ota

Pronunciation: [ūōta]

“ota” is a Latvian word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

paintbrush (instrument for painting or drawing, consisting of a bundle of hairs or feathers attached to the end of a handle)
painting style, work

Etymology

From *vota ([vuota]) with loss of initial v (like ola (“egg”), q.v.), from *wuo-, from Proto-Baltic *wan-, from Proto-Indo-European *won-, *wen-, *wā- (“to hit”). The original meaning was apparently “(something) for hitting,” at some point used to refer to the birch brooms used to hit oneself in steam baths, and then to all brooms. In the 1920s its use was restricted to the modern sense of…

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