kvoot

Estonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin quota.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkvoːt/

Noun

kvoot (genitive kvoodi, partitive kvooti)

1. allocation, quota (proportional part or share; share or proportion assigned to each in a division)

   Synonyms: jagu, määrosa, norm

Declension

Declension of kvoot (ÕS type 22e/riik, t-d gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		kvoot	kvoodid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	kvoodi
genitive			kvootide
partitive		kvooti	kvoote kvootisid
illative		kvooti kvoodisse	kvootidesse kvoodesse
inessive		kvoodis	kvootides kvoodes
elative		kvoodist	kvootidest kvoodest
allative		kvoodile	kvootidele kvoodele
adessive		kvoodil	kvootidel kvoodel
ablative		kvoodilt	kvootidelt kvoodelt
translative		kvoodiks	kvootideks kvoodeks
terminative		kvoodini	kvootideni
essive		kvoodina	kvootidena
abessive		kvoodita	kvootideta
comitative		kvoodiga	kvootidega

Derived terms

nouns

• alikvoot
• kalapüügikvoot
• kvootemaa
• kvootvalik
• kvootvalim
• lihtkvoot
• pagulaskvoot
• põgenikekvoot
• püügikvoot
• saastekvoot
• sisserändekvoot
• sisseveokvoot
• sookvoot
• väljaveokvoot

 

Further reading

• “kvoot”, in [PSV] Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
• “kvoot”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
• “kvoot”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
• kvoot in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)