different between boto vs moto

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

moto (plural motos)

1. One of a series of motocross or BMX races.
   • American Motorcyclist, Jan 1982:

     In fact, after the third of four motos, Hinkle had opened a comfortable lead toward the overall win, and perhaps he really didn't feel any pressure as he cruised home seventh in the final moto to lock up the crown.

2. (In only some varieties of English) A motorcycle or moped.

Anagrams

• moot, tomo-, toom

Asturian

Noun

moto f (plural motos)

1. motorcycle (open-seated motor-powered vehicle with two wheels)

Synonyms

• motocicleta

Catalan

Etymology

Shortened form of motocicleta

Noun

moto f (plural motos)

1. Clipping of motocicleta.; motorcycle

Further reading

• “moto” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Chichewa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mó.to/

Noun

móto 3

1. fire

Czech

Alternative forms

• motto (more common)

Noun

moto n

1. motto

French

Etymology

Shortened form of motocyclette

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?.to/
• Rhymes: -o

Noun

moto f (plural motos)

1. bike, motorbike (motorcycle)

Further reading

• “moto” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Galician

Etymology

From motocicleta, by shortening

Noun

moto f (plural motos)

1. Clipping of motocicleta.; motorcycle

Ido

Noun

moto (plural moti)

1. motto, saying, maxim

Italian

Etymology 1

Shortened form of motocicletta.

Noun

moto f (invariable)

1. Clipping of motocicleta.; motorcycle

Etymology 2

From Latin m?tus.

Noun

moto m (plural moti)

1. movement
2. motion
3. exercise
4. uprising, revolt

Derived terms

• con moto
• moto browniano

Anagrams

• tomo

Japanese

Romanization

moto

1. R?maji transcription of ??

Javanese

Noun

moto

1. Nonstandard spelling of mata.

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?mo?.to?/, [?mo?t?o?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?mo.to/, [?m??t??]

Participle

m?t?

1. dative masculine singular of m?tus
2. dative neuter singular of m?tus
3. ablative masculine singular of m?tus
4. ablative neuter singular of m?tus

Verb

m?t? (present infinitive m?t?re, perfect active m?t?v?, supine m?t?tum); first conjugation

1. I set in motion
2. I keep moving

Conjugation

References

• moto in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• moto in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• moto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Lingala

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *m??nt??.

Noun

moto 1 (plural bato 2)

1. person, man, human

Derived terms

• bomoto
• emoto

Mwani

Noun

moto 3

1. fire

Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

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

Noun

moto

1. car

Norman

Etymology

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

Noun

moto m (plural motos)

1. (Guernsey, Jersey) car

Synonyms

• vaituthe

Portuguese

Etymology

From motocicleta, by shortening

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?m?.tu/, [?m?.t??]

Noun

moto f (plural motos)

1. motorcycle

Spanish

Etymology 1

From motocicleta, by shortening.

Noun

moto f (plural motos)

1. Clipping of motocicleta.; motorcycle

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From mojón.

Noun

moto m (plural motos)

1. milestone

   Synonym: hito

Further reading

• “moto” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Swahili

Etymology

From -ota.

Pronunciation

Noun

moto (m-mi class, plural mioto)

1. fire, flame
2. energy, charge
3. heat, temperature, warmth
4. exertion, glowing
5. zeal
6. bruise, welts, marks

Derived terms

• motoni (“hell”)

Tiruray

Noun

moto

1. (anatomy) eye

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English motor.

Noun

moto

1. motor

Wutunhua

Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin ?? (mótu?), from English motor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mot?o]

Noun

moto

1. motorcycle