• @mwproductions
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    177 months ago

    “Hua moa” is Hawaiian for “chicken egg.”

    • @RGB3x3
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      7 months ago

      If that’s true… It’s not a very apt name for it. Unless Hawaii has some mega chickens I don’t know about.

      • @mwproductions
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        87 months ago

        I mean, there certainly are a shit load of chickens around, but that’s a newer development.

        Hua can also mean fruit, so it’s possible it means “chicken fruit.” I’m not sure that makes any more sense, though.

      • @owenfromcanada
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        17 months ago

        Unless they mean it looks like an egg the size of a full-grown chicken.

        • @angrystego
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          27 months ago

          I’m sure they mean a Moa chicken.

          • ✺roguetrick✺
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            17 months ago

            I think the chicken came before new Zealand in this scenario. The Polynesian word for chicken is moa and they had chickens before the maori were hunting the big chickens.