moloi
/məˈlɔɪ/noun
moloi is a noun meaning “A magician, witch, wizard, or other magic-user, especially in traditional tribal society” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled M-O-L-O-I and has 2 syllables, and it appears about once in every 42 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of moloi is molois or baloi.
What does moloi mean?
noun
- 1
A magician, witch, wizard, or other magic-user, especially in traditional tribal society.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce moloi?
- UK /məˈlɔɪ/
- /mɔˈlɔɪ/
- /məˈlɔɪ/
Moloi has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of moloi
- molois plural
- baloi plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is moloi?
Moloi appears about once in every 42 million words in written English, the 199,120th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does moloi come from?
Borrowed from Tswana moloi, from loa (“to enchant”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).