karote

From Proto-Baltic *kar-ōut-, *kar-uot- (with a suffix -uot), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-, *kor- (“to cut, split”). The original meaning was probably that of carved or hollowed object. Cognates include Lithuanian prakartas (“trough, manger”), Old Prussian pracartis (“hod, carrying box”), Proto-Slavic *koryto (“trough, manger”) (Russian коры́то (korýto), Bulgarian кори́то (koríto, “ravine”), Czech, Polish koryto (“trough, manger, (river) bed”)), Sanskrit करोटि (karoṭi, “plate, bowl, cup”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): [karuôte]

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karote f (5th declension)

1. spoon (scooped utensil with a long handle, for eating or serving)

   zupas, deserta karote ― soup, dessert spoon

   sudraba, koka karote ― silver, wooden spoon

   ēst ar karoti ― to eat with a spoon

2. spoonful (the amount (of food, etc.) that a spoon will hold)

   karote cukura, ievārījuma ― a spoonful of sugar, of jam

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From French carotter.

karote

1. to pinch, squeeze

• Baker, Philip; Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. (1987), Diksiyoner kreol morisyeṅ [Mauritian Creole Dictionary] (in French and English), Paris: L'Harmattan, →ISBN

From French carotter.

karote

1. to pinch, squeeze

• D'Offay, Danielle; Lionnet, Guy (1982), Diksyonner kreol-franse [Creole-French Dictionary] (in French), Hamburg: Buske, →ISBN

From French carotte.

karote f (plural karootn)

1. carrot