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English

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Noun

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moto (plural motos)

  1. One of a series of motocross or BMX races.
    • American Motorcyclist, Jan 1982:
      In fact, after the third of four motos, Hinkle had opened a comfortable lead toward the overall win, and perhaps he really didn't feel any pressure as he cruised home seventh in the final moto to lock up the crown.
  2. (In only some varieties of English) A motorcycle or moped.
    • 2019, Kevin Barry, Night Boat to Tangier, New York: Doubleday, →ISBN, pages 192–193:
      He stood in the evening on the street in the haze of rain-flecked light. The backfire of a fucked moto cracked like a gunshot, but he did not flinch from it.

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Verb

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moto (third-person singular simple present motos, present participle motoing, simple past and past participle motoed)

  1. To use or ride a moto (n.) (vehicle)
  2. Synonym of motor (v.) (ride a vehicle)

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Asturian

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Noun

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moto f (plural motos)

  1. motorcycle (open-seated motor-powered vehicle with two wheels)

Synonyms

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Clipping of motocicleta.

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Noun

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moto f (plural motos)

  1. bike (motorcycle)

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Chichewa

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Etymology

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From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jótò.

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Noun

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móto class 3

  1. fire

Chinese

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Etymology

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Irregular romanisation of  / (mou5 tou4, no image).

Pronunciation

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Interjection

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moto

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, Internet slang) used in situations where no image is provided in a post or thread

Czech

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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moto n

  1. motto

Declension

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This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Finnish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmoto/, [ˈmo̞t̪o̞]
  • Rhymes: -oto
  • Syllabification(key): mo‧to
  • Hyphenation(key): mo‧to

Etymology 1

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Possibly from muoto.

Noun

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moto (colloquial)

  1. synonym of face, especially as a place to hit in a fight
    Synonyms: turpa, kuono
Declension
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Inflection of moto (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative moto motot
genitive moton motojen
partitive motoa motoja
illative motoon motoihin
singular plural
nominative moto motot
accusative nom. moto motot
gen. moton
genitive moton motojen
partitive motoa motoja
inessive motossa motoissa
elative motosta motoista
illative motoon motoihin
adessive motolla motoilla
ablative motolta motoilta
allative motolle motoille
essive motona motoina
translative motoksi motoiksi
abessive mototta motoitta
instructive motoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of moto (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative motoni motoni
accusative nom. motoni motoni
gen. motoni
genitive motoni motojeni
partitive motoani motojani
inessive motossani motoissani
elative motostani motoistani
illative motooni motoihini
adessive motollani motoillani
ablative motoltani motoiltani
allative motolleni motoilleni
essive motonani motoinani
translative motokseni motoikseni
abessive motottani motoittani
instructive
comitative motoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative motosi motosi
accusative nom. motosi motosi
gen. motosi
genitive motosi motojesi
partitive motoasi motojasi
inessive motossasi motoissasi
elative motostasi motoistasi
illative motoosi motoihisi
adessive motollasi motoillasi
ablative motoltasi motoiltasi
allative motollesi motoillesi
essive motonasi motoinasi
translative motoksesi motoiksesi
abessive motottasi motoittasi
instructive
comitative motoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative motomme motomme
accusative nom. motomme motomme
gen. motomme
genitive motomme motojemme
partitive motoamme motojamme
inessive motossamme motoissamme
elative motostamme motoistamme
illative motoomme motoihimme
adessive motollamme motoillamme
ablative motoltamme motoiltamme
allative motollemme motoillemme
essive motonamme motoinamme
translative motoksemme motoiksemme
abessive motottamme motoittamme
instructive
comitative motoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative motonne motonne
accusative nom. motonne motonne
gen. motonne
genitive motonne motojenne
partitive motoanne motojanne
inessive motossanne motoissanne
elative motostanne motoistanne
illative motoonne motoihinne
adessive motollanne motoillanne
ablative motoltanne motoiltanne
allative motollenne motoillenne
essive motonanne motoinanne
translative motoksenne motoiksenne
abessive motottanne motoittanne
instructive
comitative motoinenne

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Etymology 2

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Syllabic abbreviation of monitoimikone

Noun

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moto (informal)

  1. (forestry) synonym of harvesteri (harvester)
Declension
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Inflection of moto (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative moto motot
genitive moton motojen
partitive motoa motoja
illative motoon motoihin
singular plural
nominative moto motot
accusative nom. moto motot
gen. moton
genitive moton motojen
partitive motoa motoja
inessive motossa motoissa
elative motosta motoista
illative motoon motoihin
adessive motolla motoilla
ablative motolta motoilta
allative motolle motoille
essive motona motoina
translative motoksi motoiksi
abessive mototta motoitta
instructive motoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of moto (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative motoni motoni
accusative nom. motoni motoni
gen. motoni
genitive motoni motojeni
partitive motoani motojani
inessive motossani motoissani
elative motostani motoistani
illative motooni motoihini
adessive motollani motoillani
ablative motoltani motoiltani
allative motolleni motoilleni
essive motonani motoinani
translative motokseni motoikseni
abessive motottani motoittani
instructive
comitative motoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative motosi motosi
accusative nom. motosi motosi
gen. motosi
genitive motosi motojesi
partitive motoasi motojasi
inessive motossasi motoissasi
elative motostasi motoistasi
illative motoosi motoihisi
adessive motollasi motoillasi
ablative motoltasi motoiltasi
allative motollesi motoillesi
essive motonasi motoinasi
translative motoksesi motoiksesi
abessive motottasi motoittasi
instructive
comitative motoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative motomme motomme
accusative nom. motomme motomme
gen. motomme
genitive motomme motojemme
partitive motoamme motojamme
inessive motossamme motoissamme
elative motostamme motoistamme
illative motoomme motoihimme
adessive motollamme motoillamme
ablative motoltamme motoiltamme
allative motollemme motoillemme
essive motonamme motoinamme
translative motoksemme motoiksemme
abessive motottamme motoittamme
instructive
comitative motoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative motonne motonne
accusative nom. motonne motonne
gen. motonne
genitive motonne motojenne
partitive motoanne motojanne
inessive motossanne motoissanne
elative motostanne motoistanne
illative motoonne motoihinne
adessive motollanne motoillanne
ablative motoltanne motoiltanne
allative motollenne motoillenne
essive motonanne motoinanne
translative motoksenne motoiksenne
abessive motottanne motoittanne
instructive
comitative motoinenne

French

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Etymology

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Shortened form of motocyclette

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /mɔ.to/
  • IPA(key): /mɔ.to/, /mo.to/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -o

Noun

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moto f (plural motos)

  1. bike, motorbike (motorcycle)

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Galician

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Etymology

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Clipping of motocicleta.

Noun

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moto f (plural motos)

  1. bike (motorcycle)

Ido

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Noun

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moto (plural moti)

  1. motto, saying, maxim

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmɔ.to/
  • Rhymes: -ɔto
  • Hyphenation: mò‧to

Etymology 1

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Shortened form of motocicletta.

Noun

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moto f (invariable)

  1. clipping of motocicletta; motorcycle

Etymology 2

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From Latin mōtus.

Noun

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moto m (plural moti)

  1. movement
  2. motion
  3. exercise
  4. uprising, revolt
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Japanese

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Romanization

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moto

  1. Rōmaji transcription of もと

Javanese

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Noun

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moto

  1. nonstandard spelling of mata

Latin

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Pronunciation

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Participle

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mōtō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of mōtus

Verb

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mōtō (present infinitive mōtāre, perfect active mōtāvī, supine mōtātum); first conjugation

  1. to set in motion
  2. to keep moving

Conjugation

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References

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  • moto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • moto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • moto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Lingala

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Etymology

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From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀ntʊ̀.

Noun

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moto class 1 (plural bato class 2)

  1. person, man, human

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Makonde

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jótò.

Noun

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moto class 3

  1. fire

Malay

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmoto/ [ˈmo.t̪o]
  • Hyphenation: mo‧to

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from English motto, from Italian motto (a word, a saying), from Latin muttum (a mutter, a grunt), late 16th c..

Noun

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moto (Jawi spelling موتو, plural moto-moto)

  1. motto, slogan[1]
    Synonyms: cogan, cogan kata, kata-kata keramat, kata-kata semboyan, slogan

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from English motor, from Middle English motour (controller, prime mover; God), from Latin mōtor (mover; that which moves something), from mōtō (I set in motion).

Noun

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moto (plural moto-moto)

  1. ellipsis of motosikal
  2. pronunciation spelling of motor

References

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  1. ^ "moto" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.

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Maori

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Etymology

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From Proto-Polynesian *moto (compare with Hawaiian moko, Tahitian moto, Tongan moto and momoto)[1][2]

Verb

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moto (passive motoa or motokia)

  1. to strike with the fist, to punch, to box
    Synonyms: meke, tuki

Noun

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moto

  1. hit or blow with the fist, punch
    Synonym: meke

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References

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  1. ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 254
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “moto.1”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559

Further reading

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  • moto” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Mpoto

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jótò.

Noun

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moto class 3

  1. fire

Mwani

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Etymology

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From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jótò.

Noun

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moto class 3

  1. fire

Mwera

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jótò.

Noun

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moto class 3

  1. fire

Nigerian Pidgin

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Etymology

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Ultimately from English motor; see Yoruba mọ́tò, Igbo moto, Hausa mota.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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moto

  1. car
    I see moto dem.
    I saw cars.

Norman

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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moto m (plural motos)

  1. (Guernsey, Jersey) car

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Nyungwe

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jótò.

Noun

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moto class 3

  1. fire

Portuguese

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Etymology 1

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Clipping of motocicleta.

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moto f (plural motos)

  1. motorcycle

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Latin mōtus.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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moto m (plural motos)

  1. movement, motion
  2. agitation, circulation, rotation
  3. shake

Etymology 3

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Alteration of mote;[1][2] compare also Italian motto.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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moto m (plural motos)

  1. (art) artist's signature
  2. (heraldry) motto

Etymology 4

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Borrowed from Ngungwel moto.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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moto m (plural motos)

  1. (Mozambique) fire; light

References

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  1. ^ moto”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032025
  2. ^ moto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 20082025

Sena

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jótò.

Noun

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moto class 3

  1. fire

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmoto/ [ˈmo.t̪o]
  • Rhymes: -oto
  • Syllabification: mo‧to

Etymology 1

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Clipping of motocicleta.

Noun

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moto f (plural motos)

  1. clipping of motocicleta; motorcycle
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Etymology 2

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From mojón.

Noun

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moto m (plural motos)

  1. milestone
    Synonym: hito

Further reading

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Swahili

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Swahili Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sw

Etymology

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From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jótò.

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Noun

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moto class III (plural mioto class IV)

  1. fire, flame
  2. energy, charge
  3. heat, temperature, warmth
  4. exertion, glowing
  5. zeal
  6. bruise, welts, marks

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Tahitian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Polynesian *moto (compare with Hawaiian moko, Maori moto)[1]

Verb

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moto

  1. to strike with the fist, to punch, to box

Noun

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moto

  1. boxing
    1. traditional Tahitian combat boxing[2]

References

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  1. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “moto.1”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559
  2. ^ Oliver, Douglas L. (2019) Ancient Tahitian Society, University of Hawaiʻi Press, →ISBN, page 381

Further reading

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Tiruray

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Noun

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moto

  1. (anatomy) eye

Tok Pisin

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Etymology

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From English motor.

Noun

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moto

  1. motor

Tumbuka

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Etymology

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From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jótò.

Noun

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moto class 3

  1. fire

Wutunhua

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Mandarin 摩托 (mótuō), from English motor.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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moto

  1. motorcycle
    • 2014, Wutun villagers, “Mani session 1”, in Interactive Inner Asia Project[3]:
      men she moto-ge yek-li-zhe.
      There is a motorcycle outside the door.
      (Transcriptions have been standardized per Wiktionary:Wutunhua entry guidelines.)

Yao

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Etymology

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From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jótò.

Noun

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moto class 3

  1. fire