コッ

Ainu

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

According to Batchelor, a contraction of コロ (koro), TDA, however, consistently spells a term, that they define as synonymous with Japanese 持つ (“to hold; possess”), as コㇿ (kor).

Verb

コッ • (kot)

  1. (transitive) to possess

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

コッ • (kot)

  1. dip (in the ground), small valley, ditch, grave, hole, dyke
  2. grave
  3. house plot

References
  • John Batchelor (1905) An Ainu-English-Japanese dictionary (including a grammar of the Ainu language)‎, Tokyo; London: Methodist Publishing House; Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner Co., page 244
  • “セツ フチ コㇿ ポホ ネ ワ (Setsu húci kor póho ne wa)” in A talking dictionary of Ainu, Waseda University, University of London
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