Description:

The term 'motu' has the base meaning of 'walk'. In modern High Common it has also replaced 'pali' as the preferred word for a human foot, displacing its original meaning as a noun of walking in general. In modern Common, people use 'motusyn' to capture that meaning. As a verb it is a semitransitive verb of motion with an absolutive walker and a dative destination. Used disintentively with 'se', it is used to mean taking a walk or walking around.

Motu can apply to any walking motion by any animal or robot, even though as a noun it usually only refers to human feet. If there is a need to refer to the foot of some other being generically, 'pali' will usually be chosen, and 'pali' can still be used for human feet.