kota

From English quota, from Latin quota, from Latin quota pars.

kota

1. quota

From koto +‎ -a.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkota/

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• Rhymes: -ota
• Syllabification: ko‧ta

kota (accusative singular kotan, plural kotaj, accusative plural kotajn)

1. muddy

From Proto-Finnic *kota (compare Estonian koda), from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kota (compare Erzya кудо (kudo), Hungarian ház).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈkotɑ/, [ˈko̞t̪ɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -otɑ
• Syllabification^(key): ko‧ta
• Hyphenation^(key): ko‧ta

kota

1. A conical or hemispherical shelter with an open fireplace in the middle, usually supported by a frame of wooden poles and covered with a variety of materials including hides, textile fabric, peat and timber; known in some English texts by its Northern Sami name goahti.
   1. Specifically, a saamelaiskota.
2. (botany) capsule
3. core of an apple

   Synonym: kara

• kammi
• teltta
• Goahti on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• “kota”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

• kato, toka

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈkota/ [ˈko.t̪a]

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• Rhymes: -ota
• Syllabification: ko‧ta

From Malay kota, from Classical Malay kota, from Tamil கோட்டம் (kōṭṭam, “city”) or Sanskrit कोट्ट (koṭṭa, “city”).

• The sense in government was coined by Indonesian politician Teuku Muhammad Hasan in 1945 to translate Dutch gemeente or stadsgemeente.
• Displaced Dutch stad (“city, town”) by Komisi Bahasa Indonesia as published on Kanpō/Berita Pemerintah No.38 Year III Month 3 (2604) in 1944.

kota (plural kota-kota)

1. city,
   1. (demography, urban studies) a large settlement, bigger than a town; sometimes with a specific legal definition, depending on the place
   2. (government) the second-level urban administrative division in Indonesia
2. urbs (walled city)

• the sense of second-level urban administrative division is used since 1999. The previous term for second-level urban administrative division are kota madya (1965-1999) and kota praja (~1965). The second-level urban administrative division in Java during colonial period were Dutch stadsgemeente (literally “urban commune”) and Japanese 市 (shi, “city”) which romanised as si
• before 1999, kota was used to describe urban administrative division, which can be a first-level administrative division (kota raya), a second-level administrative division (kota madya), a third-level administrative division (kota administratif), or a fourth-level administrative division (kota kecamatan)

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kota

1. to keep, to fullfill, to hold, to honor

Borrowed from Serua [Term?].

kota (plural kota-kota)

1. a small box made of pandan leaves, a place to store valuables, usually carried by the Serua indigenous people

Borrowed from Kur [Term?], probably cognate of Etymology 1.

kota (plural kota-kota)

1. a garden that has been fenced with a stone fence

Borrowed from Blagar [Term?], probably cognate of Etymology 1.

kota (plural kota-kota)

1. fence made of coral piles

• “kota”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

kota

1. nonstandard spelling of kutha

kota

1. to go in, to enter

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-kót.

kota

1. to enter, to join

Borrowed from Kongo kota.

-kota (infinitive kokota)

1. to enter

kota

1. superseded spelling of kóta

• IPA^(key): [ˈkota]

kota (Lontara spelling ᨀᨚᨈ, semi-transitive anngota)

1. (transitive) to chew

Borrowed from Sanskrit कोट्ट (koṭṭa) or Tamil கோட்டம் (kōṭṭam).

• IPA^(key): /kota/
  • (schwa-variety) IPA^(key): [ko.tə]

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  • (Baku) IPA^(key): [kɔ.ta]

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• Rhymes: -ta, -a
• Hyphenation: ko‧ta

kota (Jawi spelling کوتا, plural kota-kota or kota²)

1. (uncommon) A fort.

   Synonyms: benteng, kubu

   Kota Tanjung Keramat ― Tanjung Keramat Fort

2. (obsolete) A rampart.

   Synonyms: tembok, benteng

3. City:
   1. (usually historical) A city.^[1]

      Synonyms: bandar, bandar raya, kota raya

   2. The city as opposed to the countryside.

      Synonym: bandar

      Antonyms: desa, luar bandar, kampung

4. One's dwelling area.

• > Indonesian: kota (inherited)
• > Peranakan Indonesian: kota (inherited)
• → Chinese: 谷達 / 谷达^[1]
• → Swahili: ukuta
• → Tagalog: kuta

• (Indonesian) kota

• "kota" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Inherited from Malay kota.

kota

1. city

   Synonym: stad

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.ta/

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• Rhymes: -ɔta
• Syllabification: ko‧ta

kota m

1. accusative/genitive singular of kot

From Serbo-Croatian kotao.

• IPA^(key): /kǒta/

kota m

1. cauldron

• Walter Breu and Giovanni Piccoli (2000), Dizionario croato molisano di Acquaviva Collecroce: Dizionario plurilingue della lingua slava della minoranza di provenienza dalmata di Acquaviva Collecroce in Provincia di Campobasso (Parte grammaticale).

kota c

1. (anatomy) vertebra; an element of the backbone

   Synonym: ryggkota

• kotbåge
• kotkropp
• mellankotskiva

• kota in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker

• toka

• kuwota
• kuta

Borrowed from Spanish cuota (“quota”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈkota/ [ˈkoː.t̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ota
• Syllabification: ko‧ta

kota (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜆ)

1. quota

   Synonym: takda

• akto, toka, tako, kato, Atok

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *kʊ̀jóta.

kota

1. infinitive of -ota (“to warm oneself in the sun”).

From Ottoman Turkish قوته (kota), from French quota.

kota (definite accusative kotayı, plural kotalar)

1. quota

• Robert Avery et al., editors (2013), “kota2”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “kota”, in Nişanyan Sözlük