motti.
lump, swelling
Meaning & usage
lump, swelling
Where this word comes from
Probably sound-symbolic
motor, engine
Where this word comes from
A shortened slang form of moottori.
a stere; a (stacked) cubic metre of firewood.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Swedish mått.
encirclement; pocket, siege, entrapment
Where this word comes from
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.
face, mug
Where this word comes from
Possibly from motti (etymology 1).
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