Translation
mud, mire; filth, muck
Word origin
From German Kot, muck or filth, a root Zamenhof took from the Germanic side. There is no English cognate to lean on, so this one is memory work.
- Origin
- German
- Root
- Kot
Examples
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After the rain the road was full of mud.
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The children played in the mud.
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His shoes were covered in mud.
Wet mud, specifically. Dry dust is and general uncleanness is o, so glossing as plain "dirt" sends you wrong about half the time. The moral sense carries over as it does in English, and you can throw at somebody's reputation. Do not read a participle into the shape: this is the root - plus the noun ending, not ko- with -ot- in the middle, and there is no verb koi for it to come from.
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