kuta

From Proto-Cushitic, from Proto-Afroasiatic. Cognates include Hausa kútíi, Bole kutì, Dass kàt, Aasax kite.

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuta/ [ˈkʊtʌ]
• Hyphenation: ku‧ta

kúta m (plural kuutá f)

1. male dog

 

• IPA^(key): /kuˈta/ [kʊˈtʌ]
• Hyphenation: ku‧ta

kutá f (plural kuutá f)

1. female dog; bitch

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN, page 152
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2004) Parlons Afar: Langue et Culture, L'Hammartan, →ISBN, page 24

kuta

1. Romanization of ᬓᬹᬝ.

• kudta

• Hyphenation: ku‧ta
• IPA^(key): /kuˈtaʔ/ [kuˈtaʔ]

kutâ

1. used to express an unrealized intention or situation

   Nanggana kuta siya sa dalaganan, pero nadapa siya sa huri. ― He would have won the race, but he tripped at the very end.

2. used to express disappointment in a desired but unrealized result, especially due to an unfulfilled condition

   Nag-aadal na kuta ako ngunyan sa eskuwela, kun dai ako nagkahilang. ― I would have been studying in school right now, if only I hadn't gotten sick.

kuta

1. fat, thick

• A. Schapper, The Papuan Languages of Timor, Alor and Pantar: Volume 1

• IPA^(key): [ˈkuta]

kuta

1. inflection of kout:
   1. feminine singular passive participle
   2. neuter plural passive participle

• IPA^(key): /ˈkutɑ/, [ˈkut̪ɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -utɑ
• Syllabification^(key): ku‧ta

kuta

1. (interrogative, archaic) partitive singular of kuka

   Kuta etsit?

   Whom are you searching for?

2. (indefinite, archaic) partitive singular of kuka

• (interrogative & indefinite): ketä

• “kuta”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-12-01

• Akut, akut, katu

kuta

1. indefinite accusative singular of kuti
2. indefinite dative singular of kuti
3. indefinite genitive singular of kuti
4. indefinite accusative plural of kuti
5. indefinite genitive plural of kuti

kuta

1. Nonstandard spelling of kutha.

• IPA^(key): /ˈku.ta/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -uta
• Syllabification: ku‧ta

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

kuta

1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of kuty

From German Kutte.

kuta f

1. habit (a long piece of clothing worn by monks)

• kuta in Polish dictionaries at PWN

kuta

1. flour

• kutay

kuta (Cyrillic spelling кута)

1. genitive singular of kut

• Audio (Kenya):

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Historically represented as كُٹَ (kuta), where the /t/ is alveolar.

-kuta (infinitive kukuta)

1. to come upon; find
   • 1973, Mohammed S. Abdulla, Duniani kuna watu, page 3:

     […] lakini mara alijikuta akisema kichinichini, "Potelea mbali, nitakwenda."

     […] but suddenly he found himself saying secretly, "To hell, I'll go."

• Verbal derivations:
  • Passive: -kutwa
  • Reciprocal: -kutana

Historically represented as كُتَ (kut̠a), where the /t̠/ is dental.

-kuta (infinitive kukuta)

1. to satisfy

• Verbal derivations:
  • Passive: -kutwa
  • Reciprocal: -kutana

kuta

1. plural of ukuta

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʉːˌta/
• Rhymes: -²ʉːta

kuta (present kutar, preterite kutade, supine kutat, imperative kuta)

1. (colloquial) to run; to move very quickly on two feet

   Synonyms: springa, (colloquial) lubba

• kuta in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• kuta in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• kuta in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• akut

• cota — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Borrowed from Malay kota, from Sanskrit कोट (koṭa, “fort; castle”) or Sanskrit कोट्ट (koṭṭa, “fort; castle”) or Tamil கோட்டம் (kōṭṭam, “city”). Compare Indonesian kota and Javanese ꦏꦸꦛ (kutha).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈkutaʔ/ [ˈkuː.t̪ɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -utaʔ
• Syllabification: ku‧ta

kutà (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜆ)

1. citadel; fort; fortress; fortification

   Synonyms: muog, muralya, tanggulan

2. (figurative) hiding place; den

   Synonym: taguan

Early borrowing from Spanish cota, from Old French cote, from Latin cotta (“undercoat, tunic”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈkuta/ [ˈkuː.t̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -uta
• Syllabification: ku‧ta

kuta (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜆ) (obsolete)

1. mail (armor) [16th–17th c.]

   Synonyms: kutamaya, (obsolete) barong-bakal

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈkuta/ [ˈkuː.t̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -uta
• Syllabification: ku‧ta

kuta (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜆ)

1. Alternative form of kota

• “kuta”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[2], La Noble Villa de Pila
  • page 198: “Cota) Cota (pp) de malla, metaf) de cota que es la çerca de piedra, porque diçen ellos que [la cota] de malla es çerca del cuerpo”
  • page 323: “Fortaleça) Cota (pp) de çiudad”
  • page 438: “Muro) Cota (pp) M. de ciudad o pueblo, hacianla eſtos [antiguamente] de palos gruesos o de palmas”
  • page 611: “Zerca) Cota (pp) de cal y canto”

• utak, tuka

• IPA^(key): [kuta]

kuta (possessed kudu)

1. semen, sperm

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “chuudu”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[3], Lyon
• Lauer, Matthew Taylor (2005) Fertility in Amazonia: Indigenous Concepts of the Human Reproductive Process Among the Ye’kwana of Southern Venezuela‎^[4], Santa Barbara: University of California, pages 217–218: “cuta”
• Gongora, Majoí Fávero (2017) Ääma ashichaato: replicações, transformações, pessoas e cantos entre os Ye’kwana do rio Auaris‎^[5], corrected edition, São Paulo: Universidade de São Paulo, pages 183, 376–377: “kuta”