| Word form | motsu |
| Original script | 持つ |
| LWT meaning(s) | |
| Word meaning | “hold”, “have”, “carry in hand”, “bring”. With the last two, it is combined with a vector verb when indicating motion: motte iku when away from interlocutor, and motte kuru when towards interlocutor. |
| Analyzability | unanalyzable |
| Age | Old Japanese [21] (710–794) |
| Lexical stratum | wago |
| Year | 古事記 (712) |
| Register | General |
| Numeric frequency | 1052.6 |