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Re: Where did these names come from?
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Wed, 8 Aug 2001 05:26:00 GMT
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In lugnet.technic.bionicle, Jordan C. Lund writes:
> For some reason I associate Toa with the name for the stone heads on Easter
> Island. Isn't it "Moa" or something similar?
That would be moai. Visit this page about Easter Island:
http://www.netaxs.com/~trance/rapanui.html
Moa is common Polynesian term for foul generally, and more specifically is
borrowed from Maori name for an extinct ostrich-like bird! But see also
Hawaiian manu (bird). Not to be confused with mo'a, which you pronounce with
a full stop at the apostrophe, mo'a is "well cooked"
-Erik
dictionary and book collector
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| in article GG8s85.Eu4@lugnet.com, Erik Olson at olsone@spamcop.net wrote on 7/9/01 10:21 PM: (...) For some reason I associate Toa with the name for the stone heads on Easter Island. Isn't it "Moa" or something similar? - Jordan lundj@earthlink.net (...) (23 years ago, 7-Aug-01, to lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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