mot-, moto-, -motile, -motility, -motorial, -motoric, -motive, -motored; mov-

1. A small wheel carriage, so constructed that a person sitting in it may move it by using his or her hands: A wheelchair is the most common manumotor most people know about.
2. Etymology: from Latin manus-, "hand" + movere, "to move".

1. To provide someone with an incentive to do something; to encourage: The weekly meeting of the company staff was done to motivate the employees.
2. To animate or to cause someone or a group of people to take action: Henry was motivated to get as much done for the company as possible before the day was over. © ALL rights are reserved.

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The inability to produce musical sounds.