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English

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An electric motor.

Etymology

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From Middle English motour (“controller, prime mover; God”), from Latin mōtor (“mover; that which moves something”), from mōtō (“to set in motion”).

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motor (plural motors)

  1. A machine or device that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy, or imparts motion.
  3. (now colloquial outside attributive use) A motor car, or automobile, sometimes extended to other powered vehicles, such as goods vehicles.
    Nice motor!
    Motor insurance is expensive for youngsters. (attributive use)
    • 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “His Own People”, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC, page 6:
      It was flood-tide along Fifth Avenue; motor, brougham, and victoria swept by on the glittering current; pretty women glanced out from limousine and tonneau; young men of his own type, silk-hatted, frock-coated, the crooks of their walking sticks tucked up under their left arms, passed on the Park side.
    • 1918, Edith Wharton, chapter I, in The Marne, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC, page 1:
      Every since the age of six Troy Belknap of New York had embarked for Europe every June on the fastest steamer of one of the most expensive lines. With his family he had descended at the dock from a large noiseless motor, had kissed his father good-bye, turned back to shake hands with the chauffeur (a particular friend), and trotted up the gang-plank behind his mother's maid, [...]
    • 1929, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, When the World Screamed‎[1]:
      'However, you go and try your luck and see how you like it.' With that he flung himself into his motor and was off.
    • 1936, F.J. Thwaites, chapter XXII, in The Redemption, Sydney: H. John Edwards, published 1940, page 214:
      The screeching of brakes, the monotonous blare of motor horns, the clip-clip of shoes on slippery pavements, the rustling of wet mackintoshes were all part of the great metropolis.
    • 1944 November and December, T. F. Cameron, “Motor and Cartage Working”, in Railway Magazine, page 338:
      Goods motors for which "A" licences are held are free to operate anywhere, to pick up the most remunerative traffic, and the points between which the best back loads are available.
  4. (figuratively) A source of power for something; an inspiration; a driving force.
  5. Any protein capable of converting chemical energy into mechanical work.
  6. (Christianity, archaic, poetic) The controller or prime mover of the universe; God.
  7. (prison slang) The fermenting mass of fruit that is the basis of pruno, or "prison wine".
    Synonym: kicker

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motor (not comparable)

  1. (biology) Relating to the ability to move.
    She has excellent motor skills.
  2. (nautical) Propelled by an internal combustion engine (as opposed to a steam engine or turbine).
    • 1915 June, “Many Yachts to Go in Commission”, in The American Marine Engineer:
      A motor yacht for its size has about 30 per cent more accommodations than a steamer of the same size.

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motor (third-person singular simple present motors, present participle motoring, simple past and past participle motored)

  1. (dated) To make a journey by motor vehicle; to drive.
    Synonym: moto
    On Saturday we motored down to Plymouth.
    • 1944 November and December, T. F. Cameron, “Motor and Cartage Working”, in Railway Magazine, pages 336–337:
      The practice used to be for such consignments to be loaded as tranships to the large centre, but this involved rather slow transits, and to a considerable extent these consignments are now motored to the large centre, and in the average case the transit is improved by a day.
    • 1946 April 22, Bobby Troup, “(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66”, in New Juke Box Hits, performed by Chuck Berry, published March 1961, side 2, track 2:
      Well, if you ever plan to motor west / Jack, take my way, it's the highway that's the best / Get your kicks on Route 66
  2. (transitive, aviation) To rotate a jet engine or turboprop using the engine's starter, without introducing fuel into the engine.
    During startup, the engine should be motored for 20 to 30 seconds to allow the shafts to straighten out, as they may have become bowed under their own weight while the airplane was sitting on the ground.
  3. (informal, figurative) To progress at a brisk pace.
    Sales were slow at first, but now things are really motoring.
    • 2023 November 15, Ian Prosser talks to Stefanie Foster, “A healthy person is a more productive person”, in RAIL, number 996, page 34:
      More recently, ORR has been developing its knowledge and skills in cyber and digital security. Prosser says this is really "motoring".
  4. (slang) To leave.
    I gotta motor.

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Afrikaans

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English motor, compare motor car, from Latin mōtor.[1]

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motor (plural motors, diminutive motortjie)

  1. car, automobile
    Synonym: kar
  2. engine, motor

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  1. ^ G.J. van Wyk, Etimologiewoordeboek van Afrikaans, 2003, Stellenbosch.

Albanian

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Etymology

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Either from English motor or German Motor.

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  • IPA(key): /moˈtoɾ/, [mɔˈtɔɾ]

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motor m (plural motorë, definite motori, definite plural motorët)

  1. motor, engine
  2. (colloquial) motorcycle
    Synonym: motoçikletë
  3. (figurative) driving force

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Declension of motor
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative motor motori motorë motorët
accusative motorin
dative motori motorit motorëve motorëve
ablative motorësh

Asturian

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motor m (plural motores)

  1. engine, motor (mechanical device)

Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin mōtōrem.

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motor (feminine motora, masculine plural motors, feminine plural motores) or motor (feminine motriu, masculine plural motors, feminine plural motrius)

  1. motor

Noun

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motor m (plural motors)

  1. motor

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Cebuano

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /moˈtoɾ/ [moˈt̪oɾ̪]
  • Hyphenation: mo‧tor

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Spanish motor.

Noun

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motór

  1. motor; engine

Etymology 2

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Noun

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motór

  1. clipping of motorsiklo

Crimean Tatar

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Other scripts
Cyrillic мотор
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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: mo‧tor

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motor

  1. engine, motor

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Declension of motor
singular plural
nominative motor motorlar
genitive motornıñ motorlarnıñ
dative motorğa motorlarğa
accusative motornı motorlarnı
locative motorda motorlarda
ablative motordan motorlardan

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Czech

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motor m inan

  1. engine, motor

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Declension of motor (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative motor motory
genitive motoru motorů
dative motoru motorům
accusative motor motory
vocative motore motory
locative motoru motorech
instrumental motorem motory

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Danish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /moːtɔr/, [ˈmoːtˢɒ]

Noun

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motor c (singular definite motoren, plural indefinite motorer)

  1. motor, engine

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Declension of motor
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative motor motoren motorer motorerne
genitive motors motorens motorers motorernes

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English motor, from Latin motor. In the sense “motorbike” motor was originally short for motorrijwiel or motorfiets.

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motor m (plural motoren or motors, diminutive motortje n)

  1. engine (mechanical device)
  2. motorbike
    Synonyms: motorfiets, motorrijwiel

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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From English motor or German Motor, from Latin mōtor, mōtō (“to set in motion”).[1]

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  • IPA(key): [ˈmotor]
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  • Hyphenation: mo‧tor
  • Rhymes: -or

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motor (plural motorok)

  1. engine, motor (a machine or device that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy, or imparts motion; the part of a car or other vehicle which provides the force for motion)
  2. (figurative) powerhouse (any source of power, energy or strength)
  3. motorbike, motorcycle (an open-seated motor vehicle with handlebars instead of a steering wheel, and having two (or sometimes three) wheels)
    Synonyms: motorbicikli, motorkerékpár

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Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative motor motorok
accusative motort motorokat
dative motornak motoroknak
instrumental motorral motorokkal
causal-final motorért motorokért
translative motorrá motorokká
terminative motorig motorokig
essive-formal motorként motorokként
essive-modal — —
inessive motorban motorokban
superessive motoron motorokon
adessive motornál motoroknál
illative motorba motorokba
sublative motorra motorokra
allative motorhoz motorokhoz
elative motorból motorokból
delative motorról motorokról
ablative motortól motoroktól
non-attributive
possessive – singular 		motoré motoroké
non-attributive
possessive – plural 		motoréi motorokéi
Possessive forms of motor
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. motorom motorjaim
2nd person sing. motorod motorjaid
3rd person sing. motorja motorjai
1st person plural motorunk motorjaink
2nd person plural motorotok motorjaitok
3rd person plural motorjuk motorjaik

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References

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  1. ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

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  • motor in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Indonesian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Dutch motor, from English motor, from Latin motor. In the sense “motorbike” or "motorcycle", motor was originally short for motorrijwiel or motorfiets.

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motor (plural motor-motor)

  1. engine
    Synonyms: enjin, mesin
  2. (informal) ellipsis of sepeda motor (“motorcycle”)
  3. (figuratively) important person in organization

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Interlingua

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motor (plural motores)

  1. motor

Latin

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Etymology

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    From moveō (“to move”) +‎ -tor (“-er”).

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    mōtor m (genitive mōtōris); third declension

    1. mover; that which moves something

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    Third-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative mōtor mōtōrēs
    genitive mōtōris mōtōrum
    dative mōtōrī mōtōribus
    accusative mōtōrem mōtōrēs
    ablative mōtōre mōtōribus
    vocative mōtor mōtōrēs

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    mōtor

    1. first-person singular present passive indicative of mōtō

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    • “motor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “motor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

    Norwegian Bokmål

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    motor m (definite singular motoren, indefinite plural motorer, definite plural motorene)

    1. engine, motor

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    Norwegian Nynorsk

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    motor m (definite singular motoren, indefinite plural motorar, definite plural motorane)

    1. engine, motor

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    Polish

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    Learned borrowing from Latin mōtor.

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    motor m inan (diminutive motorek)

    1. (colloquial) motorcycle
      Synonyms: (archaic) autocykl, motocykl
    2. engine
      Synonym: silnik

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    Declension of motor
    singular plural
    nominative motor motory
    genitive motoru motorów
    dative motorowi motorom
    accusative motor motory
    instrumental motorem motorami
    locative motorze motorach
    vocative motorze motory

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    adjective
    noun

    Further reading

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    • motor in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
    • motor in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from French moteur, from Latin mōtōrem.

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    motor (feminine motora, masculine plural motores, feminine plural motoras)

    1. motive

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    motor m (plural motores)

    1. motor
    2. engine

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    Romanian

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from French moteur.

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    • IPA(key): /moˈtor/
    • Audio:(file)
    • Rhymes: -or
    • Hyphenation: mo‧tor

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    motor n (plural motoare)

    1. engine
    2. (colloquial) motorcycle

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    singular plural
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    nominative-accusative motor motorul motoare motoarele
    genitive-dative motor motorului motoare motoarelor
    vocative motorule motoarelor
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    Serbo-Croatian

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    Etymology

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    From Latin motor.

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    mòtōr m inan (Cyrillic spelling мо̀то̄р)

    1. engine, motor
    2. (colloquial) motorcycle

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    Declension of motor
    singular plural
    nominative mòtōr motori
    genitive motóra motora
    dative motoru motorima
    accusative motor motore
    vocative motoru / motore motori
    locative motoru motorima
    instrumental motorom motorima

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    mọ̑tor m inan

    1. engine

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    Unknown tone or non-tonal
    		 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
    Masculine inan., soft o-stem
    nom. sing. mótor
    gen. sing. mótorja
    singular dual plural
    nominative
    (imenovȃlnik)     		mótor mótorja mótorji
    genitive
    (rodȋlnik)     		mótorja mótorjev mótorjev
    dative
    (dajȃlnik)     		mótorju mótorjema mótorjem
    accusative
    (tožȋlnik)     		mótor mótorja mótorje
    locative
    (mẹ̑stnik)     		mótorju mótorjih mótorjih
    instrumental
    (orọ̑dnik)     		mótorjem mótorjema mótorji

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    From Latin motor.

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    motor (feminine motora, masculine plural motores, feminine plural motoras)

    1. moving
      • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 14:
        debilidad de los miembros motores
        (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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    motor m (plural motores)

    1. motor (mechanical device)
    2. (mechanics) engine
    3. (figuratively) driving force, driver, mover
    4. (figuratively) powerhouse
    5. (computing) backend, back end

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    motor c

    1. engine, motor

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    Declension of motor
    nominative genitive
    singular indefinite motor motors
    definite motorn motorns
    plural indefinite motorer motorers
    definite motorerna motorernas

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    Tagalog

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    Borrowed from Spanish motor.

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    motór (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜆᜓᜇ᜔)

    1. motor; engine
      Synonym: makina
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    motór (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜆᜓᜇ᜔)

    1. clipping of motorsiklo

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    • “motor”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
    • “motor”, in Pinoy Dictionary, 2010–2026.

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    From French moteur m, from Latin mōtor m (“mover”).

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    • IPA(key): /moˈtoɾ/
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    • Hyphenation: mo‧tor

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    motor (definite accusative motoru, plural motorlar)

    1. engine (mechanical device)
    2. motorboat
      Synonym: motorbot
    3. (colloquial) a motorcycle

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    Declension of motor
    singular plural
    nominative motor motorlar
    definite accusative motoru motorları
    dative motora motorlara
    locative motorda motorlarda
    ablative motordan motorlardan
    genitive motorun motorların
    Possessive forms
    nominative
    singular plural
    1st singular motorum motorlarım
    2nd singular motorun motorların
    3rd singular motoru motorları
    1st plural motorumuz motorlarımız
    2nd plural motorunuz motorlarınız
    3rd plural motorları motorları
    definite accusative
    singular plural
    1st singular motorumu motorlarımı
    2nd singular motorunu motorlarını
    3rd singular motorunu motorlarını
    1st plural motorumuzu motorlarımızı
    2nd plural motorunuzu motorlarınızı
    3rd plural motorlarını motorlarını
    dative
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    1st singular motoruma motorlarıma
    2nd singular motoruna motorlarına
    3rd singular motoruna motorlarına
    1st plural motorumuza motorlarımıza
    2nd plural motorunuza motorlarınıza
    3rd plural motorlarına motorlarına
    locative
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    1st singular motorumda motorlarımda
    2nd singular motorunda motorlarında
    3rd singular motorunda motorlarında
    1st plural motorumuzda motorlarımızda
    2nd plural motorunuzda motorlarınızda
    3rd plural motorlarında motorlarında
    ablative
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    1st singular motorumdan motorlarımdan
    2nd singular motorundan motorlarından
    3rd singular motorundan motorlarından
    1st plural motorumuzdan motorlarımızdan
    2nd plural motorunuzdan motorlarınızdan
    3rd plural motorlarından motorlarından
    genitive
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    1st singular motorumun motorlarımın
    2nd singular motorunun motorlarının
    3rd singular motorunun motorlarının
    1st plural motorumuzun motorlarımızın
    2nd plural motorunuzun motorlarınızın
    3rd plural motorlarının motorlarının

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    Etymology

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    Compare Italian motore

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    motor m (plural motori) or motor m (plural moturi)

    1. motor, engine

    West Makian

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    Possibly a shortening of Dutch motorboot (“motorboat”).

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    motor

    1. motorboat

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    • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982), The Makian languages and their neighbours‎[2], Pacific linguistics
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