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otsa

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Estonian

Noun

otsa

  1. genitive singular of ots
  2. partitive singular of ots
  3. illative singular of ots

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *oncca.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈotsɑ/, [ˈo̞ts̠ɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -otsɑ
  • Syllabification(key): ot‧sa
  • Hyphenation(key): ot‧sa

Noun

otsa

  1. forehead

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...
More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...

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Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *oncca. Cognates include Finnish otsa and Estonian ots.

Pronunciation

Noun

otsa

  1. end, tip
    • 1936, V. I. Junus, P. L. Maksimov, Inkeroisin keelen oppikirja alkuşkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 4:
      Alkakaa vaa kirjuttaa suureel bukvaal i otsaa pankaa tocka.
      Start writing in big letters and at the end put a full stop.
    • 1937, V. A. Tetjurev, translated by N. J. Molotsova, Loonnontiito oppikirja alkușkoulua vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 65:
      Sormiin ja varpain otsiis inmihisel ja monikkail elokkail ollaa kynnet, toisiil elokkail kapjat tali sorkat.
      At the tips of fingers and toes humans and some animals have nails, other animals [have] hooves or cloven hooves.
  2. border (of a village)
  3. short for otsakeero

Declension

More information Declension of (type 3/koira, no gradation), singular ...

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Derived terms

References

  • Fedor Tumansky (1790), “оцца”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи [An experiment of an account of the acts, location, condition and division of the Saint Petersburg gubernia], Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ [A short dictionary of the Ingrian, Finnish, Estonian, Chud and Yamtian dialects with a Russian translation], page 679
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 367
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Rwanda-Rundi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-jòkia, causative of Proto-Bantu *-jòka.

Verb

-ōtsa (infinitive (Rwanda) kōtsa or (Rundi) kwōtsa, perfective -ōkeje)

  1. roast, burn, bake

Derived terms

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