motu
See also: Motu
English
Etymology
From a descendant of Proto-Polynesian *motu.
Pronunciation
Noun
motu (plural motus)
See also
etymologically unrelated terms containing the word "motu"
Anagrams
Finnish
Etymology
From Motu [Term?].
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmotu/, [ˈmo̞t̪u]
- Rhymes: -otu
- Syllabification(key): mo‧tu
- Hyphenation(key): mo‧tu
Noun
motu
- Motu (language)
Declension
| Inflection of motu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | motu | — | |
| genitive | motun | — | |
| partitive | motua | — | |
| illative | motuun | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | motu | — | |
| accusative | nom. | motu | — |
| gen. | motun | ||
| genitive | motun | — | |
| partitive | motua | — | |
| inessive | motussa | — | |
| elative | motusta | — | |
| illative | motuun | — | |
| adessive | motulla | — | |
| ablative | motulta | — | |
| allative | motulle | — | |
| essive | motuna | — | |
| translative | motuksi | — | |
| abessive | motutta | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Derived terms
- compounds
- hiri-motu
Anagrams
Isubu
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀ntʊ̀.
Noun
motu m (plural batu)
- a man, an adult male
References
- Joseph Merrick, Alfred Saker, A Grammar of the Isubu Tongue (1852)
Latin
Noun
mōtū m
- ablative singular of mōtus (“movement, motion”)
Maori
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *motu (compare with Hawaiian moku)[1] from Proto-Oceanic *motus (“broken off, detached”) (compare with Fijian yamotu),[2] possibly from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ma-utus.
Noun
motu
Verb
motu
- to sever, cut, cut off, set free, separate
- to be separated, moved to a distance - especially in the phrase motu ki te ara
- to be set free, escape
- (stative) to be cut, severed
Descendants
- Maori: mou
See also
References
- ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, pages 254-5
- ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “motu.b”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559
Further reading
- “motu” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.
Niuean
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *motu.
Noun
motu
Rapa Nui
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *motu (compare with Maori motu, Hawaiian moku) from Proto-Oceanic *motus (“broken off, detached”) (compare with Fijian yamotu),[1] possibly from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ma-utus.
Noun
motu
References
- ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “motu.b”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559
Tahitian
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *motu (compare with Maori motu, Hawaiian moku) from Proto-Oceanic *motus (“broken off, detached”) (compare with Fijian yamotu),[1] possibly from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ma-utus.
Noun
motu
References
- ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “motu.b”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559
Tonga (Malawi)
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jótò.
Noun
motu class 3
Tongan
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *motu (compare with Maori motu, Hawaiian moku) from Proto-Oceanic *motus (“broken off, detached”) (compare with Fijian yamotu),[1] possibly from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ma-utus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mo.tu/
Noun
motu
Related terms
References
- ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “motu.b”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559