moho

Borrowed from Māori moho.

moho (plural mohos)

1. The North Island takahē, an extinct rail of New Zealand.

• moho-pereru

From Hawaiian ʻōʻō, onomatopoeic from its call, via confusion of its name with the moho (“rail”).

moho (plural mohos)

1. Synonym of oo.

• “moho”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “moho, n.1.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002.

• HOMO, homo, homo-

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jótò (“fire”), from Proto-Bantu *-jóta, potentially from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-jot- (“burn”).

moho class 3

1. fire

• dzoho (“heat”)

• Joseph Mwalonya, Alison Nicolle, Steve Nicolle, Juma Zimbu, Mgombato. Digo-English-Swahili Dictionary (2005), page 113

• m'oho

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jótò, from Proto-Bantu *-jóta, potentially from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-jot- (“burn”).

moho class 3

1. fire

• Bible Translation and Literacy, Kilagane Kisha, 2018

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móhó

1. together

Unknown, but proposed possibilities include:

• Of expressive origin.^[1]
• A Germanic borrowing, from Old High German *muff (“mold”) or a similar source.^[2]

Compare Portuguese mofo and Italian muffa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmoo/ [ˈmo.o]
• Rhymes: -oo
• Syllabification: mo‧ho

moho m (plural mohos)

1. mildew (US), mold, mould (UK, AU, CA)

   Synonym: mufa

2. (dated) rust

   Synonyms: herrumbre, orín, óxido

• “moho”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025