English Explanatory Dictionary

Temotu

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. name of various place names in the Pacific.

Word forms

Temotu

Etymology

Reflects the univerbation of Proto-Polynesian *te (“the”) + Proto-Polynesian *motu (“reef islet”). The place name Temotu, literally “the reef islet” arose in different Polynesian languages, making it impossible to indicate the exact source of the English term for different locations with the same name.

Related words

motu
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