From Proto-Cushitic , from Proto-Afroasiatic . Cognates include Hausa kútíi , Bole kutì , Dass kàt , Aasax kite .
Kuta (1).
IPA (key ) : /ˈkuta/ [ˈkʊtʌ]
Hyphenation: ku‧ta
kúta m (plural kuutá f )
male dog
Declension of kúta
absolutive
kúta
predicative
kúta
subjective
kutí
genitive
kutí
Kuta (2).
IPA (key ) : /kuˈta/ [kʊˈtʌ]
Hyphenation: ku‧ta
kutá f (plural kuutá f )
female dog ; bitch
Declension of kutá
absolutive
kutá
predicative
kutá
subjective
kutá
genitive
kutá
E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985 ) An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English) , University of London, →ISBN , page 152
Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2004 ) Parlons Afar: Langue et Culture , L'Hammartan, →ISBN , page 24
kuta
Romanization of ᬓᬹᬝ .
Hyphenation: ku‧ta
IPA (key ) : /kuˈtaʔ/ [kuˈtaʔ]
kutâ
used to express an unrealized intention or situation
Nanggana kuta siya sa dalaganan, pero nadapa siya sa huri. ― He would have won the race, but he tripped at the very end.
used to express disappointment in a desired but unrealized result, especially due to an unfulfilled condition
Nag-aadal na kuta ako ngunyan sa eskuwela, kun dai ako nagkahilang. ― I would have been studying in school right now, if only I hadn't gotten sick.
kuta
flour
possessive forms of kuta
ñuqap - first-person singular
qampa - second-person singular
paypa - third-person singular
ñuqanchikpa - first-person inclusive plural
ñuqaykup - first-person exclusive plural
qamkunap - second-person plural
paykunap - third-person plural
Historically represented as كُٹَ ( kuta ) , where the /t/ is alveolar.
-kuta (infinitive kukuta )
to come upon ; find
1973 , Mohammed S. Abdulla, Duniani kuna watu , page 3:[ …] lakini mara alijikuta akisema kichinichini, "Potelea mbali, nitakwenda." [ …] but suddenly he found himself saying secretly, "To hell, I'll go."
Conjugation of -kuta
Positive present
-na kuta
Subjunctive
-kute
Negative
-kuti
Imperative singular
kuta
Infinitives
Imperatives
Tensed forms
Habitual
hukuta
Positive past
positive subject concord + -li kuta
Negative past
negative subject concord + -ku kuta
Positive present (positive subject concord + -na kuta)
Singular
Plural
1st person
ni nakuta/na kuta
tu nakuta
2nd person
u nakuta
m nakuta
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
a nakuta
wa nakuta
other classes
positive subject concord + -na kuta
Negative present (negative subject concord + -kuti )
Singular
Plural
1st person
si kuti
hatu kuti
2nd person
hu kuti
ham kuti
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
ha kuti
hawa kuti
other classes
negative subject concord + -kuti
Positive future
positive subject concord + -ta kuta
Negative future
negative subject concord + -ta kuta
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -kute )
Singular
Plural
1st person
ni kute
tu kute
2nd person
u kute
m kute
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
a kute
wa kute
other classes
positive subject concord + -kute
Negative subjunctive
positive subject concord + -si kute
Positive present conditional
positive subject concord + -nge kuta
Negative present conditional
positive subject concord + -singe kuta
Positive past conditional
positive subject concord + -ngali kuta
Negative past conditional
positive subject concord + -singali kuta
Perfect
positive subject concord + -me kuta
"Already"
positive subject concord + -mesha kuta
"Not yet"
negative subject concord + -ja kuta
"If/When"
positive subject concord + -ki kuta
"If not"
positive subject concord + -sipo kuta
Consecutive
kakuta / positive subject concord + -ka kuta
Consecutive subjunctive
positive subject concord + -ka kute
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.
Historically represented as كُتَ ( kut̠a ) , where the /t̠/ is dental.
-kuta (infinitive kukuta )
to satisfy
Conjugation of -kuta
Positive present
-na kuta
Subjunctive
-kute
Negative
-kuti
Imperative singular
kuta
Infinitives
Imperatives
Tensed forms
Habitual
hukuta
Positive past
positive subject concord + -li kuta
Negative past
negative subject concord + -ku kuta
Positive present (positive subject concord + -na kuta)
Singular
Plural
1st person
ni nakuta/na kuta
tu nakuta
2nd person
u nakuta
m nakuta
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
a nakuta
wa nakuta
other classes
positive subject concord + -na kuta
Negative present (negative subject concord + -kuti )
Singular
Plural
1st person
si kuti
hatu kuti
2nd person
hu kuti
ham kuti
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
ha kuti
hawa kuti
other classes
negative subject concord + -kuti
Positive future
positive subject concord + -ta kuta
Negative future
negative subject concord + -ta kuta
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -kute )
Singular
Plural
1st person
ni kute
tu kute
2nd person
u kute
m kute
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
a kute
wa kute
other classes
positive subject concord + -kute
Negative subjunctive
positive subject concord + -si kute
Positive present conditional
positive subject concord + -nge kuta
Negative present conditional
positive subject concord + -singe kuta
Positive past conditional
positive subject concord + -ngali kuta
Negative past conditional
positive subject concord + -singali kuta
Perfect
positive subject concord + -me kuta
"Already"
positive subject concord + -mesha kuta
"Not yet"
negative subject concord + -ja kuta
"If/When"
positive subject concord + -ki kuta
"If not"
positive subject concord + -sipo kuta
Consecutive
kakuta / positive subject concord + -ka kuta
Consecutive subjunctive
positive subject concord + -ka kute
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.
kuta
plural of ukuta
Borrowed from Malay kota , from Sanskrit कोट ( koṭa , “ fort; castle ” ) or Sanskrit कोट्ट ( koṭṭa , “ fort; castle ” ) or Tamil கோட்டம் ( kōṭṭam , “ city ” ) . Compare Indonesian kota and Javanese ꦏꦸꦛ ( kutha ) .
kutà (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜆ )
citadel ; fort ; fortress ; fortification
Synonyms: muog , muralya , tanggulan
( figurative ) hiding place ; den
Synonym: taguan
Early borrowing from Spanish cota , from Old French cote , from Latin cotta ( “ undercoat, tunic ” ) .
kuta (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜆ ) ( obsolete )
mail ( armor ) [16th–17th c.]
Synonyms: kutamaya , ( obsolete ) barong-bakal
kuta (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜆ )
Alternative form of kota
“kuta ”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph , Manila, 2018
San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613 ) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero [2] , La Noble Villa de Pila
page 198: “Cota) Cota (pp) de malla, metaf) de cota que es la çerca de piedra, porque diçen ellos que [la cota] de malla es çerca del cuerpo”
page 323: “Fortaleça) Cota (pp) de çiudad”
page 438: “Muro) Cota (pp) M. de ciudad o pueblo, hacianla eſtos [antiguamente] de palos gruesos o de palmas”
page 611: “Zerca) Cota (pp) de cal y canto”
Variant orthographies
ALIV
kuta
Brazilian standard
kuta
New Tribes
cuta
kuta (possessed kudu )
semen , sperm
Cáceres, Natalia (2011 ) “chuudu”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana [3] , Lyon
Lauer, Matthew Taylor (2005 ) Fertility in Amazonia: Indigenous Concepts of the Human Reproductive Process Among the Ye’kwana of Southern Venezuela [4] , Santa Barbara: University of California, pages 217–218 : “cuta ”
Gongora, Majoí Fávero (2017 ) Ääma ashichaato: replicações, transformações, pessoas e cantos entre os Ye’kwana do rio Auaris [5] , corrected edition, São Paulo: Universidade de São Paulo, pages 183, 376–377 : “kuta ”