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koto
koto
English
Noun
koto (plural kotos)
- (music) A Japanese stringed instrument having numerous strings, usually seven or thirteen, that are stretched over a convex wooden sounding board and are plucked with three plectra, worn on the thumb, index finger, and middle finger of one hand.
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Translations
a Japanese stringed instrument
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Esperanto
Etymology
Noun
koto (accusative singular koton, plural kotoj, accusative plural kotojn)
Derived terms
- kota (muddy)
Finnish
Noun
koto
- (archaic) home
- 1855 — Aleksis Kivi, Koto ja kahleet
- Hän muisteli kotoansa kivisellä aholla yläpuolella vihantoja peltoja ja korkean vuoren alla.
- 1855 — Aleksis Kivi, Koto ja kahleet
Declension
Inflection of koto (Kotus type 1/valo, t-d gradation) | |||
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nominative | koto | kodot | |
genitive | kodon | kotojen | |
partitive | kotoa | kotoja | |
illative | kotoon | kotoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | koto | kodot | |
accusative | nom. | koto | kodot |
gen. | kodon | ||
genitive | kodon | kotojen | |
partitive | kotoa | kotoja | |
inessive | kodossa | kodoissa | |
elative | kodosta | kodoista | |
illative | kotoon | kotoihin | |
adessive | kodolla | kodoilla | |
ablative | kodolta | kodoilta | |
allative | kodolle | kodoille | |
essive | kotona | kotoina | |
translative | kodoksi | kodoiksi | |
instructive | — | kodoin | |
abessive | kodotta | kodoitta | |
comitative | — | kotoineen |
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French
Etymology
Noun
koto m (plural kotos)
- koto (musical instruments)
See also
- koto on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr
Madurese
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kutu, from Proto-Austronesian *kuCu.
Noun
koto (plural kotokoto)
- louse (insect)