kurot
Finnish
Verb
kurot
- second-person singular present indicative of kuroa
Anagrams
- korut, orkut, torku
Latvian
Verb
kurot
- present conjunctive form of kurt
- (with the particle lai) imperative conjunctive form of kurt
Participle
kurot (invariable)
- lighting, igniting; adverbial present active participle of kurt (invariable form)
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- corot, curot – obsolete
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *kəzut, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kəzut. Cognate with Bikol Central kudot, Cebuano kurot, and Maranao kedot.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ku‧rót
- IPA(key): /kuˈɾot/, [kʊˈɾot]
Noun
kurót (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜇᜓᜆ᜔)
- pinch; nip
Derived terms
- kumurot (“to pinch with the nails”)
- kurutin (“to pinch with the nails”)
- makurot (“to get pinched with the nails”)
- mangurot (“to pinch someone with the nails”)
- pagkurot (“act of pinching”)
References
- Fr. Juan José de Noceda; Fr. Pedro de Sanlucar (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves (in Spanish & Tagalog), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier, page 94: “COROT. pc. pellizco”
- Rosalio Serrano (1854) Diccionario de terminos comunes tagalo-castellano (in Spanish and Tagalog), page 33: “Curót. Pelliscar á otro de las uñas”