Moki

American

[moh-kee] / ˈmoʊ ki /

Or Moqui

noun

Hopi.

moki British

/ ˈməʊkɪ /

noun

either of two edible sea fish of New Zealand, the blue cod ( Percis colias ) or the bastard trumpeter ( Latridopsis ciliaris )

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Etymology

Origin of moki

Māori

Example Sentences

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While in Europe, he met Albert Ayler, whom he’d later record with, and Moki Karlsson, his future wife.

From New York Times • Mar. 6, 2024

Ms Moki says elephants come every day from the nearby Tsavo national park, one of the world's largest game sanctuaries, home to about 15,000 of the mammals.

From BBC • May 12, 2023

Ms Moki explains that they often leave nothing behind.

From BBC • May 12, 2023

Last year, Brooklyn’s nonprofit Blank Forms gallery highlighted the atmospheric collaboration of experimental trumpeter Don Cherry and textile artist Moki Cherry, which defied genres and fully encapsulated their married lives.

From Washington Post • Dec. 8, 2022

On top of the world—a Moki city on a Mesa in the Painted Desert.

From Through Our Unknown Southwest by Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina)

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