poto
Chichewa edit
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poto class 5 (plural mapoto class 6)
Eastern Bontoc edit
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poto
Esperanto edit
Etymology edit
From German Pott and English pot.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
poto (accusative singular poton, plural potoj, accusative plural potojn)
- pot (vessel)
Derived terms edit
- florpoto (“flowerpot”)
- kuirpoto (“cooking pot”)
French edit
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poto m (plural potos)
Indonesian edit
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poto (first-person possessive potoku, second-person possessive potomu, third-person possessive potonya)
- Nonstandard spelling of foto (“photo”).
Italian edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Latin pōtus, from Proto-Italic *pōtos, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₃tós (“(having been) drunk; having drunk”), derived from the root *peh₃- (“to drink”).
Cognate with Greek ποτό (potó, “drink, beverage”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
poto m (plural poti) (literary, obsolete)
- beverage, drink
- (uncountable) the act of drinking
- Synonym: bere
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- poto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
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poto
- first-person singular present indicative of potare (“to prune”)
Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
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poto
- first-person singular present indicative of potare (“to drink”)
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Kari'na edit
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Etymology edit
From Proto-Cariban *apoto; compare Yabarana tapotoi, Ye'kwana ajo'jo.
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Noun edit
poto (possessed potory, plural potonon) (East Suriname)
References edit
- Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 351
- Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “poto”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 387; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes[2], Paris, 1956, page 378
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Italic *pōtos, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₃-.
Cognate with Old Church Slavonic пити (piti), Ancient Greek πίνω (pínō), Sanskrit पिबति (píbati). Compare the noun pōtus (“drink”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpoː.toː/, [ˈpoːt̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpo.to/, [ˈpɔːt̪o]
Verb edit
pōtō (present infinitive pōtāre, perfect active pōtāvī, supine pōtum); first conjugation
Usage notes edit
A variant of the 4th principal part of this verb is the regular pōtātum.
Conjugation edit
1The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.
2At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.
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Descendants edit
References edit
- “poto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “poto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[3], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to drink to excess; to be a drunkard: potare
- to drink to excess; to be a drunkard: potare
- poto in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[4], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
Rapa Nui edit
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poto
Spanish edit
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Etymology 1 edit
From Mapudungun poto (“bottom, underside”), from Quechua putu (“vessel”), from Mochica potos (“genitals”).
Noun edit
poto m (plural potos)
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
poto
Further reading edit
- “poto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tahitian edit
Adjective edit
poto
References edit
- Yves Lemaître, Lexique du tahitien contemporain (Current Tahitian lexicon), 1995.
- “poto” in Dictionnaire en ligne Tahitien/Français (Online Tahitian–French Dictionary), by the Tahitian Academy.
Tok Pisin edit
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poto