kots

== Abenaki == === Alternative forms === gots === Etymology === From English goats, plural of goat. Cf. kaoz, piks. === Noun === kots (animate, plural kotsak) a goat ==== Derived terms ==== kotsis (“young goat, kid”) == Afrikaans == === Etymology === From Dutch kotsen. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɔts/ === Verb === kots (present kots, present participle kotsende, past participle gekots) (intransitive) to vomit === Noun === kots (uncountable) vomit, barf == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɔts/ Hyphenation: kots Rhymes: -ɔts === Etymology 1 === Deverbal from kotsen. ==== Noun ==== kots m (uncountable, diminutive kotsje n) vomit [from 20th c.] Synonyms: braaksel, barf ===== Usage notes ===== Less formal than braaksel, but more formal than barf (which is youth slang). ==== Interjection ==== kots (informal) Expression of disgust, as if one has to vomit. Synonyms: barf, gedver, iel === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== kots inflection of kotsen: first-person singular present indicative (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative imperative