fota
Fula
Adverb
fota
Related terms
References
- Oumar Bah, Dictionnaire Pular-Français, Avec un index français-pular, Webonary.org, SIL International, 2014.
Ladino
Etymology
From Greek φώτα (fóta, “lights”), ultimately from Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs), φᾰ́ος (phắos), from Proto-Hellenic *pʰáos, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os, from *bʰeh₂- (“shine”).
Noun
fota f
Further reading
- Joseph Nehama, Jesús Cantera (1977) “fóta”, in Dictionnaire du Judéo-Espagnol (in French), Madrid: CSIC, →ISBN, page 216
Latin
Participle
fōta
- inflection of fōtus:
- nominative/vocative feminine singular
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural
Participle
fōtā
- ablative feminine singular of fōtus
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfoː.tɑ/
Noun
fōta
- genitive plural of fōt
Old Irish
Etymology
An io-ia extension of an erstwhile genitive singular of fot (“length”), which Pokorny assumes to be a u-stem before it became a neuter o-stem. Supporting this is the occurrence of the forms fota and foto in the Annals of Ulster for the Old Irish period and foto even appearing in the Milan glosses.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɸoda]
Adjective
fota
- long
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 60a10
- .i. non ł coní deninn uide foto do tuidecht asindoiri
- i.e. non, or, that I might not make a long journey to come out of the Captivity.
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 60a10
Inflection
The io-ia declension seems to be completely interchangeable with the indeclinable forms foto and fota.
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | fotae | fotae | fotae |
| vocative | fotai | ||
| accusative | fotae | fotai | |
| genitive | fotai | fotae | fotai |
| dative | fotu | fotai | fotu |
| plural | masculine | feminine/neuter | |
| nominative | fotai | fotai | |
| vocative | fotai fotu* | ||
| accusative | fotai fotu* | ||
| genitive | fotae | ||
| dative | fotaib | ||
* when substantivized
Antonyms
Descendants
Mutation
| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| fota | ḟota | fota pronounced with /β̃-/ |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈfota]
Noun
fota f
- definite nominative/accusative singular of fotă
Swedish
Etymology
Clipping of fotografera
Verb
fota (present fotar, preterite fotade, supine fotat, imperative fota)
- (colloquial) to photograph, to shoot
- Synonyms: plåta, fotografera
Conjugation
| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | fota | fotas | ||
| supine | fotat | fotats | ||
| imperative | fota | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | foten | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | fotar | fotade | fotas | fotades |
| ind. plural1 | fota | fotade | fotas | fotades |
| subjunctive2 | fote | fotade | fotes | fotades |
| present participle | fotande | |||
| past participle | fotad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
References
- fota in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- fota in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- fota in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Anagrams
Tetum
Etymology
From *bota, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *betak. Compare Tagalog bitak.
Verb
fota
Xhosa
Verb
-fota?
- photograph, take a photo
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.