different between mutto vs motu

Italian

Adjective

mutto (feminine mutta, masculine plural mutti, feminine plural mutte)

1. Alternative form of muto

Pali

Alternative forms

Adjective

mutto

1. nominative singular masculine of mutta, which is past participle of muñcati (“to release”)

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