Entry record from Mead (1998a): Proto-Bungku-Tolaki
Page number: 454
*moa°
• air; atmosphere; outside; empty.
Note: KUL: laamoa ‘atmosphere’; TAL, MEN: moa ‘outside’; KOR, BNG, BAH, TOM: lahumoa ‘sky’; TOL (Muthalib, Alimuddin, Chalik, et al. 1985:63): lamoa ‘atmosphere’ «cakerawala». The meaning ‘empty’ is attested in these forms: MRN (Muthalib, Pattiasina, et al. 1983:13, 128): woa (w unexplained); BNGₕ: momoa; WAWₕ (Manyambeang, Mahmoed, et al. 1982:118) moa; MRBₕ: mooa; TOLₕ, MEKₕ: moa. Compare also Padoe (Lara, Larobu, et al. 1991:55): pemoa ‘window opening’.