kota

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See also: Kota, kóta, Kōta, kõta, and kôta

Cebuano[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English quota, from Latin quota, from Latin quota pars.

Noun[edit]

kota

  1. quota

Esperanto[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From koto +‎ -a.

Pronunciation[edit]

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Adjective[edit]

kota (accusative singular kotan, plural kotaj, accusative plural kotajn)

  1. muddy

Finnish[edit]

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A modern wooden kota built as shelter and cooking place for hikers and campers.

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Finnic *kota, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kota. Cognates include Estonian koda and Hungarian ház.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈkotɑ/, [ˈko̞t̪ɑ]
  • Rhymes: -otɑ
  • Syllabification(key): ko‧ta

Noun[edit]

kota

  1. A conical or hemispherical shelter with an open fireplace in the middle, usually supported by a frame of wooden poles and covered with a variety of materials including hides, textile fabric, peat and timber; known in some English texts by its Northern Sami name goahti.
    1. Specifically, a saamelaiskota.
  2. (botany) capsule
  3. core of an apple
    Synonym: kara

Declension[edit]

Inflection of kota (Kotus type 10*F/koira, t-d gradation)
nominative kota kodat
genitive kodan kotien
partitive kotaa kotia
illative kotaan kotiin
singular plural
nominative kota kodat
accusative nom. kota kodat
gen. kodan
genitive kodan kotien
kotainrare
partitive kotaa kotia
inessive kodassa kodissa
elative kodasta kodista
illative kotaan kotiin
adessive kodalla kodilla
ablative kodalta kodilta
allative kodalle kodille
essive kotana kotina
translative kodaksi kodiksi
instructive — kodin
abessive kodatta koditta
comitative — kotineen
Possessive forms of kota (type koira)
possessor singular plural
1st person kotani kotamme
2nd person kotasi kotanne
3rd person kotansa

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Indonesian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Malay kota, from Classical Malay kota, from Tamil கோட்டம் (kōṭṭam, “city”) or Sanskrit कोट्ट (koṭṭa, “city”). Cognate of Javanese ꦏꦸꦛ (kutha). The sense in government was coined by Indonesian politician Teuku Muhammad Hasan in 1945 to translate Dutch gemeente or stadsgemeente.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /kota/
  • Hyphenation: ko‧ta

Noun[edit]

kota (plural kota-kota, first-person possessive kotaku, second-person possessive kotamu, third-person possessive kotanya)

  1. city,
    1. A large settlement, bigger than a town; sometimes with a specific legal definition, depending on the place.
    2. (government) The second-level urban administrative division in Indonesia.

Usage notes[edit]

  1. The sense of second-level urban administrative division is used since 1999. The previous term for second-level urban administrative division are kota madya (1965-1999) and kota praja (~1965). The second-level urban administrative division in Java during colonial period were Dutch stads-gemeente (literally “urban commune”) and Japanese 市 (shi, si).
  2. Before 1999, kota was used to describe urban administrative division, which can be a first-level administrative division (kota raya), a second-level administrative division (kota madya), a third-level administrative division (kota administratif), or a fourth-level administrative division (kota kecamatan).

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Javanese[edit]

Noun[edit]

kota

  1. Nonstandard spelling of kutha.

Lower Sorbian[edit]

Noun[edit]

kota

  1. Superseded spelling of kóta.

Makasar[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

kota (Lontara spelling ᨀᨚᨈ, semi-transitive anngota)

  1. (transitive) to chew

Malay[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Sanskrit कोट्ट (koṭṭa) or Tamil கோட்டம் (kōṭṭam).

Noun[edit]

kota (Jawi spelling کوتا‎, plural kota-kota, informal 1st possessive kotaku, 2nd possessive kotamu, 3rd possessive kotanya)

  1. city

Descendants[edit]

  • Indonesian: kota
  • Swahili: ukuta

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Polish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

kota m

  1. accusative/genitive singular of kot

Slavomolisano[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Serbo-Croatian kotao.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

kota m

  1. cauldron

Declension[edit]

    declension of kota (inan series-1a masc cons-stem)
singular plural
nominative kota
 kotla
genitive kotla
 kotli
dative kotlu
 kotli
accusative kota
 kotla
locative kotlu
 kotla
instrumental kotlom, kotlam
 kotli

References[edit]

  • Walter Breu and Giovanni Piccoli (2000), Dizionario croato molisano di Acquaviva Collecroce: Dizionario plurilingue della lingua slava della minoranza di provenienza dalmata di Acquaviva Collecroce in Provincia di Campobasso (Parte grammaticale).

Swedish[edit]

Noun[edit]

kota c

  1. a vertebra, an element of the backbone

Declension[edit]

Declension of kota 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative kota kotan kotor kotorna
Genitive kotas kotans kotors kotornas

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