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单词 koto
释义

koto

See also: kōto, Kōto, kōtō, and kötő

English

Etymology

From Japanese 琴 (koto).

Noun

koto (plural kotos)

  1. (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 2007, p. 94:
      Seated on the soft carpet with their drinks, they listened to a recording of koto, Japanese thirteen-string harp.

Derived terms

  • kotoist

Translations

Anagrams

  • Koot, Otok, toko, toko-, took

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Noun

koto

  1. poncho.
  2. blanket.

References

  • 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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkoː.toː/
  • Hyphenation: ko‧to
  • Rhymes: -oːtoː

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sranan Tongo koto, from English coat.

Noun

koto m (plural koto's)

  1. A traditional Surinamese dress, traditionally worn by women of African descent.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Japanese 琴 (koto).

Noun

koto m (plural koto's)

  1. A koto; a Japanese stringed instrument.

Esperanto

Bubalo en koto

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kot.

Pronunciation

  • Audio(file)
  • IPA(key): [ˈkoto]
  • Rhymes: -oto
  • Hyphenation: ko‧to

Noun

koto (accusative singular koton, plural kotoj, accusative plural kotojn)

  1. mud (mixture of water and soil or sediment)

Derived terms

  • kota (“muddy”)
  • kotanimulo (“low-minded person”)
  • koti (“to puddle”)
  • grundo (“ground; dirt; soil”)

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkoto/, [ˈko̞t̪o̞]
  • Rhymes: -oto
  • Syllabification(key): ko‧to

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *koto, which is derived from Proto-Finnic *kota. Cognate with Estonian kodu.

Noun

koto

  1. (archaic) home
    • 1855 — Aleksis Kivi, Koto ja kahleet
      Hän muisteli kotoansa kivisellä aholla yläpuolella vihantoja peltoja ja korkean vuoren alla.
Declension
Inflection of koto (Kotus type 1*F/valo, t-d gradation)
nominativekotokodot
genitivekodonkotojen
partitivekotoakotoja
illativekotoonkotoihin
singularplural
nominativekotokodot
accusativenom.kotokodot
gen.kodon
genitivekodonkotojen
partitivekotoakotoja
inessivekodossakodoissa
elativekodostakodoista
illativekotoonkotoihin
adessivekodollakodoilla
ablativekodoltakodoilta
allativekodollekodoille
essivekotonakotoina
translativekodoksikodoiksi
instructive—kodoin
abessivekodottakodoitta
comitative—kotoineen
Possessive forms of koto (type valo)
possessorsingularplural
1st personkotonikotomme
2nd personkotosikotonne
3rd personkotonsa
Synonyms
  • koti
Derived terms
  • kotoa
  • kotoinen
  • kotoisa
  • kotoisin
  • kotomaa
  • kotona
  • kotoperäinen
  • kotosalla
  • kotouttaa
  • lintukoto

Etymology 2

From Japanese 琴 (koto).

Noun

koto

  1. (music) koto (instrument)
Declension
Inflection of koto (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominativekotokotot
genitivekotonkotojen
partitivekotoakotoja
illativekotoonkotoihin
singularplural
nominativekotokotot
accusativenom.kotokotot
gen.koton
genitivekotonkotojen
partitivekotoakotoja
inessivekotossakotoissa
elativekotostakotoista
illativekotoonkotoihin
adessivekotollakotoilla
ablativekotoltakotoilta
allativekotollekotoille
essivekotonakotoina
translativekotoksikotoiksi
instructive—kotoin
abessivekotottakotoitta
comitative—kotoineen
Possessive forms of koto (type valo)
possessorsingularplural
1st personkotonikotomme
2nd personkotosikotonne
3rd personkotonsa

Anagrams

  • koot, toko

French

Etymology

From Japanese 琴 (koto).

Pronunciation

  • Audio(file)

Noun

koto m (plural kotos)

  1. koto (musical instruments)

See also

  • koto on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr

Further reading

  • “koto”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Japanese

Romanization

koto

  1. Rōmaji transcription of こと
  2. Rōmaji transcription of コト

Madurese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kutu, from Proto-Austronesian *kuCu.

Noun

koto (plural kotokoto)

  1. louse (insect)

Mansaka

Etymology

From kutu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kutu.

Noun

koto

  1. louse

Sambali

Noun

koto

  1. louse (insect)

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English coat.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈko.to/

Noun

koto

  1. A traditional African-Surinamese dress.

Descendants

  • → Dutch: koto

Tocharian B

Etymology

From kaut- (“split, strike, break”).

Noun

koto f

  1. crevice, hole, pit

Further reading

  • 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

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *koto.

Pronunciation

  • (Luuditsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈkoto/, [ˈkoto]
  • Rhymes: -oto
  • Hyphenation: ko‧to

Noun

koto

  1. house, home

Inflection

Declension of koto (type II/võrkko, t- gradation)
singularplural
nominativekotokood
genitivekookotoje, kotojõ, kotoi
partitivekottoakotoitõ, kotoi
illativekotto, kottosõkotoje, kotojõ, kotoisõ
inessivekoozkotoiz
elativekoossõkotoissõ
allativekoolõkotoilõ
adessivekoollõkotoillõ
ablativekooltõkotoiltõ
translativekoossikotoissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative or the genitive.
***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References

  • V. Hallap, E. Adler, S. Grünberg, M. Leppik (2012) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language]‎, 2 edition, Tallinn

Yami

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kutu, from Proto-Austronesian *kuCu.

Noun

koto

  1. louse (insect)
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