kotoa

The separative singular of archaic/dialectal koto (“home”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkotoɑ/, [ˈko̞t̪o̞ɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -otoɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): ko‧toa

kotoa

1. from home

   Lähdin kotoa noin tunti sitten.

   I left home an hour ago.

   Löysitkö kotoasi mitään sopivaa työkalua?

   Did you find any suitable tools in your home?

The possessive suffix is usually not used when the subject of the sentence is talking about their own home; see usage examples above.

• “kotoa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

• koota, takoo