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Where does “moa” come from?

moa (Samoan) comes from Proto-Polynesian moa — fowl.

moa (Samoan): chicken or similar fowl

Definitions

  1. chicken or similar fowl

Ancestry of “moa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Polynesianmoafowl

Words derived from “moa”

  • fuāmoa
  • puamo
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