bota

See also: bóta, botá, botâ, and böta

Albanian

Noun

bota f

1. definite nominative singular of botë

Aragonese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbota/
• Rhymes: -ota
• Syllabification: bo‧ta

Noun

bota f (plural botas)

1. boot

References

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “bota”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

Asturian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbota/, [ˈbo.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ota
• Hyphenation: bo‧ta

Noun

bota f (plural botes)

1. boot (heavy shoe that covers part of the leg)

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bota/ [bo.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ota
• Hyphenation: bo‧ta

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish botar (“to throw”).

Verb

bota du (imperfect participle botatzen, future participle botako, short form bota, verbal noun botatze)

1. to throw

   Synonym: jaurti

2. to sprout

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish bota (“boot”).

Noun

bota inan

1. boot

Declension

Declension of bota (inanimate, ending in -a)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	bota	bota	botak
ergative	botak	botak	botek
dative	botari	botari	botei
genitive	botaren	botaren	boten
comitative	botarekin	botarekin	botekin
causative	botarengatik	botarengatik	botengatik
benefactive	botarentzat	botarentzat	botentzat
instrumental	botaz	botaz	botez
inessive	botatan	botan	botetan
locative	botatako	botako	botetako
allative	botatara	botara	botetara
terminative	botataraino	botaraino	botetaraino
directive	botatarantz	botarantz	botetarantz
destinative	botatarako	botarako	botetarako
ablative	botatatik	botatik	botetatik
partitive	botarik	—	—
prolative	botatzat	—	—

Further reading

• "bota" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
• “bota” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus

Buhi'non Bikol

Alternative forms

• buta

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

Adjective

bota

1. blind; sightless

Catalan

Etymology 1

Uncertain, perhaps from French botter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈbɔ.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈbo.ta]

Noun

bota f (plural botes)

1. boot

Etymology 2

Inherited from Late Latin buttis (“cask”).

Alternative forms

• bóta (pre-2016 spelling)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈbo.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈbo.ta]

Noun

bota f (plural botes)

1. barrel, cask

   Synonyms: barral, (cask) tina

2. wineskin

   Synonym: bot

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈbo.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈbo.ta]

Verb

bota

1. inflection of botar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “bota” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “bota”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “bota” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbota]

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

bota f

1. boot
2. shoe
3. (colloquial) mistake

Declension

Declension of bota (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	bota	boty
genitive	boty	bot
dative	botě	botám
accusative	botu	boty
vocative	boto	boty
locative	botě	botách
instrumental	botou	botami

See also

• botička
• chyba (“mistake”)
• holínka (“shoe, boot”)
• sandál (“shoe, boot”)

Further reading

• bota in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• bota in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• bota in Internetová jazyková příručka

Galician

Etymology 1

Attested since the 14th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese, probably from Old French botte (“boot”) of obscure, probably Germanic, origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔta̝/

Noun

bota f (plural botas)

1. boot
   • 1434, M. González Garcés, editor, Historia de La Coruña. Edad Media, A Coruña: Caixa Galicia, page 609:

     Manda o conçello et os alcalldes, regidores et procuradores desta villa da crunna de parte de noso sennor el Rey et do dito conçello da dita villa et porque asi he ordenança antiga que nehunus çapateiros et outras quasquer personas que non sejan çapateiros et vezinnos et moradores da dita villa et en ela non pagan talla con os outros çapateiros vezjnnos da dita villa que non son confrades dos çapateiros asi como os çapateiros de portal, que non vsen dos ditos ofiçios de çapateria nen vendan çapatos nen botas nen outro calçado de coiro en publico nen ascondido nen los ponnan en tendas nen portaes nen anden a vender por la dita villa et pescaria dela Et desde Palavea et media legoa da villa enderredor a villa saluo se os venderen a engros aos ditos çapateiros que viuen et moran na dita villa ou eles os consentiren vender en seus portaes.

     the council and mayors, councilmen and agents of this town of A Coruña, on behalf of our lord the King and of this town council, and because so it is an old ordinance; that no shoemaker or whichever other person who is not a shoemaker and neighbour and dweller of the said town and in it they did not pay contributions with the other shoemakers neighbours of the said town and which are not a brother of the guild of the shoemakers, as well as the shoemakers who work at their porches; that they should not use of this office of shoemaking nor should they sell shoes nor boots nor any other leather footwear, nor publicly, nor in hiding, nor should they put them in shops nor porches nor should they go selling them around this town and its fishery [outskirts neighbourhood], nor from Palavea and half a league around this town, except if they sell them in bulk to the said shoemakers that live and dwell in the said town or if they let them sell at their porches

Related terms

• boto

Etymology 2

From Old Galician-Portuguese (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Late Latin buttis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔta̝/

Noun

bota f (plural botas)

1. bota bag
   • 1373, E. Cal Pardo, editor, Colección diplomática medieval do arquivo da catedral de Mondoñedo. Transcrición íntegra dos documentos, Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 191:

     Item çinquo odres et hua bota grande

     Item, five wineskins a one large bota bag

   • 1707, Salvador Francisco Roel, Entremés ao real e feliz parto da nosa raíña:

     Afonso:
     Pond'a messa, Cathaliña.
     Christobo:
     Sacad'essa bota, Irena.
     Alberte:
     Sacà, Marta, esse pernil.
     Cathaliña:
     Homes tende pouca pressa,
     que para todo ay bagar.

     Afonso:
     "Set the table, Cathaliña."
     Christobo:
     "Bring out that wineskin, Irena."
     Alberte:
     "Bring out, Marta, that ham."
     Cathaliña:
     "Men, be in little hurry,
     there is a time for everything."

2. blister

Derived terms

• botado
• boto

Related terms

• botella
• butelo

Etymology 3

Deverbal from botar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbota̝/

Noun

bota f (plural botas)

1. seeding
2. sowing time

Related terms

• botar

Etymology 4

From boto (“blunt, dull”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbota̝/, /ˈbɔta̝/

Adjective

bota

1. feminine singular of boto

Noun

bota f (plural botas)

1. bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)

   Synonym: arroás

Derived terms

• quenlla bota

Etymology 5

Verb

bota

1. inflection of botar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

References

• “bota” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “bota” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “bota” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “bota” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “bota” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Gothic

Romanization

bota

1. Romanization of 𐌱𐍉𐍄𐌰

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese botar. Cognate with Kabuverdianu bota.

Verb

bota

1. to throw

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese botar.

Verb

bota

1. to throw

Lingala

Verb

bota

1. to give birth

Malay

Etymology

From Sanskrit भूत (bhūta, “demon”).

Noun

bota (Jawi spelling بوتا, plural bota-bota, informal 1st possessive botaku, 2nd possessive botamu, 3rd possessive botanya)

1. (folklore, mythology) giant

Alternative forms

• buta (Indonesia)

References

• "bota" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.
• “bota” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Mansaka

Etymology

From buta, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta.

Verb

bota

1. to blind

Maranao

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

Adjective

bota

1. blind

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• boten

Noun

bota m or f

1. definite singular of bot

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

bota f

1. definite singular of bot

Portuguese

botas

Etymology 1

From French botte (“boot”), from Old French bote (“a high, thick shoe”), of obscure origin, but probably of Germanic origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔ.tɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɔtɐ
• Homophone: vota (Northern Portugal)
• Hyphenation: bo‧ta

Noun

bota f (plural botas)

1. boot (shoe that covers part of the leg)

See also

• botina
• cano
• calçado

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔ.tɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɔtɐ
• Homophone: vota (Northern Portugal)
• Hyphenation: bo‧ta

Verb

bota

1. inflection of botar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbo.tɐ/

• Rhymes: -otɐ
• Hyphenation: bo‧ta

Adjective

bota

1. feminine singular of boto

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbota/ [ˈbo.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ota
• Syllabification: bo‧ta
• Homophone: vota

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French botte. Compare English boot.

Noun

bota f (plural botas)

1. boot

Derived terms

• bota de agua
• bota de goma
• bota de potro
• bota española
• limpiabotas
• lustrabotas
• ponerse las botas
• sacabotas
• tuercebotas

 

Descendants

• → Ye'kwana: wota

Etymology 2

bota (2)

Inherited from Late Latin buttis, with a change of suffix, and probably of Ancient Greek origin. Compare English butt (“large cask”).

Noun

bota f (plural botas)

1. wineskin, bota bag; soft pouch, usually suspended from a cord or lanyard, for carrying wine or other beverages (similar to a canteen)

   Synonym: borracha

Derived terms

• botana

 

Related terms

• botella

 

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

bota

1. feminine singular of boto

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

bota

1. inflection of botar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “bota”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Etymology

See bot (sense 2) (“remedy, cure”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbuː.ta/

• Audio:

  (file)

Verb

bota (present botar, preterite botade, supine botat, imperative bota)

1. to cure, heal; to restore to good health; to relieve from a disease

Conjugation

Conjugation of bota (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	bota		botas
Supine	botat		botats
Imperative	bota		—
Imper. plural1	boten		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	botar	botade	botas	botades
Ind. plural1	bota	botade	botas	botades
Subjunctive2	bote	botade	botes	botades
	Participles
Present participle	botande
Past participle	botad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• bot
• botemedel
• botgörare
• botgöring

 

See also

• böta

Further reading

• bota in Svensk ordbok.

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish bota.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbota/, [ˈbo.tɐ]
• Rhymes: -ota
• Syllabification: bo‧ta

Noun

bota (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜆ)

1. boot

   Synonym: botas

Venetian

Noun

bota f (plural bote)

1. blow, hit