kots

Abenaki

Alternative forms

• gots

Etymology

From English goats, plural of goat. Cf. kaoz, piks.

Noun

kots (animate, plural kotsak)

1. a goat

Derived terms

• kotsis (“young goat, kid”)

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch kotsen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔts/

• Audio:

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Verb

kots (present kots, present participle kotsende, past participle gekots)

1. (intransitive) to vomit

   Die kinders moes in haar motor kots.

   The children had to puke in her car.

Noun

kots (uncountable)

1. vomit, barf

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔts/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: kots
• Rhymes: -ɔts

Etymology 1

Deverbal from kotsen.

Noun

kots m (uncountable, diminutive kotsje n)

1. vomit [from 20th c.]

   Synonyms: braaksel, barf

Usage notes

• Less formal than braaksel, but more formal than barf (which is youth slang).

Interjection

kots

1. (informal) Expression of disgust, as if one has to vomit.

   Synonyms: barf, gedver, iel

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

kots

1. inflection of kotsen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative