ote

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ote/ [o.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ote, -e
• Hyphenation: o‧te

Etymology 1

From Proto-Basque *ote.^[1]

Etymology 2

References

Further reading

• “ote”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
• “ote”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Etymology

ottaa (“to take”) +‎ -e

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoteˣ/, [ˈo̞t̪e̞(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -ote
• Hyphenation^(key): ote

Noun

ote

1. grasp, grip [with elative or illative (former more common, and only option for e.g. body parts) ‘of’]

   pinsettiote ― pincer grasp

2. (figuratively) approach, mindset [with illative ‘for’]

   Synonym: lähestymistapa

3. (in the plural) skill, technique; manner of going about something

   Hierojalla oli rivakat otteet.

   The masseuse had a vigorous technique.

4. citation, excerpt, extract; in particular: an excerpt from an official registry

   Synonyms: lainaus, (informal) pätkä

   Opettaja luki otteen oppikirjasta.

   The teacher read an excerpt from the textbook.

   rekisteriote ― registration (of a vehicle)

   kantakirjaote ― excerpt from a breed registry

5. (rarely chiefly in compounds) maneuver, see e.g. Heimlich maneuver
6. (in expressions) occasion, time

   useaan otteeseen ― on multiple occasions

Further reading

• “ote”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Anagrams

• teo-, toe

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈoː.te/, [ˈoːt̪ɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈo.te/, [ˈɔːt̪e]

Noun

ōte

1. vocative singular of ōtus

Noun

ote

1. paddle

References

• Greg Pearson, René van den Berg, Lote Grammar Sketch (2008)

Alternative forms

• hote, oote
• ate (Early Middle English, Northern)

Etymology

From Old English āte (plural ātan), from Proto-West Germanic *aitā, from Proto-Germanic *aitǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyd- (“to swell”). Related to Old Norse eitill (“lymph node”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔːt(ə)/
• (Early Middle English) IPA^(key): /ˈɑːt(ə)/
• (Northern) IPA^(key): /aːt/

Noun

ote (plural otes or oten)

1. The oat plant (Avena sativa)
2. A grain of this plant (usually in the plural)

Etymology

Cognates include Minica Huitoto ote and Nüpode Huitoto otde.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɔtɛ]
• Hyphenation: o‧te

Verb

ote

1. (transitive) to get
   • 2008 [1978], Huitoto Murui Bible, 2nd edition, Mateo 1:1, page 5:

     Ñaiñaiñona ollena, David mɨcorɨ Urías mɨcorɨna jobaimemo orede.

     To get her, the late David sent the late Uriah to war.

2. (transitive) to take

References

• Shirley Burtch (1983) Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎ (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 207
• Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎, Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 115

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀tɪ́.

Noun

oté (plural eté)

1. tree

Further reading

• Crane, Thera, Larry Hyman, Simon Nsielanga Tukumu (2011) A grammar of Nzadi [B.865]: a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, →ISBN

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /ɔtɛ/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ɔtɛ/

Preposition

ote

1. Alternative form of od

Verb

ote (Cyrillic spelling оте)

1. second/third-person singular aorist past of oteti

Verb

ote

1. inflection of otar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Adjective

-ote (declinable)

1. all, every
2. the whole, the entire