kurot

Finnish

Verb

kurot

second-person singular present indicative of kuroa

Anagrams

korut, orkut, torku

Latvian

Verb

kurot

present conjunctive form of kurt
(with the particle lai) imperative conjunctive form of kurt

Participle

kurot (invariable)

lighting, igniting; adverbial present active participle of kurt (invariable form)

Tagalog

Alternative forms

corot, curot – obsolete

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *kəzut, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kəzut. Cognate with Bikol Central kudot, Cebuano kurot, and Maranao kedot.

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: ku‧rót

IPA^(key): /kuˈɾot/, [kʊˈɾot]

Noun

kurót (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜇᜓᜆ᜔)

pinch; nip

Derived terms

kumurot (“to pinch with the nails”)
kurutin (“to pinch with the nails”)
makurot (“to get pinched with the nails”)
mangurot (“to pinch someone with the nails”)
pagkurot (“act of pinching”)

References

Fr. Juan José de Noceda; Fr. Pedro de Sanlucar (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎ (in Spanish & Tagalog), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier, page 94: “COROT. pc. pellizco”
Rosalio Serrano (1854) Diccionario de terminos comunes tagalo-castellano‎ (in Spanish and Tagalog), page 33: “Curót. Pelliscar á otro de las uñas”

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