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The word {{tp|moku}} is derived from {{w|Japanese language|Japanese}} {{lang|ja|モグモグ}} (''{{lang|ja-Latn|mogumogu}}''), an [[w:Onomatopoeia|onomatopoeic]] word meaning "chewing".<ref>{{cite etym}}</ref>

The [[semantic space]] of {{tp|moku}} includes consumption, such as eating or drinking, as well as via other {{w|Route of administration|routes of administration}}.<ref name="alison2023a"/><ref name="alison2023b"/> It also includes food itself, substances fit for consumption.

The word {{tp|moku}} implies the presense of a fuel or a similar resource. For example, learning may be expressed metaphorically as "to consume knowledge". {{tp|moku}} also often implies the depletion of the [[direct object]], like how English frames corrosion and erosion as "eating away at" or "through".

When used as an [[intransitive verb]], {{tp|moku}} may mean both "to consume" and "to be food". One strategy to combat ambiguity in this case is adding a [[direct object]]. However, according to the {{tp|[[monsutatesu]]}}, this may be ambiguous in a different manner, as it could mean both "to consume" and "to feed".

The {{tp|[[sitelen pona]]}} glyph for {{tp|moku}} ({{UCSUR char|{{codepoint|moku}}}}) is derived from the mouth and hand [[radical]]s. These may be drawn either connected or separated.