koot

See also: Koot and kööt

English

Noun

koot

1. (India) The costus plant.

References

• Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “koot”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

• kurt (other dialects of Ripuarian)
• kurz, korz (Moselle Franconian)

Etymology

From Middle High German kurz, from Old High German kurt, from Proto-West Germanic *kurt, from Latin curtus.

The word was borrowed around the time when the High German consonant shift ceased to be active, which explains the Old High German doublets kurt and kurz. The fact that within Central Franconian the t-sound is northern, may imply that it has been reinforced by Low Franconian and Low German influence.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koːt/

Adjective

koot (masculine koote, feminine and plural koote or koot, comparative kööter, superlative et köötste)

1. (Kölsch) short, not long

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch cote, from Proto-Germanic *kutō-, related to *kautōn- (“knuckle”), of unknown ultimate origin, with no certain cognates outside of Germanic. However, compare kuil (“pothole”) and keutel (“hard animal droppings”), though Kroonen considers comparisons with the latter a stretch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koːt/

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• Hyphenation: koot
• Rhymes: -oːt

Noun

koot f (plural koten, diminutive kootje n)

1. (chiefly diminutive) phalanx, phalange.
2. (dialectal) joint.

   Synonym: gewricht

Derived terms

• overkoot
• teenkoot
• vingerkoot

Descendants

• Afrikaans: koot
• → Papiamentu: koot (dated)
• → West Frisian: koat

Anagrams

• toko

Finnish

Etymology 1

Noun

koot

1. nominative plural of koko

Etymology 2

Noun

koot

1. nominative plural of koo

Anagrams

• koto, toko

Marshallese

Etymology

Borrowed from English goat, from Middle English goot, got, gat, from Old English gāt, from Proto-Germanic *gaits.

Pronunciation

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [kɔːtˠ], (enunciated) [kɔɔtˠ]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /kɛwɛtˠ/
• Bender phonemes: {kewet}

Noun

koot

1. a goat

References

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

Semai

Etymology

From Proto-Aslian *kəmuən (“nephew”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *kmuən ~ *kmuun ~ *kmun (“sibling's child”).

Noun

koot

1. nephew; niece