moenga

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *moeŋa (“bed, sleeping place, sleeping mat”). Cognate with Hawaiian moena (“bed”). By surface analysis, moe (“to sleep”) +‎ -nga (deverbal suffix).

Noun

moenga

  1. a bed

References

  • “moenga” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.
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