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English
Noun
ot (plural ots)
- The name of the Old Cyrillic script letter Ѿ / ѿ.
Afrikaans
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Noun
ot (plural otte, diminutive otjie)
- pig, hog
- Synonym: vark
Moenie vreet nes 'n otjie in 'n restourant nie!- Don't eat like a hog in a restaurant!
Azerbaijani
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *ot.
Pronunciation
Noun
ot (definite accusative otu, plural otlar)
- grass
- herb
Declension
Hypernyms
Derived terms
Crimean Tatar
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ot (“grass”).
Noun
ot
- grass
- Synonyms: ölen, köget
Etymology 2
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ōt (“fire”).
Noun
ot
- (dialect) fire
- Synonym: (standard) ateş
Declension
References
Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *otъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
ot m anim
- (literary) father
- Synonyms: otec, táta, tatík, taťka, tatínek, taťulda, fotr, fotřík, papá
- Antonym: matka
Declension
Declension of ot (hard masculine animate)
Derived terms
References
- “ot”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
Karaim
Etymology 1
From Proto-Turkic *ōt.
Noun
ot
- fire
Etymology 2
From Proto-Turkic *ot
Noun
ot
- grass
References
- N. A. Baskakov, S.M. Šapšala, editor (1973), “ot”, in Karaimsko-Russko-Polʹskij Slovarʹ [Karaim-Russian-Polish Dictionary], Moscow: Moskva, →ISBN
Karakalpak
Noun
ot
- fire
Ladin
Etymology
From Latin octō.
Adjective
ot
- eight
Noun
ot m (uncountable)
- eight
Luo
Pronunciation
Noun
ot
- house or hut
Usage notes
- The final is likely the product of devoicing the underlying .
Mauritian Creole
Etymology
From French haut.
Pronunciation
Adjective
ot
- high
- Synonym: elve
Old French
Verb
ot
- third-person singular past hist of avoir
Descendants
Old Polish
Pronunciation
Preposition
ot
- Alternative form of od
Polish
Etymology
Contraction of oto.
Pronunciation
Particle
ot
- (colloquial) just, only (used when the speaker considers the given topic as average, common, or trivial)
- Synonym: ot i
Derived terms
Further reading
- ot in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- ot in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romansch
Etymology 1
From Latin altus.
Adjective
ot m (feminine singular ota, masculine plural ots, feminine plural otas)
- (Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) high
Etymology 2
From Latin octō.
Number
ot
- (Vallader) eight
Salar
Etymology
Cognate with Azerbaijani ot.
Pronunciation
- (Ili, Xinjiang, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA(key): /otʰ/
Noun
ot
- grass
Derived terms
References
- ^ Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “ota”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 428
- ^ Yakup, Abdurishid (2002) “ota”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon, Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 127
- 林莲云 [Lin Lianyun] (1985) “ot”, in 撒拉语简志 [A Brief History of Salar], Beijing: 民族出版社: 琴書店, →OCLC, page 27
- Ma, Chengjun, Han, Lianye, Ma, Weisheng (December 2010) “ot, ottax, otta, otlox”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, pages 198-199
- 马伟 [Ma Wei], 朝克 [Chao Ke] (2014) “ota, otïx, otï”, in 撒拉语366条会话读本 [Salar 366 Conversation Reader], 1st edition, 社会科学文献出版社 [Social Science Literature Press], →ISBN, page 287
Swedish
Noun
ot
- definite singular of o
Tocharian B
Etymology
Possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂et-h₂o, adverbial compound of *h₂et- (“but, yet”), cognate with Sanskrit अथ (atha, “but, then”) and more distantly with Latin at (“but”), etc. Also possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *uth₂ (“so, then”).
Adverb
ot
- then (both meaning "at that time" and "therefore")
- Synonym: otak
Derived terms
Further reading
- Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “ot”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 120
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish اوت, from Proto-Turkic *ot.
Pronunciation
Noun
ot (definite accusative otu, plural otlar)
- grass
- herb
- (informal) marijuana
Declension
Derived terms
References
Turkmen
Etymology 1
From Proto-Turkic *ot (“grass”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ot (definite accusative oty, plural otlar)
- grass
Declension
Etymology 2
From Proto-Turkic *ōt (“fire”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ōt (definite accusative ōdy, plural ōtlar)
- fire
Declension
Further reading
- “ot” in Enedilim.com
- “ot” in Webonary.org
Veps
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *votto. Equivalent to otta + -o.
Noun
ot
- bribe
Inflection
References
- Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “взятка”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika