コッ

Ainu

Alternative forms

• コツ (old spelling)

Etymology 1

According to Batchelor, a contraction of コロ (koro), TDA, however, consistently spells a term, that they define as synonymous with Japanese 持つ (“to hold; possess”), as コㇿ (kor).

Verb

コッ (kot)

1. (transitive) to possess

Etymology 2

Noun

コッ (kot)

1. dip (in the ground), small valley, ditch, grave, hole, dyke
2. grave
3. house plot

References

• John Batchelor, (1905), An Ainu-English-Japanese dictionary (including a grammar of the Ainu language), Tokyo: Methodist Publishing House, London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner Co., page 244
• “セツ フチ コㇿ ポホ ネ ワ (Setsu húci kor póho ne wa)” in A talking dictionary of Ainu, Waseda University, University of London