ciota

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Irish

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Etymology

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From Middle English kyt, kytt, kytte, from Middle Dutch kitte (a wooden vessel made of hooped staves). Cognate with English kit (circular wooden vessel).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ciota m (genitive singular ciota, nominative plural ciotaí)

  1. wooden mug

Declension

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
ciota chiota gciota
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page [[:s:fr:Page:Phonétique d'un parler irlandais de Kerry.pdf/18||s:fr:Page:Phonétique d'un parler irlandais de Kerry.pdf/18|]]

Further reading

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Polish

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Etymology

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Back-formation from ciotka.

Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔta
  • Syllabification: cio‧ta

Noun

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ciota f

  1. (offensive) homosexual or effeminate man; fag; faggot
  2. (colloquial) menstruation
    Synonyms: ciotka, menstruacja, miesiączka, period, okres
  3. (obsolete) female foreteller or witch doctor
  4. (obsolete) maternal aunt
  5. (Kuyavia, derogatory) Augmentative of ciotka

Declension

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Further reading

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  • ciota in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • ciota in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Józef Bliziński (1860) “ciota”, in Abecadłowy spis wyrazów języka ludowego w Kujawach i Galicyi Zachodniej (in Polish), Warszawa, page 621
  • Oskar Kolberg (1867) “ciota”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 269