Contionary:kat

Koṭärt

Etymology

From Old Koṭärt kat. By surface analysis, a regular noun derivative from the root kat-.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Academic), IPA^(key): /kat/, [kat], [kat̚]
• (Weśte dialects), IPA^(key): [kʰät̚], [kʰɐt̚]

Noun

kat (reduplicative plural käkät, general plural kätät, diminutive katitl, katöñ, augumentative këpat)

1. house, home

Wipāks kat.

He started building a house.

1. clan, genus, house, dynasty

Atilātüntsa ktäp ëu Okkönen.

You (allegedly) come from the house of Okkönen.

Declension

WIP

Synonyms

• (building where one resides) máḷt, yēṣmäkat, meyē

Related terms

• kātkä
• kten
• katat

Derived terms

• kekat
• katërn
• katërt
• leikat
• yēṣmäkat

Old Koṭärt

Pronunciation

• (Archaic) [ˈka.tə̆]
• (Standard Mainlands) [kat̪]
• (Urban, Koṭärt city) ⫽kat⫽ [kat], [kat̪], [kat̚], [kaʔ]
• (Urban Weśte) [kʰat̚]
• (Rural Weśte) [k⁽ʰ⁾at̚], [k⁽ʰ⁾ät̚]

Noun

kat (reduplicative plural käkät, general plural kätät, diminutive katitl, katöñ, augumentative këpat)

1. house, home
2. house, dynasty, especially the dynasty of a current ruler
3. (pre-Lakkāl, technical) a standard residence building of a middle-class person and below, as opposed to mëmáḷt, the residence of a wealthy individual.
4. (figurative) one's homeland, a native country one feels personal connection with

Declension

WIP

Descendants

• Koṭärt: kat
• → Ahurzian: akât