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Estonian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *koktu, cognate to Finnish kohtu (“womb”) and Votic kõhuz (“waist”).
Pronunciation
Noun
kõht (genitive kõhu, partitive kõhtu)
- belly, gut
Tal on päris paks kõht.- He has a pretty fat belly.
- stomach
Mul on kõht tühi.- My stomach is empty. (i.e "I'm hungry")
Declension
Further reading
- “kõht”, in Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
- “kõht”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
- “kõht”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
- kõht in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)