bót

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "bot"

Icelandic

Etymology 1

From Old Norse bót, from Proto-Germanic *bōtō (“recompense”).

Cognates include Old Swedish bōt (“improvement”) whence Swedish bot (“fine”). Compare also Bót- in the names Bótey, Bóthildur and Bótólfur, Swedish Boel and Bodil and Danish Bodil. Related to Proto-Germanic *batiz (“good; better”), itself ultimately going back to Proto-Indo-European *bʰed- (“improve, make better”) (sometimes reconstructed as **bʰ(e)Hd-).

Pronunciation

Noun

bót f (genitive singular bótar, nominative plural bætur)

  1. betterment, improvement, cure
  2. patch
Declension
Declension of bót (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bót bótin bætur bæturnar
accusative bót bótina bætur bæturnar
dative bót bótinni bótum bótunum
genitive bótar bótarinnar bóta bótanna
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *buhtiz. A doublet of the loanword bugt.

Noun

bót f (genitive singular bótar, nominative plural bætur)

  1. bight, cove, inlet, a small bay
Declension
Declension of bót (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bót bótin bætur bæturnar
accusative bót bótina bætur bæturnar
dative bót bótinni bótum bótunum
genitive bótar bótarinnar bóta bótanna
Derived terms
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References

Kashubian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbwot/
  • Rhymes: -ot
  • Syllabification: bót

Noun

bót m inan

  1. boot
  2. shoe

Further reading

  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “but”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎
  • “bót”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Tày

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *ɓoːtᴰ. Cognate with Lao ບອດ (bǭt), Northern Thai ᨷᩬᨯ, Lü ᦢᦸᧆᧈ (ḃoad¹), Shan မွတ်ႇ (màut) or ဝွတ်ႇ (wàut), Ahom 𑜈𑜨𑜄𑜫 (bot), Thai บอด (bɔ̀ɔt). Compare Proto-Austronesian *buCa (whence Malay buta and Hiligaynon buta).

Pronunciation

Adjective

bót

  1. blind
    tha bót ― blind eye
  2. flat; deflated
    Nghé bắp mì lo̱i mặt bót.
    The corn has a few flat kernels.

Derived terms

References

  • Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎ (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên

Vietnamese

FWOTD – 20 November 2021

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From French brosse.

Noun

bót

  1. (dated) brush (used for cleanup)
Synonyms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

bót

  1. (dated) police station
    • 2016, Trầm Hương, Trong cơn lốc xoáy, part I, NXB Phụ nữ, page 367:
      Rất nhanh chóng, cò Bazin quay trở lại bót Catinat, với tâm thế sục sôi rửa hận.
      Very quickly, superintendent Bazin returned to the Catinat police station, his heart boiling over with vengeance.
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