moz

See also: Moz, MOZ, mòz, and mož

Abenaki
FWOTD – 19 November 2012

Etymology

Cognate to Narragansett moos (“moose”) and Unami mus (“moose”), from Proto-Algonquian *mo·swa (“it strips”), referring to how a moose strips tree bark when feeding: compare Massachusett moos-u (“he strips, cuts smooth”).[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /moz/

Noun

moz (animate, plural mozak)

  1. moose
    mozika ― there is an abundance of moose
    • 1884, Joseph Laurent, New Familiar Abenakis and English Dialogues, page 117:
      Kaswak nawa mozak k'nihlô?
      How many moose did you kill?

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

Descendants

References
  1. Online Etymology Dictionary
  2. “moz” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

Lower Sorbian

Verb

moz impf

  1. Obsolete spelling of móc

Northern Kurdish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmoz/

Etymology 1

Cognate with Central Kurdish مۆز‎ (moz, “horsefly”), Zazaki moza (“horsefly”), Mazanderani ماز‎ (māz, “bee”). Ultimately from Proto-Iranian *wabžáH.[1] Asatrian initially derived from Armenian մոզ (moz),[2] but later proposed the native Iranian etymology himself.[1]

Alternative forms

Noun

moz f (Cyrillic моз, Arabic موز)[4]

Northern Kurdish moz
Central Kurdish مۆز‎ (moz)
Southern Kurdish مووز‎ (mûz)
  1. hornet; wasp[5]
  2. gadfly, horsefly, large fly that bites or annoys livestock[6][7]
    moz kirin ― (of cattle) to fly into a rage as a result of horsefly biting
  3. bee[7]
  4. bumblebee[8][5]
Descendants

References
  1. Asatrian, Garnik (2002), “Review of R. L. Tsabolov, Etymological Dictionary of Kurdish, vol. 1 (A-M), Moscow: “Academy of Sciences”, 2001, 686 pp.”, in Iran and the Caucasus‎, volume 6, issue 1, page 269
  2. Asatrjan, G. S. (1987), “Jazyk zaza i armjanskij (Predvaritelʹnyje zametki) [Zaza and Armenian (Preliminary Notes)]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal]‎ (in Russian), issue 1, page 165
  3. Orbeli, I. A. (2002), “muz”, in Izbrannyje trudy v dvux tomax. Tom II. Vypusk 2. Kurdsko-russkij slovarʹ [Selected Works in Two Volumes. Volume II. Issue 2. Kurdish–Russian Dictionary], Yerevan: Academy Press “Gitutjun”, →ISBN, page 125b
  4. Chyet, Michael L. (2003), “moz I”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary, with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, pages 397–398
  5. Bakajev, Č. X. (1957), “моз I”, in I. A. Orbeli, editor, Kurdsko-russkij slovarʹ [Kurdish–Russian Dictionary], Moscow: Gosudarstvennoje izdatelʹstvo inostrannyx i nacionalʹnyx slovarej, page 247a
  6. Adjarian, H. (1909–1911), “Recueil de mots kurdes en dialecte de Novo-Bayazet [Compendium of Kurdish Words in the Nor Bayazet Dialect]”, in Mémoires de la Société de Linguistique de Paris (in French), volume XVI, page 361a
  7. Kurdojev, K. K. (1960), “moz I”, in Kurdsko-russkij slovarʹ [Kurdish–Russian Dictionary], Moscow: Gosudarstvennoje izdatelʹstvo inostrannyx i nacionalʹnyx slovarej, page 549b
  8. Rhea, Samuel A. (1872–1880), “Brief Grammar and Vocabulary of the Kurdish Language of the Hakari District”, in Journal of the American Oriental Society, volume 10, page 147b

Further reading
  • Cabolov, R. L. (2001) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ kurdskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Kurdish Language] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Russian Academy Press Vostochnaya Literatura, page 682
  • Jaba, Auguste; Justi, Ferdinand (1879), “موز”, in Dictionnaire Kurde-Français [Kurdish–French Dictionary], Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 408b

Etymology 2

Noun

moz f (Cyrillic моз)[1][2][3]

  1. Alternative form of mozik (“calf”)

References
  1. Bakajev, Č. X. (1957), “моз II”, in I. A. Orbeli, editor, Kurdsko-russkij slovarʹ [Kurdish–Russian Dictionary], Moscow: Gosudarstvennoje izdatelʹstvo inostrannyx i nacionalʹnyx slovarej, page 247a
  2. Kurdojev, K. K. (1960), “moz II”, in Kurdsko-russkij slovarʹ [Kurdish–Russian Dictionary], Moscow: Gosudarstvennoje izdatelʹstvo inostrannyx i nacionalʹnyx slovarej, page 549b
  3. Chyet, Michael L. (2003), “moz II”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary, with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 398a

Zhuang

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

moz (old orthography moƨ, Sawndip forms 𭷱, 磨, 𬌫, 獏)

  1. ox; cattle; cow
    Synonym: cwz

Etymology 2

Noun

moz (old orthography moƨ)

  1. mid-lower abdomen; suprapubic area
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