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moli

See also: Moli, móli, molí, and mòlì

Aromanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin mollis, mollem. Compare Romanian moale.

Adjective

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moli

  1. soft

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Catalan

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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moli

  1. inflection of molar (“to mock”):
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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moli

  1. inflection of molar (“to sharpen (dialectal)”):
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Fijian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Polynesian *moli (cognate with Samoan moli (“citrus fruit”), Tongan moli (“citrus fruit”), Tok Pisin moli (“lemon”)), from Proto-Oceanic *moli, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *limaw by metathesis (cognate with Malay limau (“lemon”)).

Noun

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moli

  1. Generic term for any citrus fruit.

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  • Gatty, Ronald (2009) “moli”, in Fijian-English Dictionary, Suva, Fiji: Ronald Gatty, →ISBN, pages 173-4
  • Elevitch, Craig R., editor (2009), Traditional Trees of Pacific Islands: Their Culture, Environment, and Use, Hōlualua, Hawaiʻi: Permanent Agriculture Resources, →ISBN, page 246

Highland Puebla Nahuatl

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Noun

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moli

  1. mole

Icelandic

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Noun

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moli m (genitive singular mola, nominative plural molar)

  1. fragment, piece, crumb

Declension

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Declension of moli (masculine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative moli molinn molar molarnir
accusative mola molann mola molana
dative mola molanum molum molunum
genitive mola molans mola molanna

Derived terms

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  • mylja (“to grind, to pulverize”)

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmɔ.li/
  • Rhymes: -ɔli
  • Hyphenation: mò‧li

Etymology 1

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Noun

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moli m

  1. plural of molo

Etymology 2

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Noun

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moli m

  1. plural of mole

Etymology 3

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Verb

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moli

  1. inflection of molare:
    1. second-person singular present indicative
    2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
    3. third-person singular imperative

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Latin

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Etymology 1

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Verb

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molī

  1. present passive infinitive of molō

Etymology 2

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Noun

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mōlī f

  1. dative singular of mōlēs

Lower Sorbian

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Noun

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moli

  1. Superseded spelling of móli.

Polish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmɔ.li/
  • Rhymes: -ɔli
  • Syllabification: mo‧li

Noun

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moli m animal

  1. genitive plural of mól
    Synonym: molów

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moli m inan

  1. genitive plural of mol

Serbo-Croatian

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Verb

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moli (Cyrillic spelling моли)

  1. inflection of moliti:
    1. third-person singular present
    2. second-person singular imperative

Tok Pisin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Polynesian.

Noun

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moli

  1. lemon

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Tongan

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Polynesian *moli (cognate with Samoan moli (“citrus fruit”), Fijian moli (“citrus fruit”), Tok Pisin moli (“lemon”)), from Proto-Oceanic *moli, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *limaw by metathesis (cognate with Malay limau (“lemon”)).

Noun

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moli

  1. any of a number of citrus fruits, not including lemons and limes
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References

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  • Tyron, Darell (1994) “Oceanic plant names”, in A.K. Pawley and M.D. Ross, editors, Austronesian Terminologies: Continuity and Change, Caberra, Australia: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 490
  • Elevitch, Craig R., editor (2009), Traditional Trees of Pacific Islands: Their Culture, Environment, and Use, Hōlualua, Hawaiʻi: Permanent Agriculture Resources, →ISBN, page 246

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Verb

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moli (transitive)

  1. to break off a small piece (from something)

Welsh

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Etymology

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From Proto-Brythonic *molọd, from Proto-Celtic *molātor, equivalent to mawl (“praise”) +‎ -i. Cognate with Irish mol (“to praise”).[1]

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Verb

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moli (first-person singular present molaf)

  1. (transitive) to praise, to extol, to laud, to eulogize
    Synonyms: clodfori, canmol

Conjugation

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Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future molaf moli mawl, mola molwn molwch molant molir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional 		molwn molit molai molem molech molent molid
preterite molais molaist molodd molasom molasoch molasant molwyd
pluperfect molaswn molasit molasai molasem molasech molasent molasid, molesid
present subjunctive molwyf molych molo molom moloch molont moler
imperative — mola moled molwn molwch molent moler
verbal noun moli
verbal adjectives moledig
moladwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future mola i, molaf i moli di molith o/e/hi, moliff e/hi molwn ni molwch chi molan nhw
conditional molwn i, molswn i molet ti, molset ti molai fo/fe/hi, molsai fo/fe/hi molen ni, molsen ni molech chi, molsech chi molen nhw, molsen nhw
preterite molais i, moles i molaist ti, molest ti molodd o/e/hi molon ni moloch chi molon nhw
imperative — mola — — molwch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Mutation

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Mutated forms of moli
radical soft nasal aspirate
moli foli unchanged unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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  1. ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “moli”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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