Motan.

Brit.

/ˈməʊtə/, U.S.

/ˈmoʊdə/

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Mota.

Etymology: < Mota, the name of an island in the South Pacific forming part of the republic of Vanuatu, where the language originated.

An Austronesian language spoken on Mota, formerly used as a lingua franca in some parts of the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.Recorded earliest in attributive use.

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the mind > language > languages of the world > Austric > [noun] > Austronesian > Polynesian > Polynesian languages

Maori1828

Rarotongan1835

Samoan1846

Mota1865

Niue1885

Tongan1897

Niuean1899

Marquesan1919

Palauan1953

Pascuense1953

te reo1958

Cook Islands Maori1963

te reo Maori1987

1865 J. C. Patteson Let. in C. M. Yonge Life J. C. Patteson (1874) II. ix. 137 The Gospel of St. Luke has been printed in the Mota language.

1891 R. H. Codrington Melanesians xv. 250 The use of the word atai in Mota seems..to have been to signify something peculiarly and intimately connected with a person and sacred to him.

1962 Current Anthropol. 3 382/2 The best-known of these languages is Mota, which was for many years the lingua franca of the Melanesian mission.

1972 E. A. Nida Bk. 1000 Tongues 306 Melanesian languages..are classed in three general groups, of which Mota.., Lakona.., and Pak..are representative.

1989 Encycl. Brit. VII. 1027/1 Mota, a widely used lingua franca and literary language of the Melanesian Mission in northern Melanesia in the 19th century.

1991 Lang. in Society 20 540 Of the 13 Anglican terms, 11 are wholly Kwara'ae and 2 are borrowings, from Mota and Fijian, respectively.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mota
释义	Motan. Brit. /ˈməʊtə/, U.S. /ˈmoʊdə/ Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Mota. Etymology: < Mota, the name of an island in the South Pacific forming part of the republic of Vanuatu, where the language originated. An Austronesian language spoken on Mota, formerly used as a lingua franca in some parts of the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.Recorded earliest in attributive use. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Austric > [noun] > Austronesian > Polynesian > Polynesian languages Maori1828 Rarotongan1835 Samoan1846 Mota1865 Niue1885 Tongan1897 Niuean1899 Marquesan1919 Palauan1953 Pascuense1953 te reo1958 Cook Islands Maori1963 te reo Maori1987 1865 J. C. Patteson Let. in C. M. Yonge Life J. C. Patteson (1874) II. ix. 137 The Gospel of St. Luke has been printed in the Mota language. 1891 R. H. Codrington Melanesians xv. 250 The use of the word atai in Mota seems..to have been to signify something peculiarly and intimately connected with a person and sacred to him. 1962 Current Anthropol. 3 382/2 The best-known of these languages is Mota, which was for many years the lingua franca of the Melanesian mission. 1972 E. A. Nida Bk. 1000 Tongues 306 Melanesian languages..are classed in three general groups, of which Mota.., Lakona.., and Pak..are representative. 1989 Encycl. Brit. VII. 1027/1 Mota, a widely used lingua franca and literary language of the Melanesian Mission in northern Melanesia in the 19th century. 1991 Lang. in Society 20 540 Of the 13 Anglican terms, 11 are wholly Kwara'ae and 2 are borrowings, from Mota and Fijian, respectively. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1865
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