poti

See also: Poti, potí, poți, póti, pōti, and pôti

Estonian

Noun

poti

1. genitive singular of pott

Finnish

Verb

poti

1. third-person singular past indicative of potea

Anagrams

• Topi, opit, pito, topi

Italian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpo.ti/
• Rhymes: -oti
• Hyphenation: pó‧ti

Verb

poti

1. inflection of potare (“to prune”):
   1. second-person singular present indicative
   2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   3. third-person singular imperative

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔ.ti/
• Rhymes: -ɔti
• Hyphenation: pò‧ti

Noun

poti m pl

1. plural of poto

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔ.ti/
• Rhymes: -ɔti
• Hyphenation: pò‧ti

Verb

poti

1. inflection of potare (“to drink”):
   1. second-person singular present indicative
   2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   3. third-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• -tipo, Pito, opti, tipo, tipo-, topi

Latin

Participle

pōtī

1. inflection of pōtus:
   1. nominative/vocative masculine plural
   2. genitive masculine/neuter singular

Lithuanian

Etymology

Per Smoczyński, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peh₂- (“to draw, to pound”). Possibly akin to Proto-Slavic *patriti (“to perceive, observe”).

Verb

póti (third-person present tense pója, third-person past tense pójo)

1. (transitive) to grasp, to comprehend

Conjugation

Conjugation of poti

		singular vienaskaita				plural daugiskaita
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
		aš	tu	jis/ji		mes	jūs	jie/jos
indicative tiesioginė nuosaka	present esamasis laikas	poju	poji	poja		pojame, pojam	pojate, pojat	poja
	past būtasis kartinis laikas	pojau	pojai	pojo		pojome, pojom	pojote, pojot	pojo
	past frequentative būtasis dažninis laikas	podavau	podavai	podavo		podavome, podavom	podavote, podavot	podavo
	future būsimasis laikas	posiu	posi	pos		posime, posim	posite, posit	pos
subjunctive tariamoji nuosaka		počiau	potum, potumei	potų		potumėme, potumėm, potume	potumėte, potumėt	potų
imperative liepiamoji nuosaka		—	pok, poki	tepoja, tepojie		pokime, pokim	pokite, pokit	tepoja, tepojie

Participles of poti

adjectival (dalyviai) active passive present pojąs, pojantis pojamas past pojęs potas past frequentative podavęs — future posiąs, posiantis posimas participle of necessity — potinas adverbial special pusdalyvis podamas half-participle padalyviai present pojant past pojus past frequentative podavus future posiant manner of action būdinys pote, potinai

Derived terms

• supóti

References

• “poti”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2025
• Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “poti”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 1369

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from English potty.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔ.tɪ/

Noun

poti m (plural potis)

1. (childish) potty

Maori

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɔti]

Etymology 1

Probably either from English pussy (as in pussy-cat) or a parallel onomatopoetic formation (compare Arabic بَسَّة (bassa), Lithuanian puižė).

Noun

poti

1. cat (Felis silvestris catus)

   Synonyms: ngeru, puihi, tori

Etymology 2

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

Noun

poti

1. angle
2. corner

   Synonym: piko

Derived terms

• popoti
• potipoti

Further reading

• Williams, Herbert William (1917) “poti”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, pages 344-5
• “poti” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• potí (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi potĩ.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /poˈt͡ʃi/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /puˈti/

• Rhymes: -i
• Hyphenation: po‧ti

Noun

poti m (plural potis)

1. (Brazil, regional) shrimp

   Synonym: camarão

Related terms

• Poti
• potiguar
• potimirim
• potiúna

Slovene

Noun

poti f

1. genitive/dative/locative singular of pot

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English put.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpo.ti/

Verb

poti

1. to put, to lay, to place, to set

See also

• pôti

Welsh

Etymology

From English potty.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔti/

Noun

poti m

1. potty (children's chamberpot)
   • 2011, Sharon Morgan, Hanes Rhyw Gymraes: Hunangofiant Sharon Morgan‎^[2], →ISBN:

     O’dd Fay Franklin drws nesa wedi ca’l doli anhygoel o’r enw Dinah, doli a allai ddweud ‘Mama’, yfed o botel a mynd i’r poti.

     Fay Franklin next door had got an amazing doll named Dinah, a doll that could say ‘Mama’, drink from a bottle and go to the potty.

Mutation

Mutated forms of poti

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
poti	boti	mhoti	photi

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.