kotor

See also: Kotor

Batuley

Etymology

Borrowed from Indonesian kotor.

Adjective

kotor

  1. dirty

References


Broome Pearling Lugger Pidgin

Etymology

From Malay kotor.

Noun

kotor

  1. dirty

References

  • 2004, William McGregor, The Languages of the Kimberley, Western Australia, Taylor & Francis.

Hungarian

Etymology

From an onomatopoeic (sound-imitative) root + -r (frequentative suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkotor]
  • Hyphenation: ko‧tor

Verb

kotor

  1. (transitive) to dredge, scoop (e.g. to excavate and remove material from the bottom of a body of water)

Conjugation

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

  • belekotor
  • előkotor
  • felkotor
  • kikotor
  • megkotor
  • összekotor
  • szétkotor
  • végigkotor

References

  1. Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN

Indonesian

Adjective

kotor

  1. dirty

Malay

Pronunciation

Adjective

kotor

  1. dirty (unclean)

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Broome Pearling Lugger Pidgin: kotor

Romani

Etymology

From Old Armenian կոտոր (kotor).

Noun

kotor m

  1. piece
  2. short period of time

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), կոտոր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press

Swedish

Noun

kotor

  1. indefinite plural of kota
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