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• Moki
  Moki

  noun

  Hopi.
• moki
  moki

  noun

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

Moki

American  

[moh-kee] / ˈmoʊ ki /

Or Moqui

noun

plural

Mokis,

plural

Moki

1. Hopi.

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moki British  

/ ˈməʊkɪ /

noun

1. 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

It starts with my mother, Moki Cherry, on tamboura droning away and Charlie Haden’s sublime bass; this goes on for several minutes.

From New York Times • Mar. 6, 2024

Don and Moki hosted improvised performances in an old schoolhouse they lived in.

From New York Times • Mar. 6, 2024

Ms Moki tries to deter the elephants with bright lights and loud noises and has developed several improvised techniques to prevent them from raiding her crops.

From BBC • May 12, 2023

"If an elephant hurts, injures or kills me, my family will suffer," Ms Moki says.

From BBC • May 12, 2023

And as she speaks, come up the stone stairs from the room below, her father and brother, amazed to know why a woman should be traveling alone through Hopi and Moki and Navajo Land.

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