"motta" meaning in Sicilian

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmɔt.ta/ Forms: motti [plural]
Etymology: Possibly through Old French mote (“mound”), ultimately from Medieval Latin mota (“a mound, hill”), of Germanic origin, perhaps via Frankish *mot, *motta (“mud, peat, bog, turf”), from Proto-Germanic *mutô, *mudraz, *muþraz (“dirt, filth, mud, swamp”). Etymology templates: {{bor|scn|fro|mote||mound}} Old French mote (“mound”), {{der|scn|ML.|mota||a mound, hill}} Medieval Latin mota (“a mound, hill”), {{der|fr|gem|-}} Germanic, {{der|fr|frk|*mot}} Frankish *mot, {{der|fr|gem-pro|*mutô}} Proto-Germanic *mutô Head templates: {{head|scn|nouns|g=f|g2=|head=motta}} motta f, {{scn-noun|mott|f|a|i}} motta f (plural motti)
  1. motte (mound of earth) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-motta-scn-noun-7JzV~ki2 Categories (other): Sicilian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Sicilian entries with incorrect language header: 33 32 34
  2. clod (lump of earth) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-motta-scn-noun-zf4mugmO Categories (other): Sicilian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Sicilian entries with incorrect language header: 33 32 34
  3. block, lump (of food etc.) Tags: feminine Synonyms: munzeḍḍu
    Sense id: en-motta-scn-noun-f2MaoK-a Categories (other): Sicilian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Sicilian entries with incorrect language header: 33 32 34
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: motta dû casteḍḍu, smuttamentu, smuttari Related terms: ammunziḍḍari, bagghiu, mmotu, muntagna, munti, poju, vaḍḍu
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "motta dû casteḍḍu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "smuttamentu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "smuttari"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "Motta",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: Motta",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "surname"
          },
          "expansion": "(surname)",
          "name": "qual"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: Motta (surname)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "Motta",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: Motta",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "toponym"
          },
          "expansion": "(toponym)",
          "name": "qual"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: Motta (toponym)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "Motta Sant'Anastasia",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: Motta Sant'Anastasia",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: Motta Sant'Anastasia"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "Motta San Giovanni",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: Motta San Giovanni",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: Motta San Giovanni"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "Motta Santa Lucia",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: Motta Santa Lucia",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: Motta Santa Lucia"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "scn",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "mote",
        "4": "",
        "5": "mound"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French mote (“mound”)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "scn",
        "2": "ML.",
        "3": "mota",
        "4": "",
        "5": "a mound, hill"
      },
      "expansion": "Medieval Latin mota (“a mound, hill”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "gem",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Germanic",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "frk",
        "3": "*mot"
      },
      "expansion": "Frankish *mot",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*mutô"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *mutô",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Possibly through Old French mote (“mound”), ultimately from Medieval Latin mota (“a mound, hill”), of Germanic origin, perhaps via Frankish *mot, *motta (“mud, peat, bog, turf”), from Proto-Germanic *mutô, *mudraz, *muþraz (“dirt, filth, mud, swamp”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "motti",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "scn",
        "2": "nouns",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "head": "motta"
      },
      "expansion": "motta f",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mott",
        "2": "f",
        "3": "a",
        "4": "i"
      },
      "expansion": "motta f (plural motti)",
      "name": "scn-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "mòt‧ta"
  ],
  "lang": "Sicilian",
  "lang_code": "scn",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "ammunziḍḍari"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "bagghiu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "mmotu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "muntagna"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "munti"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "poju"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "vaḍḍu"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "33 32 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sicilian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "motte (mound of earth)"
      ],
      "id": "en-motta-scn-noun-7JzV~ki2",
      "links": [
        [
          "motte",
          "motte#Sicilian"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "33 32 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sicilian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "clod (lump of earth)"
      ],
      "id": "en-motta-scn-noun-zf4mugmO",
      "links": [
        [
          "clod",
          "clod"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "33 32 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sicilian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "block, lump (of food etc.)"
      ],
      "id": "en-motta-scn-noun-f2MaoK-a",
      "links": [
        [
          "block",
          "block"
        ],
        [
          "lump",
          "lump"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "munzeḍḍu"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɔt.ta/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "motta"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 6 entries",
    "Sicilian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Sicilian feminine nouns",
    "Sicilian lemmas",
    "Sicilian nouns",
    "Sicilian terms borrowed from Old French",
    "Sicilian terms derived from Medieval Latin",
    "Sicilian terms derived from Old French",
    "Sicilian terms with redundant head parameter"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "motta dû casteḍḍu"
    },
    {
      "word": "smuttamentu"
    },
    {
      "word": "smuttari"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "Motta",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: Motta",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "surname"
          },
          "expansion": "(surname)",
          "name": "qual"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: Motta (surname)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "Motta",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: Motta",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "toponym"
          },
          "expansion": "(toponym)",
          "name": "qual"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: Motta (toponym)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "Motta Sant'Anastasia",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: Motta Sant'Anastasia",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: Motta Sant'Anastasia"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "Motta San Giovanni",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: Motta San Giovanni",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: Motta San Giovanni"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "Motta Santa Lucia",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: Motta Santa Lucia",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: Motta Santa Lucia"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "scn",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "mote",
        "4": "",
        "5": "mound"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French mote (“mound”)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "scn",
        "2": "ML.",
        "3": "mota",
        "4": "",
        "5": "a mound, hill"
      },
      "expansion": "Medieval Latin mota (“a mound, hill”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "gem",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Germanic",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "frk",
        "3": "*mot"
      },
      "expansion": "Frankish *mot",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*mutô"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *mutô",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Possibly through Old French mote (“mound”), ultimately from Medieval Latin mota (“a mound, hill”), of Germanic origin, perhaps via Frankish *mot, *motta (“mud, peat, bog, turf”), from Proto-Germanic *mutô, *mudraz, *muþraz (“dirt, filth, mud, swamp”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "motti",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "scn",
        "2": "nouns",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "head": "motta"
      },
      "expansion": "motta f",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mott",
        "2": "f",
        "3": "a",
        "4": "i"
      },
      "expansion": "motta f (plural motti)",
      "name": "scn-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "mòt‧ta"
  ],
  "lang": "Sicilian",
  "lang_code": "scn",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "ammunziḍḍari"
    },
    {
      "word": "bagghiu"
    },
    {
      "word": "mmotu"
    },
    {
      "word": "muntagna"
    },
    {
      "word": "munti"
    },
    {
      "word": "poju"
    },
    {
      "word": "vaḍḍu"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "motte (mound of earth)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "motte",
          "motte#Sicilian"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "clod (lump of earth)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "clod",
          "clod"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "block, lump (of food etc.)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "block",
          "block"
        ],
        [
          "lump",
          "lump"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "munzeḍḍu"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɔt.ta/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "motta"
}

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