Botswana
English edit
Etymology edit
From Tswana Botswana, from bo- + Tswana, of uncertain origin.[1]
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /bɒtˈswɑːnə/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (US) IPA(key): /bɑːtˈswɑːnə/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɑːnə
Proper noun edit
Botswana
- A country in Southern Africa. Capital: Gaborone.
- Bechuanaland, fully the Bechuanaland Protectorate, a colony of the United Kingdom from 1885 to 1966
- The Republic of Botswana, since 1966
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See also edit
- Gaborone
- Countries of the world
- (countries of Africa) countries of Africa; Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe (Category: en:Countries in Africa) [edit]
References edit
- ^ Isaac Schapera, John L Comaroff (2015 June 3) The Tswana, Routledge, →ISBN, page 3:
- It has been variously interpreted as meaning: (a) "the little offshoots" (from -tswa, "to go out, to come from), (b) "the separatists, or seceders" (from tswaana, "to separate from one another"), and (c) "those who are alike" (from -tshwaana, "to be alike"). None of these derivations is generally accepted; van Warmelo curtly dismisses them as "fruitless speculation".
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Audio (file)
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Botswana
- Botswana (a country in Southern Africa; capital: Gaborone)
Breton edit
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Botswana
- Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)
Catalan edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Central) [butsˈwa.nə]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [botsˈwa.nə]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [botsˈwa.na]
Audio (Valencian) (file)
Proper noun edit
Botswana f
- Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)
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Czech edit
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Botswana f (related adjective botswanský, demonym Botswaňan or Botswanec, female demonym Botswaňanka or Botswanka)
- Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)
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Botswana
- Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)
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Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
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Botswana n
- Botswana (a country in Southern Africa) [from 1960s]
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Botswana
- Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)
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Botswana
- Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)
Declension edit
Inflection of Botswana (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Botswana | — | ||
genitive | Botswanan | — | ||
partitive | Botswanaa | — | ||
illative | Botswanaan | — | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Botswana | — | ||
accusative | nom. | Botswana | — | |
gen. | Botswanan | |||
genitive | Botswanan | — | ||
partitive | Botswanaa | — | ||
inessive | Botswanassa | — | ||
elative | Botswanasta | — | ||
illative | Botswanaan | — | ||
adessive | Botswanalla | — | ||
ablative | Botswanalta | — | ||
allative | Botswanalle | — | ||
essive | Botswanana | — | ||
translative | Botswanaksi | — | ||
abessive | Botswanatta | — | ||
instructive | — | — | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Botswana m
- Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)
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Botswana n (proper noun, strong, genitive Botswanas)
- Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)
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Botswana
- Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)
Declension edit
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | Botswana | — |
accusative | Botswanát | — |
dative | Botswanának | — |
instrumental | Botswanával | — |
causal-final | Botswanáért | — |
translative | Botswanává | — |
terminative | Botswanáig | — |
essive-formal | Botswanaként | — |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | Botswanában | — |
superessive | Botswanán | — |
adessive | Botswanánál | — |
illative | Botswanába | — |
sublative | Botswanára | — |
allative | Botswanához | — |
elative | Botswanából | — |
delative | Botswanáról | — |
ablative | Botswanától | — |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
Botswanáé | — |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
Botswanáéi | — |
Possessive forms of Botswana | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | Botswanám | — |
2nd person sing. | Botswanád | — |
3rd person sing. | Botswanája | — |
1st person plural | Botswanánk | — |
2nd person plural | Botswanátok | — |
3rd person plural | Botswanájuk | — |
Related terms edit
Interlingua edit
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Botswana
- Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)
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Botswana m
- Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)
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Norwegian Bokmål edit
Proper noun edit
Botswana
- Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)
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Norwegian Nynorsk edit
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Botswana
- Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)
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Polish edit
Pronunciation edit
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Botswana f
- Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)
Declension edit
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Further reading edit
- Botswana in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
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Botswana
- Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)
Scots edit
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Botswana
- Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)
Slovak edit
Proper noun edit
Botswana f (genitive singular Botswany, declension pattern of žena)
- Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)
References edit
- “Botswana”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
Spanish edit
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Botswana f
- Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)
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Swahili edit
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Audio (Kenya) (file)
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Botswana
- Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)
See also edit
- (countries of Africa) nchi za Afrika; Algeria or Aljeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Kamerun or Cameroon or Kameruni, Jamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati, Chad or Chadi, Komori or Visiwa vya Ngazija, Cote d'Ivoire or Kodivaa, Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo or Kongo-Kinshasa, Jibuti or Djibouti, Misri or Umisri, Guinea ya Ikweta or Ginekweta, Eritrea, Ethiopia or Uhabeshi or Habeshi, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea or Gine or Gini, Guinea Bisau or Guinea-Bisau or Ginebisau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagaska or Bukini, Malawi or Unyasa, Mali, Mauritania, Morisi, Mayotte, Moroko or Maroko, Msumbiji or Mozambik, Namibia, Niger or Nijeri, Nigeria or Nijeria or Naijeria, Jamhuri ya Kongo or Kongo-Brazzaville, Réunion, Rwanda or Ruanda, Mtakatifu Helena, Sao Tome na Principe, Senegal or Senegali, Shelisheli, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Afrika Kusini, Sudan Kusini, Sudan, Uswazi or Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Sahara ya Magharibi, Zambia, Zimbabwe (Category: sw:Countries in Africa) [edit]
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Tswana Botswana, from bo- + Tswana.
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Proper noun edit
Botswana n (genitive Botswanas)
- Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)
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- botswansk (“Botswanan”, adjective)
- botswanier c (“Botswanan male”)
- botswanska c (“Botswanan female”)
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
From Spanish Botswana, from Tswana Botswana.
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /botsˈwana/, [botsˈwa.nɐ]
- Rhymes: -ana
- Syllabification: Bots‧wa‧na
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Botswana (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜆ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜏᜈ)
- Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)
Tswana edit
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Botswana
- Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
From English Botswana, from Tswana Botswana.
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /bɔtsˈwana/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /bɔtsˈwa(ː)na/
Proper noun edit
Botswana f
- Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)
Derived terms edit
- Botswanaidd (“Botswanan”, adjective)
- Botswaniad (“Botswanan (man/woman)”)
- Gweriniaeth Botswana (“Republic of Botswana”)
Mutation edit
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
Botswana | Fotswana | Motswana | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
See also edit
- (countries of Africa) gwledydd Affrica; yr Aifft, Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Bwrcina Ffaso, Bwrwndi, Cabo Verde, Camerŵn, Cenia, Comoros, De Africa, De Swdan, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Gini, Gini Bisaw, Gini Gyhydeddol, Gorllewin Sahara, Gweriniaeth Canolbarth Affrica, Gweriniaeth Ddemocrataidd y Congo, Gweriniaeth y Congo, Jibwti, Lesotho, Liberia, Libia, Madagasgar, Malawi, Mali, Mawrisiws, Mawritania, Moroco, Mosambic, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sambia, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Simbabwe, Somalia, Swdan, Tansania, Tiwnisia, Togo, y Traeth Ifori, Tsiad, Wganda (Category: cy:Countries in Africa) [edit]
Zulu edit
Etymology edit
From English Botswana, from bo- + Tswana.
Pronunciation edit
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Botswana
- Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)