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The motivation of the word is its specific sign; it is the structural-semantic capacity that allows us to be aware of the interconditioning of the sound form and its meaning by comparing it with other lexical units of the language. The types of motivation of the word meaning are: the lexical motivation which is the result of the expression by the word of the motivational index of the designated object and the structural motivation which is the expression by the word of the classification index of the designated object. Lexical and structural motivations are realized by the internal form of the word (IFW). The IFW components are on the “horizontal” motivational form and the motivational meaning, and on the vertical - the motivational part and the forming part. With reference to words we can speak of lexical meaning and motivational meaning; in SPU (stable polilexical units), however, we identify phraseological meaning, motivational meaning, and lexical meaning. The motivational form of the word (MF) is the segment (or segments of its sound form), determined in terms of its motivation. The motivational meaning of the word is the meaning (or a synthesis of the meanings) of the motivational form. There are different types of relations between the motivational meaning and the lexical meaning of the word: the overlapping relationship; inclusion relationships; intersection relations; and inadvertent relationships. There are various types of motivational indices. The following types of IFW are determined: a) live - when the motivation can be identified by the speaker; b) dead, here the word has lost its motivation in the speaker's perception; c) lexicalized and non-lexicalized; d) metaphorical and non-metaphorical. Examples of the types of motivation mentioned are presented in this article. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]