mooi
/mɔɪ/(also moi, mooy, moy) South African informal
adjective
Pretty; good; nice.
- Formerly used by writers to suggest the speech of Afrikaners, mooi is now commonly used in colloquial South African English..
exclamation
Expressing pleasure or approval: ‘wonderful!’, ‘great!’.
Origin
Mid 19th century. From South African Dutch mooi (Afrikaans mooi) from Dutch mooi handsome, pretty.