nauta

See also: Nauta and -nauta

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse naut, from Proto-Germanic *nautą. Compare Swedish nöt (“cattle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɑu̯tɑ/, [ˈnɑu̯t̪ɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑutɑ
• Syllabification: nau‧ta

Noun

nauta

1. cattle, cow, bull
2. Synonym of naudanliha (“beef”)

Declension

Inflection of nauta (Kotus type 9/kala, t-d gradation)
nominative		nauta	naudat
genitive		naudan	nautojen
partitive		nautaa	nautoja
illative		nautaan	nautoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		nauta	naudat
accusative	nom.	nauta	naudat
	gen.	naudan
genitive		naudan	nautojen nautainrare
partitive		nautaa	nautoja
inessive		naudassa	naudoissa
elative		naudasta	naudoista
illative		nautaan	nautoihin
adessive		naudalla	naudoilla
ablative		naudalta	naudoilta
allative		naudalle	naudoille
essive		nautana	nautoina
translative		naudaksi	naudoiksi
instructive		—	naudoin
abessive		naudatta	naudoitta
comitative		—	nautoineen

Possessive forms of nauta (type kala)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	nautani	nautamme
2nd person	nautasi	nautanne
3rd person	nautansa

Derived terms

• nautamainen

Compounds

• nautaeläin
• nautakarja
• nautakiiliäinen
• nautapaarma
• nautarotu
• sikanauta

Anagrams

• autan, tauna

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Icelandic

Noun

nauta

1. indefinite genitive plural of naut

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ναύτης (naútēs, “sailor”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈnau̯.ta/, [ˈnau̯.t̪a]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈnau̯.ta/, [ˈnau̯.t̪a]

• Audio (Classical)

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Noun

nauta m (genitive nautae); first declension

1. sailor, seaman, mariner

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	nauta	nautae
Genitive	nautae	nautārum
Dative	nautae	nautīs
Accusative	nautam	nautās
Ablative	nautā	nautīs
Vocative	nauta	nautae

Synonyms

• (poetic): nāvita

Related terms

• nauticus
• nāvālis
• nāvia
• nāvicella
• nāvicula
• nāviculāris
• nāviculārius
• nāviculor
• nāvifragus
• nāvigābilis
• nāvigātiō
• nāvigātor
• nāviger
• nāvigium
• nāvigō
• nāvis

 

Descendants

• Catalan: nauta
• English: -naut
• Spanish: nauta

References

• nauta in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• nauta in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• nauta in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• nauta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • sailors, rowers: nautae, remiges
    
• nauta in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• nauta in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

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Occitan

Adjective

nauta

1. feminine singular of naut

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Spanish

Noun

nauta m or f (plural nautas)

1. seaman