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English
Etymology 1
Adjective
ott
- Alternative form of OTT
Etymology 2
Clipping of otter
Noun
ott (plural otts)
- (Internet slang) An otter.
Anagrams
Hungarian
Etymology
Lexicalization of the o variant of the demonstrative pronoun a(z) + -tt (locative suffix).[1][2]
Pronunciation
Adverb
ott
- (demonstrative) there, over there (on a place at some distance from the speaker)
- Coordinate term: itt
- Ott leszek. ― I will be there.
Derived terms
References
- ^ ott in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.
- ^ ott in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN
Further reading
- ott in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Salar
Etymology
Cognate with Azerbaijani od.
Pronunciation
- (Xunhua, Qinghai, Ili, Xinjang) IPA(key): /oʰt/
- (Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA(key): /oʰ/
Noun
ott
- fire
Derived terms
References
- 林莲云 [Lin Lianyun] (1985) “ott”, in 撒拉语简志 [A Brief History of Salar], Beijing: 民族出版社: 琴書店, →OCLC, page 4
- Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “o’t, ot, o’”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, pages 427-429
- Yakup, Abdurishid (2002) “oʰt”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon, Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 127
- Potanin, G.N. (1893) “от”, in Тангутско-Тибетская окраина Китая и Центральная Монголия (in Russian), page 433
- Ma, Chengjun, Han, Lianye, Ma, Weisheng (December 2010) “ot”, 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, page 198
Ter Sami
Etymology
From Proto-Samic *oδës.
Adjective
ott
- new
Further reading
- Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland