pota

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See also: POTA, potá, põta, pōta, and p’ǫta

Asturian

Etymology

Probably from Old French pot. Further etymology is obscure; perhaps from Proto-Germanic *puttaz (“pot”), from Proto-Indo-European *budn- (“a type of vessel”).

Pronunciation

Noun

pota f (plural potes)

  1. pot
    Synonym: cacíu
    En pota que fierve nun toparás mosques (proverb)
    In a boiling pot you won't find flies (Who boils his pot with chips makes his broth smell of smoke)

Related terms

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “bote I”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillic пота
Abjad پوتا

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *botu. Cognate with Tatar and Bashkir бута (buta), Kyrgyz бото (boto), Kazakh бота (bota).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
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  • Hyphenation: po‧ta

Noun

pota (definite accusative potanı, plural potalar)

  1. piglet
    Synonym: çoşqa
  2. bear cub

Declension

    Declension of pota
singular plural
nominative pota
 potalar
definite accusative potanı
 potaları
dative potaya
 potalara
locative potada
 potalarda
ablative potadan
 potalardan
definite genitive potanın
 potaların
    Possessive forms of pota
nominative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) potam potalarım
sənin (“your”) potan potaların
onun (“his/her/its”) potası potaları
bizim (“our”) potamız potalarımız
sizin (“your”) potanız potalarınız
onların (“their”) potası or potaları potaları
accusative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) potamı potalarımı
sənin (“your”) potanı potalarını
onun (“his/her/its”) potasını potalarını
bizim (“our”) potamızı potalarımızı
sizin (“your”) potanızı potalarınızı
onların (“their”) potasını or potalarını potalarını
dative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) potama potalarıma
sənin (“your”) potana potalarına
onun (“his/her/its”) potasına potalarına
bizim (“our”) potamıza potalarımıza
sizin (“your”) potanıza potalarınıza
onların (“their”) potasına or potalarına potalarına
locative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) potamda potalarımda
sənin (“your”) potanda potalarında
onun (“his/her/its”) potasında potalarında
bizim (“our”) potamızda potalarımızda
sizin (“your”) potanızda potalarınızda
onların (“their”) potasında or potalarında potalarında
ablative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) potamdan potalarımdan
sənin (“your”) potandan potalarından
onun (“his/her/its”) potasından potalarından
bizim (“our”) potamızdan potalarımızdan
sizin (“your”) potanızdan potalarınızdan
onların (“their”) potasından or potalarından potalarından
genitive
singular plural
mənim (“my”) potamın potalarımın
sənin (“your”) potanın potalarının
onun (“his/her/its”) potasının potalarının
bizim (“our”) potamızın potalarımızın
sizin (“your”) potanızın potalarınızın
onların (“their”) potasının or potalarının potalarının

See also

References

  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*botu”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

Catalan

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *pauta. First attested in 1371.

Pronunciation

Noun

pota f (plural potes)

  1. paw, foot (of an animal)
    Synonym: peu
    caminar a quatre potes ― to walk on all fours
  2. leg (of a table)
    Synonym: petge
    una taula de quatre potes ― a table with four legs

Derived terms

References

Galician

pota
pota

Etymology

Probably from Old French pot. Further etymology is obscure; perhaps from Proto-Germanic *puttaz (“pot”), from Proto-Indo-European *budn- (“a type of vessel”).

Pronunciation

Noun

pota f (plural potas)

  1. pot, cooking pot
    Synonym: ola
    díxolle a pota ao caldeiro: "Achégate aló que me luxas!" (proverb)
    the pot told the cauldron: "Go away, you're going to mess me up!" (the pot calling the kettle black)
  2. flying squid (Todarodes sagittatus)
    Synonyms: choupa, voador

Related terms

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “bote I”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse pota (“to put, stick”), from Proto-Germanic *putōną (“to stick, stab, push”). More at put.

Pronunciation

Verb

pota (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative potaði, supine potað)

  1. to poke

Conjugation

pota — active voice (germynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að pota
supine
(sagnbót) 		potað
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		potandi
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég pota við potum present
(nútíð) 		ég poti við potum
þú potar þið potið þú potir þið potið
hann, hún, það potar þeir, þær, þau pota hann, hún, það poti þeir, þær, þau poti
past
(þátíð) 		ég potaði við potuðum past
(þátíð) 		ég potaði við potuðum
þú potaðir þið potuðuð þú potaðir þið potuðuð
hann, hún, það potaði þeir, þær, þau potuðu hann, hún, það potaði þeir, þær, þau potuðu
imperative
(boðháttur) 		pota (þú) potið (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
potaðu potiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
potast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að potast
supine
(sagnbót) 		potast
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		potandist **
** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég potast við potumst present
(nútíð) 		ég potist við potumst
þú potast þið potist þú potist þið potist
hann, hún, það potast þeir, þær, þau potast hann, hún, það potist þeir, þær, þau potist
past
(þátíð) 		ég potaðist við potuðumst past
(þátíð) 		ég potaðist við potuðumst
þú potaðist þið potuðust þú potaðist þið potuðust
hann, hún, það potaðist þeir, þær, þau potuðust hann, hún, það potaðist þeir, þær, þau potuðust
imperative
(boðháttur) 		potast (þú) potist (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
potastu potisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
potaður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
strong declension
(sterk beyging) 		singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn) 		masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall) 		potaður potuð potað potaðir potaðar potuð
accusative
(þolfall) 		potaðan potaða potað potaða potaðar potuð
dative
(þágufall) 		potuðum potaðri potuðu potuðum potuðum potuðum
genitive
(eignarfall) 		potaðs potaðrar potaðs potaðra potaðra potaðra
weak declension
(veik beyging) 		singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn) 		masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall) 		potaði potaða potaða potuðu potuðu potuðu
accusative
(þolfall) 		potaða potuðu potaða potuðu potuðu potuðu
dative
(þágufall) 		potaða potuðu potaða potuðu potuðu potuðu
genitive
(eignarfall) 		potaða potuðu potaða potuðu potuðu potuðu

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle English potte, from Old English pott (“a pot”), from Proto-Germanic *puttaz (“pot”), from Proto-Indo-European *budn- (“a type of vessel”).

Pronunciation

Noun

pota m (genitive singular pota, nominative plural potaí)

  1. pot (vessel for cooking or storing food)
    Synonym: corcán
  2. (nautical) tub
    Synonym: leastar

Declension

Declension of pota

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative pota potaí
Vocative a phota a photaí
Genitive pota potaí
Dative pota potaí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an pota na potaí
Genitive an phota na bpotaí
Dative leis an bpota

don phota

leis na potaí

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
pota phota bpota
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Italian

Verb

pota

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

Anagrams

Kapampangan

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: po‧ta
  • IPA(key): /ˈpotə/,

Adverb

póta

  1. later; shortly
    Synonym: pinandit
  2. maybe; probably
    Synonyms: mekad, siguru, baka

Kari'na

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *pota; compare Apalaí pota, Wayana pota, Waiwai pota, Pemon pota, Yao (South America) hopataly.

Pronunciation

  • (Venezuela, West Suriname) IPA(key):
  • (East Suriname) IPA(key):

Noun

pota (possessed potary)

  1. mouth
  2. mouth area, snout

References

  • Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎, Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 351
  • Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “pota”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 386; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎, Paris, 1956, page 377

Latin

Verb

pōtā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of pōtō

Lingala

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *pʊ́t.

Verb

pota

  1. to run

Maori

Noun

pota

  1. sample

Mbyá Guaraní

Suffix

pota

  1. attaches to imperative to emphasize it
    Eikuaa pota ke.
    Be careful to know.

Verb

pota

  1. to want, to desire

Conjugation

    Conjugation of pota
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person
inclusive 		1st person
exclusive 		2nd person 3rd person
xee aipota ndee ereipota ha'e oipota nhande jaipota ore oroipota peẽ peipota ha'e oipota

Navarro-Aragonese

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pauta. Attested in the fifteenth century.

Pronunciation

Noun

pota f

  1. paw

References

Portuguese

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pt

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɔtɐ
  • Hyphenation: po‧ta

Noun

pota f (plural potas)

  1. Humboldt squid, giant squid

Rapa Nui

Te pota.

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *pota. Cognates include Samoan pota and Maori pota.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpo.ta/
  • Hyphenation: po‧ta

Noun

pota

  1. lettuce

References

  • Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui‎, Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 29

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

pota (Cyrillic spelling пота)

  1. genitive singular of pot

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpota/
  • Rhymes: -ota
  • Syllabification: po‧ta

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Catalan pota (“paw”).

Noun

pota f (plural potas)

  1. cuttlefish
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

pota

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

Further reading

Swahili

Pronunciation

Verb

-pota (infinitive kupota)

  1. to lose
  2. to ruin
  3. to distort

Conjugation

Conjugation of -pota
Positive present -napota
Subjunctive -pote
Negative -poti
Imperative singular pota
Infinitives
Positive kupota
Negative kutopota
Imperatives
Singular pota
Plural poteni
Tensed forms
Habitual hupota
Positive past positive subject concord + -lipota
Negative past negative subject concord + -kupota
Positive present (positive subject concord + -napota)
Singular Plural
1st person ninapota/napota tunapota
2nd person unapota mnapota
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anapota wanapota
other classes positive subject concord + -napota
Negative present (negative subject concord + -poti)
Singular Plural
1st person sipoti hatupoti
2nd person hupoti hampoti
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hapoti hawapoti
other classes negative subject concord + -poti
Positive future positive subject concord + -tapota
Negative future negative subject concord + -tapota
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -pote)
Singular Plural
1st person nipote tupote
2nd person upote mpote
3rd person m-wa(I/II) apote wapote
other classes positive subject concord + -pote
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sipote
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngepota
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singepota
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalipota
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalipota
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -apota)
Singular Plural
1st person napota twapota
2nd person wapota mwapota
3rd person m-wa(I/II) apota wapota
m-mi(III/IV) wapota yapota
ji-ma(V/VI) lapota yapota
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chapota vyapota
n(IX/X) yapota zapota
u(XI) wapota see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwapota
pa(XVI) papota
mu(XVIII) mwapota
Perfect positive subject concord + -mepota
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshapota
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -japota
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kipota
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipopota
Consecutive kapota / positive subject concord + -kapota
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kapote
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nipota -tupota
2nd person -kupota -wapota/-kupoteni/-wapoteni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mpota -wapota
m-mi(III/IV) -upota -ipota
ji-ma(V/VI) -lipota -yapota
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kipota -vipota
n(IX/X) -ipota -zipota
u(XI) -upota see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kupota
pa(XVI) -papota
mu(XVIII) -mupota
Reflexive -jipota
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -pota- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -potaye -potao
m-mi(III/IV) -potao -potayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -potalo -potayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -potacho -potavyo
n(IX/X) -potayo -potazo
u(XI) -potao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -potako
pa(XVI) -potapo
mu(XVIII) -potamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -pota)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yepota -opota
m-mi(III/IV) -opota -yopota
ji-ma(V/VI) -lopota -yopota
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chopota -vyopota
n(IX/X) -yopota -zopota
u(XI) -opota see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kopota
pa(XVI) -popota
mu(XVIII) -mopota
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

Zou

Noun

pota

  1. basket

References

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia