motti

See also: Motti and mötti

English

Etymology

From Finnish motti.

Noun

motti (plural mottis)

  1. (military) encirclement; pocket, siege, entrapment

Bruny Island

Numeral

motti

  1. one

Further reading
  • Norman James Brian Plomley, A Word-list of the Tasmanian Languages (1976), page 38
  • Michael Walsh, Colin Yallop, Language and Culture in Aboriginal Australia (1993), page 59

Finnish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmotːi/, [ˈmo̞t̪ːi]
  • Rhymes: -otːi
  • Syllabification(key): mot‧ti

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Swedish mått.

Noun

motti

  1. a stere; a cubic metre of firewood.

Etymology 2

Probably sound-symbolic[1]

Noun

motti

  1. lump, swelling

Etymology 3

A semantic shift either from etymology 2, as an analogy comparing a pocket of troops to a lump,[1] or etymology 1, comparing a pocket to a stere of firewood to be chopped down.[2] First attested in 1940.

Noun

motti

  1. (military) encirclement; pocket, siege, entrapment
Derived terms

Etymology 4

From moottori.

Noun

motti

  1. (colloquial) motor, engine
    Synonym: moottori

Declension
Inflection of motti (Kotus type 5*C/risti, tt-t gradation)
nominative motti motit
genitive motin mottien
partitive mottia motteja
illative mottiin motteihin
singular plural
nominative motti motit
accusative nom. motti motit
gen. motin
genitive motin mottien
partitive mottia motteja
inessive motissa moteissa
elative motista moteista
illative mottiin motteihin
adessive motilla moteilla
ablative motilta moteilta
allative motille moteille
essive mottina motteina
translative motiksi moteiksi
instructive — motein
abessive motitta moteitta
comitative — motteineen
Possessive forms of motti (type risti)
possessor singular plural
1st person mottini mottimme
2nd person mottisi mottinne
3rd person mottinsa

References
  1. Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000) Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎ (in Finnish), [note: linked online version also includes some other etymological sources], Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
  2. Kotimaisten kielten keskus: Sanojen alkuperästä: Motti

Anagrams

Italian

Noun

motti m

  1. plural of motto
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