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4-letter words (2 found)

BOAT,BOTA,

3-letter words (9 found)

ABO,BAO,BAT,BOA,BOT,OAT,OBA,TAB,TAO,

2-letter words (7 found)

AB,AT,BA,BO,OB,TA,TO,

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All 4 letters words made out of bota

bota obta btoa tboa otba toba boat obat baot abot oabt aobt btao tbao bato abto tabo atbo otab toab oatb aotb taob atob

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Definitions and meaning of bota

bota

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

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.

References

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbota]

Noun

bota f

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

Declension

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
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
  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

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

  • 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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • 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

  • 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
Descendants
  • → Ye'kwana: wota

Etymology 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
Related terms

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/

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

Related terms

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

Source: wiktionary.org