kåte

See also: kate, Kate, katė, Käte, katę, and kɑte

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

  • kotto (dialectal, Trøndelag)

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Samic *koatē. Compare to Swedish kåta and Southern Sami gåetie. Related to kott (“small room or hut”) only in case if Proto-Germanic *kutą is related to Ugric.

Noun

kåte f (definite singular kåta, indefinite plural kåter, definite plural kåtene)

  1. a goahti or a small hut (usually in context of Sami culture)
    Synonyms: hytte, gamme, kott, lavvo, stove

Swedish

Adjective

kåte

  1. definite natural masculine singular of kåt

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