guta

See also: gută, Guță, and Guta

Bikol Central

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀataq.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡuˈtaʔ/ [ɡuˈtaʔ]

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• Hyphenation: gu‧ta

Noun

gutâ (Basahan spelling ᜄᜓᜆ)

1. (Naga) coconut milk

   Synonym: natok

Derived terms

• gutaan
• magguta

Finnish

Alternative forms

• guda (1910–), kuda (1930–), skuda (1970–)

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish god or perhaps German gut. First attested in c. 1900. Compare gutis, gutte and gita, all in the sense "good" or "nice"".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡutɑ/, [ˈɡut̪ɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -utɑ
• Syllabification^(key): gu‧ta
• Hyphenation^(key): gu‧ta

Noun

guta

1. (Helsinki slang) good, pleasurable

   tehdä gutaa ― to be healthy for one, to be pleasurable

2. (Helsinki slang) tasty, sweet

Declension

• Seldom inflected aside of the singular partitive gutaa.

References

• Forsberg, Ulla-Maija (2021), Stadin slangin etymologinen sanakirja [Etymological Dictionary of Helsinki Slang]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSES 2021"), Helsinki: Gaudeamus, →ISBN

Hungarian

Etymology

From Latin gutta (“drop”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡutɒ]
• Hyphenation: gu‧ta
• Rhymes: -tɒ

Noun

guta (plural guták)

1. (colloquial) apoplexy

   Synonyms: gutaütés, szélütés, szélhűdés, apoplexia

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	guta	guták
accusative	gutát	gutákat
dative	gutának	gutáknak
instrumental	gutával	gutákkal
causal-final	gutáért	gutákért
translative	gutává	gutákká
terminative	gutáig	gutákig
essive-formal	gutaként	gutákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	gutában	gutákban
superessive	gután	gutákon
adessive	gutánál	gutáknál
illative	gutába	gutákba
sublative	gutára	gutákra
allative	gutához	gutákhoz
elative	gutából	gutákból
delative	gutáról	gutákról
ablative	gutától	gutáktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	gutáé	gutáké
non-attributive possessive – plural	gutáéi	gutákéi

Possessive forms of guta

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	gutám	gutáim
2nd person sing.	gutád	gutáid
3rd person sing.	gutája	gutái
1st person plural	gutánk	gutáink
2nd person plural	gutátok	gutáitok
3rd person plural	gutájuk	gutáik

Derived terms

Compound words

• gutaütés
• hőguta

Expressions

• megüti a guta

Further reading

• guta in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• guta in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡʊt̪ˠə/

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

guta m (genitive singular guta, nominative plural gutaí)

1. filth, mire
2. filthy place; filthy creature

Declension

Declension of guta (fourth declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative guta gutaí vocative a ghuta a ghutaí genitive guta gutaí dative guta gutaí forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an guta na gutaí genitive an ghuta na ngutaí dative leis an nguta don ghuta leis na gutaí

Etymology 2

From Old Irish gutte, from guth + -de, a calque of Latin vōcālis.

Noun

guta m (genitive singular guta, nominative plural gutaí)

1. vowel

Declension

Declension of guta (fourth declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative guta gutaí vocative a ghuta a ghutaí genitive guta gutaí dative guta gutaí forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an guta na gutaí genitive an ghuta na ngutaí dative leis an nguta don ghuta leis na gutaí

Derived terms

• bunghuta
• fuaim ghuta
• guta béil
• guta cairdinéalta
• guta caol
• guta cúil
• guta gairid
• guta láir
• guta meánach
• guta srónach
• guta tosaigh

Etymology 3

Noun

guta m (genitive singular guta)

1. alternative form of gúta (“gut”)

Declension

Declension of guta (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative guta vocative a ghuta genitive guta dative guta forms with the definite article singular nominative an guta genitive an ghuta dative leis an nguta don ghuta

Mutation

Mutated forms of guta

radical	lenition	eclipsis
guta	ghuta	nguta

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “guta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gutte”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• “guta”, in The National Terminology Database for Irish, Fiontar & Scoil na Gaeilge, DCU and Foras na Gaeilge, 2006–2026

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡuta]

Noun

guta f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of gută

Romansch

Alternative forms

• gutta (Rumantsch Grischun)
• guota (Sursilvan)
• gotta (Surmiran)
• guotta (Puter, Vallader)
• aguotta (Puter)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

guta f (plural gutas)

1. (carpentry, Sutsilvan) nail

West Makian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡu.t̪a/

Verb

guta

1. (transitive) to close the lid of; to shut, cover

Conjugation

Conjugation of guta (action verb)

		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		toguta	moguta	aguta
2nd person		noguta	foguta
3rd person	inanimate	iguta	doguta
	animate
imperative		nuguta, guta	fuguta, guta

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982), The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[2], Pacific linguistics