kurto

Ladino

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish corto (“short”), from Latin curtus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

kurto (Hebrew spelling קורטו)[1]

  1. short [16th c.]
    • 2005, La Lettre Sépharade‎[1], numbers 20–31, →ISBN, page 23:
      Eya keria meterte fostanikos brodados para resivir sus musafiras, i tu te fuyias de la kaza vistida kon pantalonikos kurtos, i paresiyas un zinganiko de las kayes.
      She wanted to put embroidered dresses on you for receiving her guests, and you left the house dressed with short little pants; you looked like a street urchin.

References

  1. ^ “kurto”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola [Treasure of the Judeo-Spanish Language] (in Ladino, Hebrew, and English), Instituto Maale Adumim

Latvian

Participle

kurto

  1. inflection of kurtais:
    1. vocative/accusative/instrumental singular masculine/feminine
    2. genitive plural masculine/feminine
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