motta

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔʰtːa/

  Rhymes: -ɔʰtːa

From Danish måtte, from Late Latin matta, from Punic or Phoenician (compare Hebrew מיטה \ מִטָּה‎ (mitá, “bed, couch”)).

motta f (genitive singular mottu, plural mottur)

1. rug, mat

• langmotta
• træmotta

Compare English moth, German Motte.

motta f (genitive singular mottu, plural mottur)

1. mite
2. ked

• mottakjøt, mottukjøt
• skrubbmotta

Borrowed from Danish måtte, from Late Latin matta, from Punic [Term?] or Phoenician [Term?] (compare Hebrew מיטה \ מִטָּה‎ (mitá, “bed, couch”)).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔhta/

  Rhymes: -ɔhta

motta f (genitive singular mottu, nominative plural mottur)

1. rug, mat
2. (colloquial) mustache

Unknown. Probably of Pre-Roman origin.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔt.ta/
• Rhymes: -ɔtta
• Hyphenation: mòt‧ta

motta f (plural motte)

1. landslide

   Synonym: frana

2. rise, slope

   Synonym: rialzo

3. (Venice) A heap of sand or rocks in a riverbed.
   1. (by extension) An artificial island.

• ammottare
• smottare

• motta in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

From mot +‎ ta

motta (imperative motta, present tense mottar, passive mottas, simple past mottok, past participle mottatt, present participle mottakende)

1. to receive
2. to accept (receive)
3. to get (receive)

• mottakelse, mottagelse
• mottaker, mottager

• mottak

• “motta” in The Bokmål Dictionary.