motu
English
Etymology
From a descendant of Proto-Polynesian *motu.
Pronunciation
Noun
motu (plural motus)
See also
Anagrams
Finnish
Etymology
From Motu .
Pronunciation
Noun
motu
- Motu (language)
Declension
| 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
- compounds
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
Maori
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *motu (compare with Maori motu, Hawaiian moku) from Proto-Oceanic *motus (“broken off, detached”) (compare with Fijian yamotu), 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
See also
References
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), possibly from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ma-utus.
Noun
motu
References
Tahitian
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *motu (compare with Maori motu, Hawaiian moku) from Proto-Oceanic *motus (“broken off, detached”) (compare with Fijian yamotu), possibly from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ma-utus.
Noun
motu
References
Tongan
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *motu (compare with Maori motu, Hawaiian moku) from Proto-Oceanic *motus (“broken off, detached”) (compare with Fijian yamotu), possibly from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ma-utus.
Pronunciation
Noun
motu