mota

Meaning

mud

Concepts

sludge

mud

goop

guck

gunk

mire

morass

muck

ooze

ordure

quag

quagmire

slack

slime

goo

slush

gook

Synonyms

melma

fanghiglia

limo

fango

belletta

brago

braco

pantano

tròcia

palta

Translations

lodo

barro

bourbe

boue

zona pantanosa

llaca

llim

βάλτος

fanguissar

βαλτότοπος

Schlamm

tarquim

bourbier

lie

fanguera

Hyphenated as

mò‧ta

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmɔ.ta/

Etymology

From Latin maltha (“mineral pitch”). The original [ɫ] appears to have vocalized to [u̯] in pre-literary Tuscan, with the resulting [au̯] regularly yielding [ɔ], as in Latin aurum (“gold”) > Italian òro. Doublet of malta. Less probably of Germanic origin, related to English mud.