motti

== English == === Etymology === From Finnish motti. === Noun === motti (plural mottis) (military) encirclement; pocket, siege, entrapment == Bruny Island == === Numeral === motti 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 Hyphenation(key): mot‧ti === Etymology 1 === Probably sound-symbolic ==== Noun ==== motti lump, swelling ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ==== Further reading ==== “1. motti”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023 === Etymology 2 === First attested in 1940. Multiple theories: Semantic shift from motti (etymology 1), as an analogy comparing a pocket of troops to a lump. This theory seems to be supported by contemporary sources; Captain Rikhard Kivilahti used mottipää (literally “lump-head”), a dialectal term for a tadpole, in January 1940 to refer to an enemy pocket (with a 'tail' stretching south on a road); just days later Captain Reino Merimaa used motti in reference to another dialectal sense for the head of a mallet or club (with the handle of it along a road). Both uses were therefore references to a shape. Semantic shift from motti (etymology 3), comparing a pocket to a stere of firewood to be chopped down. A reference to a particular enemy pocket, located on the site of what was initially planned to be a communications base named Motti. Soldiers would have referred to the place by this name, since it would have been a reference all relevant personnel understood at the time, and over time, it became a generic term. ==== Noun ==== motti (military) encirclement; pocket, siege, entrapment ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ==== Further reading ==== “1. motti”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[4] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023 === Etymology 3 === Borrowed from Swedish mått. ==== Noun ==== motti a stere; a (stacked) cubic metre of firewood. ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ==== Further reading ==== “2. motti”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[5] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023 === Etymology 4 === A shortened slang form of moottori. ==== Noun ==== motti (colloquial) motor, engine Synonym: moottori ===== Declension ===== ==== Further reading ==== “3. motti”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[6] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023 === Etymology 5 === Possibly from motti (etymology 1). ==== Noun ==== motti (slang) face, mug ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== === References === === Anagrams === motit == Italian == === Noun === motti m plural of motto