ot-
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ot"
English edit
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Etymology edit
From ὠτ- (ōt-), the stem of the Ancient Greek οὖς (oûs, “ear”).
Pronunciation edit
Prefix edit
ot-
Synonyms edit
- aur- (Latinate equivalent)
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Related terms edit
See also edit
References edit
- “Oto-” listed on page 233 of volume VII (O, P) of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles [1st ed., 1909]
Oto-, before a vowel ot-, a. Gr. ὠτο-, combining form of οὖς, ὠτ- ear, an element of medical and other scientific words, the more important of which appear in their alphabetical places. [¶; 28 derived terms, viz. otocatarrh, otoconia, otokonies, otoconial, otoconite, otocrane, otocranial, otocranic, otocyst, otocystic, otodynia, otodynic, otography, otographical, otomorphology, otomycosis, otopathy, otopathic, otophone, otoplasty, otoplastic, otopyosis, otorrhœa, otorrhœal, otorrhoic, otosalpinx, otosteal, ototomy; ¶; 20 quots.: 1855, 1881, 1842, 1854, 1872, 1857, 1877, 1878, 1880, 1836–9, 1900, 1877, 1839, 1888, 1818–20, 1878, 1877, 1857, 1854, 1868] - “oto-” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989]
- “oto-, comb. form” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [3rd ed., September 2004]
Anagrams edit
Aka-Bea edit
Prefix edit
ot-
- prefix attached to words relating to the head or heart
Basque edit
Prefix edit
ot-
- Alternative form of o- (Combining form of ogi (“bread”))
Usage notes edit
- Used when the following element of the compound starts with a vowel, /s̺/ or /s̻/.
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ot"
Kari'na edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Cariban *ôte-; cognate to Apalaí ot-, Trió ët-, Wayana ët-, Hixkaryana os-, Waiwai et-, Akawaio è-, s-, Macushi es-, Pemon es-, Ye'kwana öt-.
Pronunciation edit
Prefix edit
ot-
- Converts a transitive verb into an intransitive verb with an agent-like argument, variously with reflexive, reciprocal, or passive meaning.
Usage notes edit
This prefix takes the following forms:
- ot- when stressed before a u and sometimes before o or a
- at- when unstressed before a u and sometimes before o or a
- os- when stressed sometimes before an e, o, or a
- as- when unstressed sometimes before an e, o, or a
- o- usually before an e, in which case the e itself is lost and the prefix is always stressed; some verbs with e take both an o- variant and an os-/as- variant, with different meanings
- e- before an i or y, and sometimes before a consonant
- ai- sometimes before a consonant
- ò- sometimes before a consonant
Some verbs beginning with a consonant can show variation between all three of the last options.
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Old Polish edit
Pronunciation edit
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ot-
- Alternative form of od-
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Ye'kwana edit
Pronunciation edit
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ot-
- allomorph of öt- (detransitivizing prefix).