bót

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bot"

Icelandic

Etymology 1

Inherited 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

• IPA^(key): /pouːt/

  Rhymes: -ouːt

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

• í þokkabót

Related terms

• bati
• betri
• bæta
• bæting

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *buhtiz. Doublet of bugt, a loanword.

Noun

bót f (genitive singular bótar, nominative plural bætur)

1. bight, cove, inlet, 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

• knésbót
• hnésbót
• olnbogabót

Related terms

• baugur
• bjúgur
• bogi
• bugt
• bugur

See also

• dalbotn
• hvilft
• vík
• vogur

References

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) “bót”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)

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
   • 1938, Aleksander Majkòwsczi, Żëcé i przigòdë Remùsa‎^[1], page 11:

     Szczescé, że Remus mô svoje botë na nogach.

     Lucky, Remus has his boots on.

2. shoe

Further reading

• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “but”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[2]
• “bót”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Polish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈbut/

• (Masovia):
  • (Lubawa) IPA^(key): /ˈbot/

• Rhymes: -ut
• Syllabification: bót

Noun

bót m inan

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of but (“shoe”)
2. (Lubawa) Alternative form of but (“foot”)

Declension

Declension of bót

	singular	plural
nominative	bót	bóty
genitive	bóta	bótów
dative	bótowi	bótom
accusative	bót	bóty
instrumental	bótem	bótami
locative	bócie	bótach
vocative	bócie	bóty

Further reading

• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “bót”, in Słownik języka polskiego
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “bót”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• Kazimierz Nitsch (1907) “bót”, in “Dyalekty polskie Prus zachodnich”, in Materyały i Prace Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności w Krakowie (in Polish), volume 3, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 387

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

• (Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA^(key): [ɓɔt̚˧˥]
• (Trùng Khánh) IPA^(key): [ɓɔt̚˦]

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

• bót lẹo
• tha bót

 

References

• Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎^[3][4] (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên

Vietnamese

FWOTD – 20 November 2021

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɔt̚˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɔk̚˦˧˥]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɔk̚˦˥]

Etymology 1

From French brosse.

Noun

bót

1. (dated) brush (used for cleanup)

Synonyms

• bàn chải

Derived terms

• bót đánh răng ("toothbrush")

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.