コッ

Ainu

Alternative forms

コツ (old spelling)

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)

(transitive) to possess

Etymology 2

Noun

コッ (kot)

dip (in the ground), small valley, ditch, grave, hole, dyke
grave
house plot

References

John Batchelor, (1905), An Ainu-English-Japanese dictionary (including a grammar of the Ainu language), Tokyo: Methodist Publishing House, London: 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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