# outa
## English
### Etymology 1

From Afrikaans outa.

#### Noun

outa (plural outas)
* (South Africa) An old black man.
** 1978, André Brink, Rumours of Rain, Vintage, published 2000, page 133:As I stood to one side to let him go out, she asked: “Daddy, is he an uncle or an outa?”
** 2001, South African Theatre Journal, volume 15, page 48:Secondly, there is an old black man, the Outa, who stumbles in from the dark to die beside their fire.
** 2003, Antjie Krog, A Change of Tongue, page 275:The reference is to a cheerful little ditty, in which an old black man, an ‘outa’, takes the long road to Mebosspruit, playing his tin guitar along the way.

### Etymology 2

Variant forms.

#### Preposition

outa
* Alternative spelling of outta
** 1965, Jack Kerouac, Desolation Angels, page 101:[…] and lo! here’s all humanity hep and weird wandering on the evening sidewalk amazing me outa my eyeballs […]

### Anagrams

* Auto, Auto., aout, auto, auto-, auto.

## Afrikaans
### Etymology

Said to be a blend of Afrikaans oud (“old”) and Sotho ntate (“father”).

### Noun

outa (uncountable)
* An old black man.

### Further reading

* D. C. Hauptfleisch. 1993. "Racist language in society and in dictionaries: A pragmatic perspective". Lexikos

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Sami, compare Northern Sami vuovdi.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈou̯tɑ/, [ˈo̞u̯t̪ɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -outɑ
* Hyphenation: ou‧ta

### Noun

outa (dialectal)
* (Peräpohjola dialects) forest

#### Declension

Possessive forms of outa (Kotus type 10*F/koira, t-d gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
outani
outani
accusative
nom.
outani
outani
gen.
outani
genitive
outani
outieni outaini $^{rare}$
partitive
outaani
outiani
inessive
oudassani
oudissani
elative
oudastani
oudistani
illative
outaani
outiini
adessive
oudallani
oudillani
ablative
oudaltani
oudiltani
allative
oudalleni
oudilleni
essive
outanani
outinani
translative
oudakseni
oudikseni
abessive
oudattani
oudittani
instructive
comitative
—outineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
outasi
outasi
accusative
nom.
outasi
outasi
gen.
outasi
genitive
outasi
outiesi outaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
outaasi
outiasi
inessive
oudassasi
oudissasi
elative
oudastasi
oudistasi
illative
outaasi
outiisi
adessive
oudallasi
oudillasi
ablative
oudaltasi
oudiltasi
allative
oudallesi
oudillesi
essive
outanasi
outinasi
translative
oudaksesi
oudiksesi
abessive
oudattasi
oudittasi
instructive
comitative
—outinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
outamme
outamme
accusative
nom.
outamme
outamme
gen.
outamme
genitive
outamme
outiemme outaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
outaamme
outiamme
inessive
oudassamme
oudissamme
elative
oudastamme
oudistamme
illative
outaamme
outiimme
adessive
oudallamme
oudillamme
ablative
oudaltamme
oudiltamme
allative
oudallemme
oudillemme
essive
outanamme
outinamme
translative
oudaksemme
oudiksemme
abessive
oudattamme
oudittamme
instructive
comitative
—outinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
outanne
outanne
accusative
nom.
outanne
outanne
gen.
outanne
genitive
outanne
outienne outainne $^{rare}$
partitive
outaanne
outianne
inessive
oudassanne
oudissanne
elative
oudastanne
oudistanne
illative
outaanne
outiinne
adessive
oudallanne
oudillanne
ablative
oudaltanne
oudiltanne
allative
oudallenne
oudillenne
essive
outananne
outinanne
translative
oudaksenne
oudiksenne
abessive
oudattanne
oudittanne
instructive
comitative
—outinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
outansa
outansa
accusative
nom.
outansa
outansa
gen.
outansa
genitive
outansa
outiensa outainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
outaansa
outiaan outiansa
inessive
oudassaan oudassansa
oudissaan oudissansa
elative
oudastaan oudastansa
oudistaan oudistansa
illative
outaansa
outiinsa
adessive
oudallaan oudallansa
oudillaan oudillansa
ablative
oudaltaan oudaltansa
oudiltaan oudiltansa
allative
oudalleen oudallensa
oudilleen oudillensa
essive
outanaan outanansa
outinaan outinansa
translative
oudakseen oudaksensa
oudikseen oudiksensa
abessive
oudattaan oudattansa
oudittaan oudittansa
instructive
comitative
—outineen outinensa :

#### Synonyms

* metsä

#### Derived terms

* outapaju

### Anagrams

* auot, auto, auto-