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kota.

A traditional conical or hemispherical shelter/hut, possibly with an open fireplace in the middle, usually supported by a frame of wooden poles and covered with a variety of materials including hides, textile fabric, peat and timber; known in some English texts by its Northern Sami name goahti.

4 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

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noun/ˈkotɑ/[ˈko̞t̪ɑ̝]
  1. A traditional conical or hemispherical shelter/hut, possibly with an open fireplace in the middle, usually supported by a frame of wooden poles and covered with a variety of materials including hides, textile fabric, peat and timber; known in some English texts by its Northern Sami name goahti.

  2. A traditional conical or hemispherical shelter/hut, possibly with an open fireplace in the middle, usually supported by a frame of wooden poles and covered with a variety of materials including hides, textile fabric, peat and timber; known in some English texts by its Northern Sami name goahti. Specifically, a saamelaiskota.

  3. A modern conical one-storey shelter or structure evoking the traditional structure, often built of logs with (relatively low) vertical walls and a conical roof, and usually containing an open fireplace in the middle for cooking or staying warm.

  4. capsule

  5. core of an apple

Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *kota (compare Estonian koda), from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kota (compare Erzya кудо (kudo), Hungarian ház).

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