кутел
/[ˈkutɛɫ]/
Bulgariannoun
Definitions
- 1.dialectalmortar (wooden or stony receptacle in which ingredients are ground)
- 2.dialectalsmall spade, scooper, ladle
- 3.dialectalmedium-size container used as a measure cup
Synonyms & related words
Word family
- куте́лка
- ку́тлик
- ку́телец
- ку́тлица
Etymology
Unclear. Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary lists as possible origins: * Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kutьlъ, whence also dial. Serbo-Croatian ку̏тао (“spade”), from the root of Proto-Slavic *kuti (“to hew”); * Possibly borrowed from a Vulgar Latin reflex of Latin cotyla (“beaker”) or Ancient Greek κοτῠ́λη (kotŭ́lē, “small vessel”), both viewed as phonetically unsatisfactory. True loanwords from this origin are Bulgarian чу́тура (čútura), чо́тра (čótra); * Possibly borrowed from Greek κουτάλι (koutáli, “spoon”), viewed as semantically unsatisfactory.
Forms
- ку́телcanonical • masculine
- kútelromanization
- ку́телindefinite • singular
- ку́тлиindefinite • plural
- ку́телятdefinite • singular • subjective
- ку́тлитеdefinite • plural • subjective
- ку́теляdefinite • objective • singular
- ку́тлитеdefinite • objective • plural
- -count-form • singular
- ку́теляcount-form • plural
- ку́тълalternative
- ку́тлаalternative