otsu
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 乙 (“second”).
Adjective
otsu (not comparable)
- (linguistics) In Old Japanese, one of two sets of vowels of uncertain pronunciation which fell together in modern Japanese.
- 1991, Christopher Seeley, A History of Writing in Japan:
- Later—during the ninth century—the kō and otsu groups did come to be used interchangeably.
- 2001, John R. Bentley, A Descriptive Grammar of Early Old Japanese Prose:
- He rejects the claim of Matsumoto (1984) that the kô and otsu -o- vowels are in complementary distribution, and therefore these two vowels are allophones of a single vowel.
See also
- otsu-rui
- kô/kō
- kô-otsu/kō-otsu
Anagrams
Japanese
Romanization
otsu
Turkish
Etymology
From ot (“grass”) + -su (“-ish”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /otˈsu/
Adjective
otsu (botany)
- herbaceous
- Synonym: otsul
- Antonym: odunsu
Declension
| present tense | ||
|---|---|---|
| positive declarative | positive interrogative | |
| ben (I am) | otsuyum | otsu muyum? |
| sen (you are) | otsusun | otsu musun? |
| o (he/she/it is) | otsu / otsudur | otsu mu? |
| biz (we are) | otsuyuz | otsu muyuz? |
| siz (you are) | otsusunuz | otsu musunuz? |
| onlar (they are) | otsu(lar) | otsu(lar) mı? |
| past tense | ||
| positive declarative | positive interrogative | |
| ben (I was) | otsuydum | otsu muydum? |
| sen (you were) | otsuydun | otsu muydun? |
| o (he/she/it was) | otsuydu | otsu muydu? |
| biz (we were) | otsuyduk | otsu muyduk? |
| siz (you were) | otsuydunuz | otsu muydunuz? |
| onlar (they were) | otsuydular | otsu muydular? |
| indirect past | ||
| positive declarative | positive interrogative | |
| ben (I was) | otsuymuşum | otsu muymuşum? |
| sen (you were) | otsuymuşsun | otsu muymuşsun? |
| o (he/she/it was) | otsuymuş | otsu muymuş? |
| biz (we were) | otsuymuşuz | otsu muymuşuz? |
| siz (you were) | otsuymuşsunuz | otsu muymuşsunuz? |
| onlar (they were) | otsuymuşlar | otsu muymuşlar? |
| conditional | ||
| positive declarative | positive interrogative | |
| ben (if I) | otsuysam | otsu muysam? |
| sen (if you) | otsuysan | otsu muysan? |
| o (if he/she/it) | otsuysa | otsu muysa? |
| biz (if we) | otsuysak | otsu muysak? |
| siz (if you) | otsuysanız | otsu muysanız? |
| onlar (if they) | otsuysalar | otsu muysalar? |
For negative forms, use the appropriate form of değil.
Derived terms
- otsu topluluk
Further reading
- “otsu”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “otsu”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3648a