kotoa

Finnish

Etymology

The separative singular of archaic/dialectal koto (“home”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkotoɑ/, [ˈko̞t̪o̞ɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -otoɑ
• Syllabification^(key): ko‧to‧a

Adverb

kotoa

1. from home

   Lähdin kotoa noin tunti sitten.

   I left home an hour ago.

   Löysitkö kotoasi mitään sopivaa työkalua?

   Did you find any suitable tools in your home?

Inflection

→○	lative	(kotiin)
○	locative	kotona
○→	separative	kotoa

The possessive suffix is usually not used when the subject of the sentence is talking about their own home; see usage examples above.

Personal/possessive forms of kotoa
no possessor	kotoa
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	kotoani	kotoamme
2nd person	kotoasi	kotoanne
3rd person	kotoaan kotoansa

Derived terms

compounds

• kotoapäin

 

Further reading

• “kotoa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Anagrams

• koota, takoo