, a variant of Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jòjò (“life, spirit”).

moya class 3 (uncountable)

1. wind