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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]koto (plural kotos)
- (music) A Japanese stringed instrument having numerous strings, usually seven or thirteen, that are stretched over a convex wooden sounding board and are plucked with three plectra, worn on the thumb, index finger, and middle finger of one hand.
- 1962, Philip K. Dick, “The Man in the High Castle”, in Four Novels of the 1960s, Library of America, published 2007, page 94:
- Seated on the soft carpet with their drinks, they listened to a recording of koto, Japanese thirteen-string harp.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]a Japanese stringed instrument
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Anagrams
[edit]Central Huasteca Nahuatl
[edit]Noun
[edit]koto
References
[edit]- Valentín Isidro Reyes (2012); Vocabulario nauatl-español, material de apoyo para la enseñanza de la lengua nauatl, Universidad Pedagógica Nacional, diversidad intercultural, Mexico City, Mexico.
Dutch
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Borrowed from Sranan Tongo koto, from English coat.
Noun
[edit]koto m (plural koto's)
- a traditional Surinamese dress, traditionally worn by women of African descent
Etymology 2
[edit]Borrowed from Japanese 箏 (koto).
Noun
[edit]koto m (plural koto's)
Esperanto
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]koto (accusative singular koton, plural kotoj, accusative plural kotojn)
Derived terms
[edit]- kota (“muddy”)
- kotanimulo (“low-minded person”)
- koti (“to puddle”)
Related terms
[edit]- grundo (“ground; dirt; soil”)
Finnish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Proto-Finnic *koto. Equivalent to kota + -o. Cognate with Estonian kodu.
Noun
[edit]koto (archaic)
- home
- 1855, Aleksis Kivi, Koto ja kahleet[1]:
- Hän muisteli kotoansa kivisellä aholla yläpuolella vihantoja peltoja ja korkean vuoren alla.
- He reminisced his home on the rocky glade above the verdant fields and beneath the tall mountain.
Declension
[edit]Inflection of koto (Kotus type 1*F/valo, t-d gradation) | |||
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nominative | koto | kodot | |
genitive | kodon | kotojen | |
partitive | kotoa | kotoja | |
illative | kotoon | kotoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | koto | kodot | |
accusative | nom. | koto | kodot |
gen. | kodon | ||
genitive | kodon | kotojen | |
partitive | kotoa | kotoja | |
inessive | kodossa | kodoissa | |
elative | kodosta | kodoista | |
illative | kotoon | kotoihin | |
adessive | kodolla | kodoilla | |
ablative | kodolta | kodoilta | |
allative | kodolle | kodoille | |
essive | kotona | kotoina | |
translative | kodoksi | kodoiksi | |
abessive | kodotta | kodoitta | |
instructive | — | kodoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “1. koto”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01
Etymology 2
[edit]
Noun
[edit]koto
Declension
[edit]Inflection of koto (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | koto | kotot | |
genitive | koton | kotojen | |
partitive | kotoa | kotoja | |
illative | kotoon | kotoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | koto | kotot | |
accusative | nom. | koto | kotot |
gen. | koton | ||
genitive | koton | kotojen | |
partitive | kotoa | kotoja | |
inessive | kotossa | kotoissa | |
elative | kotosta | kotoista | |
illative | kotoon | kotoihin | |
adessive | kotolla | kotoilla | |
ablative | kotolta | kotoilta | |
allative | kotolle | kotoille | |
essive | kotona | kotoina | |
translative | kotoksi | kotoiksi | |
abessive | kototta | kotoitta | |
instructive | — | kotoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Further reading
[edit]- “2. koto”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01
Anagrams
[edit]French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Japanese 箏 (koto).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]koto m (plural kotos)
- koto (musical instruments)
See also
[edit]- koto on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr
Further reading
[edit]- “koto”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Japanese
[edit]Romanization
[edit]koto
Madurese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kutu, from Proto-Austronesian *kuCu.
Noun
[edit]koto (plural kotokoto)
- louse (insect)
Mansaka
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From kutu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kutu.
Noun
[edit]koto
Sambali
[edit]Noun
[edit]koto
- louse (insect)
Sranan Tongo
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]koto
- A traditional African-Surinamese dress.
Descendants
[edit]- → Dutch: koto
Tocharian B
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From kaut- (“split, strike, break”).
Noun
[edit]koto f
Further reading
[edit]- Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “koto”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 215
Votic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Finnic *koto.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]koto
Inflection
[edit]Declension of koto (type II/võrkko, t- gradation) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | koto | kood |
genitive | koo | kotojõ, kotoi |
partitive | kottoa | kotoitõ, kotoi |
illative | kottosõ, kotto | kotoisõ |
inessive | kooz | kotoiz |
elative | koossõ | kotoissõ |
allative | koolõ | kotoilõ |
adessive | koollõ | kotoillõ |
ablative | kooltõ | kotoiltõ |
translative | koossi | kotoissi |
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive. |
References
[edit]- Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn
Yami
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kutu, from Proto-Austronesian *kuCu.
Noun
[edit]koto
- louse (insect)
Categories:
- English terms borrowed from Japanese
- English terms derived from Japanese
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Musical instruments
- English terms with quotations
- en:String instruments
- Central Huasteca Nahuatl lemmas
- Central Huasteca Nahuatl nouns
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Dutch/oːtoː
- Dutch terms borrowed from Sranan Tongo
- Dutch terms derived from Sranan Tongo
- Dutch terms derived from English
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch nouns
- Dutch nouns with plural in -s
- Dutch masculine nouns
- Dutch terms borrowed from Japanese
- Dutch terms derived from Japanese
- Esperanto terms borrowed from German
- Esperanto terms derived from German
- Esperanto terms with IPA pronunciation
- Esperanto terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Esperanto/oto
- Esperanto lemmas
- Esperanto nouns
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/oto
- Rhymes:Finnish/oto/2 syllables
- Finnish terms inherited from Proto-Finnic
- Finnish terms derived from Proto-Finnic
- Finnish terms suffixed with -o
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish archaic terms
- Finnish terms with quotations
- Finnish valo-type nominals
- Finnish terms derived from Japanese
- fi:Musical instruments
- French terms borrowed from Japanese
- French terms derived from Japanese
- French 2-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with audio pronunciation
- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French countable nouns
- French terms spelled with K
- French masculine nouns
- Japanese non-lemma forms
- Japanese romanizations
- Madurese terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Madurese terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Madurese terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian
- Madurese terms derived from Proto-Austronesian
- Madurese lemmas
- Madurese nouns
- mad:Insects
- Mansaka terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Mansaka terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Mansaka lemmas
- Mansaka nouns
- Sambali lemmas
- Sambali nouns
- Sranan Tongo terms derived from English
- Sranan Tongo terms with IPA pronunciation
- Sranan Tongo lemmas
- Sranan Tongo nouns
- srn:Clothing
- Tocharian B lemmas
- Tocharian B nouns
- Tocharian B feminine nouns
- Votic terms inherited from Proto-Finnic
- Votic terms derived from Proto-Finnic
- Votic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Votic/oto
- Rhymes:Votic/oto/2 syllables
- Votic lemmas
- Votic nouns
- Votic võrkko-type nominals
- Yami terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Yami terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Yami terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian
- Yami terms derived from Proto-Austronesian
- Yami lemmas
- Yami nouns