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Definition of Motu in English: Motunoun ˈməʊtuː 1A member of a Melanesian people of Papua New Guinea inhabiting the area around Port Moresby. Example sentencesExamples - Maintaining the distinctiveness of their culture in the face of urbanization and modernization is a challenge for the present-day Motu.
- The Motu inhabit a region which now includes the capital city, Port Moresby, and the Hula live about 110 kilometres to the east.
- Some Motu also speak Tok Pisin (an English-based pidgin language) and English.
- The Hula and the Motu are only two of many Melanesian societies that have been Christianised for more than a century and we have seen here the problematic engagement of Christianity in the matters of history and tradition.
- The battle was to avenge the death of Kevau Dagora's father, who died in a massacre by the Lakwaharn at Taurama, the ancestral village of the Western Motu.
2mass noun The language of the Motu, the base of a pidgin known as Hiri Motu or (formerly) Police Motu, widely used as a lingua franca for administrative purposes.
adjective ˈməʊtuː Relating to the Motu or their language. Example sentencesExamples - For example, adult Pari villagers politicise language, like most other Motu villages.
- The choice of language for Motu greetings is the most important aspect of an interaction.
- The Christian Gospels were translated into the Motu language by 1885.
- Although it is identified as a Motu village, it contains a significant number of Koitabu people.
- Nor are generalities about the engagement with Christianity within one or the other group, as individual Motu and Hula villages have unique histories.
- Christianity is unreflectively experienced as part of the village's identity, a resource defending Motu integrity against a threatening alien sociality.
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