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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese boto (“boto”), of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b??t??/

Noun

boto (plural botos)

1. Inia geoffrensis, a species of freshwater dolphin endemic to the Amazon river system

See also

• boto on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Inia geoffrensis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Anagrams

• BOOT, Boot, OOTB, boot

Catalan

Verb

boto

1. first-person singular present indicative form of botre

Cebuano

Etymology 1

From Spanish voto.

Noun

boto

1. vote

Verb

boto

1. to vote

Etymology 2

Noun

boto

1. Misspelling of buto.

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from English boot, French botte.

Pronunciation

Noun

boto (accusative singular boton, plural botoj, accusative plural botojn)

1. boot

Fijian

Noun

boto

1. frog

Galician

Etymology 1

Either onomatopoeic, or from the same Germanic origin as Gothic ???????????????????? (bauþs). Compare Dutch bot (“blunt, dull”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?boto?/

Noun

boto m (plural botos)

1. Risso's dolphin (Grampus griseus)

   Synonym: arroaz boto

Adjective

boto m (feminine singular bota, masculine plural botos, feminine plural botas)

1. blunt, dull

Etymology 2

From bota.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?to?/

Noun

boto m (plural botos)

1. wineskin, waterskin

References

• “boto” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “boto” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “boto” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “boto” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Gothic

Romanization

b?t?

1. Romanization of ????????????????

Hawaiian Creole

Etymology

From Ilocano boto (“penis”).

Noun

boto

1. penis, male genital

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto boto, English boot, French botte, Russian ???????? (botínok), Spanish bota.

Noun

boto (plural boti)

1. boot

Derived terms

• boteto (“short boot, half-boot; shoe”)
• botizar (“to put boots on, boot”)

Javanese

Noun

boto

1. Nonstandard spelling of bata.

Old High German

Etymology

Cognate to Old High German biotan (“to offer, send, command”).

Noun

boto m

1. messenger, envoy

Descendants

• German: Bote

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Dutch boot and Portuguese bote and Spanish bote

Noun

boto

1. boat, ship, vessel

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Nouns and adjective:

• (Brazil, Portugal) IPA^(key): /?bo.tu/

Verb:

• (Brazil, Portugal) IPA^(key): /?b?.tu/

Etymology 1

Unknown.

Alternative forms

• bôto (obsolete)

Noun

boto m (plural botos)

1. boto (Inia geoffrensis, a freshwater dolphin of the Amazon)

   Synonym: tucuxi

2. (loosely) any dolphin, especially a freshwater one

   Synonyms: delfim, golfinho

Etymology 2

Unknown.

Alternative forms

• bôto (obsolete)

Adjective

boto m (feminine singular bota, masculine plural botos, feminine plural botas, comparable)

1. dull (lacking a sharp edge or point)

   Synonyms: cego, embotado, rombo

2. dull; slow (unable to think quickly)

   Synonyms: devagar, embotado, lento

Etymology 3

From Konkani [script needed] (bhat), from Sanskrit ???? (bha??a).

Alternative forms

• bôto (obsolete)

Noun

boto m (plural botos)

1. (Hinduism) Bhat (Brahmin who has learned all the four Vedas)

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

boto

1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of botar

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish [Term?], from Gothic ???????????????????? (bauþs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?boto/, [?bo.t?o]

Adjective

boto (feminine bota, masculine plural botos, feminine plural botas)

1. blunt

Verb

boto

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of botar.

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English boat or Dutch boot

Noun

boto

1. boat

Tagalog

Etymology

From Spanish voto.

Noun

bóto

1. vote
2. vow

Derived terms

Related terms

Venetian

Noun

boto m (plural boti)

1. explosion, bang
2. thud, thump
3. toll (of a bell)

English

Noun

bott (plural botts)

1. Alternative spelling of bot (the larva of the botfly)

See also

• botts

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

• buát

Noun

bott

1. barrel

References

• Bartoli, Matteo Giulio (1906) Il Dalmatico: Resti di un’antica lingua romanza parlata da Veglia a Ragusa e sua collocazione nella Romània appenino-balcanica, Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, published 2000

Swedish

Pronunciation

Verb

bott

1. supine of bo.