different between motu vs boku

English

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Borrowed from a Polynesian language?”)

Noun

motu (plural motus)

1. A reef islet formed by broken coral and sand, surrounding an atoll.

Anagrams

• MOUT, Muto, toum

Finnish

Noun

motu

1. Motu (language)

Declension

Compounds

• hiri-motu

Anagrams

• tomu

Isubu

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *m??nt??.

Noun

motu m (plural batu)

1. a man, an adult male

References

• Joseph Merrick, Alfred Saker, A Grammar of the Isubu Tongue (1852)

Latin

Noun

m?t?

1. ablative singular of m?tus

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *motu.

Noun

motu

1. island, country, land, nation, clump of trees, ship - anything separated or isolated
2. cut, wound

Verb

motu

1. to sever, cut, cut off, set free, separate
2. to be separated, moved to a distance - especially in the phrase motu ki te ara
3. to be set free, escape
4. (stative) to be cut, severed

References

• “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

1. island

Rapa Nui

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *motu

Noun

motu

1. island (usually a small islet)

Tahitian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *motu

Noun

motu

1. island

Tongan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *motu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mo.tu/

Noun

motu

1. island

Related terms

• otu

English

Noun

boku (plural not attested)

1. Alternative spelling of beaucoup (lots, a large amount)

Adverb

boku (comparative more boku, superlative most boku)

1. Alternative spelling of beaucoup (lots of)

Determiner

boku

1. Alternative spelling of beaucoup (many many many)

Anagrams

• Kubo, bouk, buko

Cia-Cia

Etymology

From Dutch boek.

Noun

boku (Hangul spelling ??)

1. book

Japanese

Romanization

boku

1. R?maji transcription of ??

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

• boce

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?b?ku]

Noun

boku

1. locative singular of bok

Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

From French beaucoup.

Noun

boku

1. a lot

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

bòku f (definite singular bòko, indefinite plural bòkur, definite plural bòkune)

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 1917; superseded by boke f

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?.ku/

Noun

boku

1. genitive singular of bok
2. locative singular of bok
3. vocative singular of bok

Turkish

Noun

boku

1. accusative singular of bok
2. third-person singular possessive of bok