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Kotas

KÒTAS

Etymology

Can be a nickname and be associated with lit. kótas „ant ko kas užmauta, ant ko kas laikosi; įrankio dalis, kurios paimama su ranka; rankena“ (LKŽ VI 383), doubtful. It can also be a Germanism, cf. German Koth, Kott ¹.

Feminine FORMS

Kotienė / Kotaitė

Pronunciation

/ˈkɔtɐs/

SOURCES

1. M. Gottschald, 1954, p. 296.