Apr. 25th, 2012

moai

Apr. 25th, 2012 07:30 am
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moai (MOH-ai) - n., any of the 887 large carved stone figures on Easter Island.


Wikipedia has more. Plural identical. Name borrowed from Rupa Nui, the Polynesian language of Easter Island. As well it ought to have.

---L.
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