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English

Etymology

From Japanese ? (koto).

Noun

koto (plural kotos)

1. (music) A Japanese stringed instrument having numerous strings, usually seven or thirteen, that are stretched over a convex wooden sounding board and are plucked with three plectra, worn on the thumb, index finger, and middle finger of one hand.
   • 1962, Philip K. Dick, The Man in the High Castle, in Four Novels of the 1960s, Library of America 2007, p. 94:

     Seated on the soft carpet with their drinks, they listened to a recording of koto, Japanese thirteen-string harp.

Derived terms

• kotoist

Translations

Anagrams

• Koot, Otok, toko, toko-, took

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ko?.to?/
• Hyphenation: ko?to
• Rhymes: -o?to?

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sranan Tongo koto, from English coat.

Noun

koto m (plural koto's)

1. A traditional Surinamese dress, traditionally worn by women of African descent.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Japanese ? (koto).

Noun

koto m (plural koto's)

1. A koto; a Japanese stringed instrument.

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?koto/
• Hyphenation: ko?to
• Rhymes: -oto

Noun

koto (accusative singular koton, plural kotoj, accusative plural kotojn)

1. mud

Derived terms

• kota (muddy)
• kotanimulo (“low-minded person”)

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?koto/, [?ko?t?o?]
• Rhymes: -oto
• Syllabification: ko?to

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *koto, which is derived from Proto-Finnic *kota. Cognate with Estonian kodu.

Noun

koto

1. (archaic) home
   • 1855 — Aleksis Kivi, Koto ja kahleet [1]

     Hän muisteli kotoansa kivisellä aholla yläpuolella vihantoja peltoja ja korkean vuoren alla.

Declension

Synonyms

• koti

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Japanese ? (koto)

Noun

koto

1. (music) koto (instrument)

Declension

Anagrams

• koot, toko

French

Etymology

From Japanese ? (koto).

Pronunciation

Noun

koto m (plural kotos)

1. koto (musical instruments)

See also

• koto on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr

Further reading

• “koto” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Japanese

Romanization

koto

1. R?maji transcription of ??
2. R?maji transcription of ??

Madurese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kutu, from Proto-Austronesian *kuCu.

Noun

koto (plural kotokoto)

1. louse (insect)

Sambali

Noun

koto

1. louse (insect)

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English coat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ko.to/

Noun

koto

1. A traditional African-Surinamese dress.

Descendants

• ? Dutch: koto

Votic

Etymology

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Noun

koto (genitive koo, partitive [please provide])

1. house, home

Inflection

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References

• "koto" in Vadja keele sõnaraamat

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /?ko??ta?/

Noun

kotow (plural kotows)

1. Alternative spelling of kowtow

Verb

kotow (third-person singular simple present kotows, present participle kotowing, simple past and past participle kotowed)

1. Alternative spelling of kowtow

Lower Sorbian

Noun

kotow

1. Superseded spelling of kótow.