motu
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From a descendant of Proto-Polynesian *motu.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
motu (plural motus)
See also[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Motu [Term?].
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
motu
- Motu (language)
Declension[edit]
Inflection of motu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
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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[edit]
- compounds
Anagrams[edit]
Isubu[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀ntʊ̀.
Noun[edit]
motu m (plural batu)
- a man, an adult male
References[edit]
- Joseph Merrick, Alfred Saker, A Grammar of the Isubu Tongue (1852)
Latin[edit]
Noun[edit]
mōtū m
Maori[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Polynesian *motu (compare with Maori motu, Hawaiian moku)[1] from Proto-Oceanic *motus (“broken off, detached”) (compare with Fijian yamotu),[2] possibly from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ma-utus.
Noun[edit]
motu
Verb[edit]
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
See also[edit]
References[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “motu” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.
Niuean[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Polynesian *motu.
Noun[edit]
motu
Rapa Nui[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
motu
References[edit]
Tahitian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
motu
References[edit]
Tongan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
Noun[edit]
motu
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- English terms derived from Proto-Polynesian
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- Finnish terms derived from Motu
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/otu
- Rhymes:Finnish/otu/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish valo-type nominals
- Finnish uncountable nouns
- fi:Languages
- Isubu terms inherited from Proto-Bantu
- Isubu terms derived from Proto-Bantu
- Isubu lemmas
- Isubu nouns
- Isubu masculine nouns
- Latin non-lemma forms
- Latin noun forms
- Maori terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian
- Maori terms derived from Proto-Polynesian
- Tongan terms inherited from Proto-Oceanic
- Tongan terms derived from Proto-Oceanic
- Tongan terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Tongan terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Maori lemmas
- Maori nouns
- Maori verbs
- Maori stative verbs
- mi:Earth
- mi:Geography
- Niuean terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian
- Niuean terms derived from Proto-Polynesian
- Niuean lemmas
- Niuean nouns
- Rapa Nui terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian
- Rapa Nui terms derived from Proto-Polynesian
- Rapa Nui terms inherited from Proto-Oceanic
- Rapa Nui terms derived from Proto-Oceanic
- Rapa Nui terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Rapa Nui terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Rapa Nui lemmas
- Rapa Nui nouns
- Tahitian terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian
- Tahitian terms derived from Proto-Polynesian
- Tahitian terms inherited from Proto-Oceanic
- Tahitian terms derived from Proto-Oceanic
- Tahitian terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Tahitian terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Tahitian lemmas
- Tahitian nouns
- Tongan terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian
- Tongan terms derived from Proto-Polynesian
- Tongan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Tongan lemmas
- Tongan nouns