potto

See also: Potto

English

A taxidermied potto gripping a branch.

Etymology

From a West African language; compare Akan apɔsɔ.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɒtəʊ/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: (UK) -ɒtəʊ

Noun

potto (plural pottos)

1. A small primate, Perodicticus potto, native to the tropical rainforests of Africa. [from 18th c.]
   • 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 147:

     The forest hangs round them like a theater curtain, mist rising from the water, half-drowned things – jackals, monkeys, pottos, bushpigs – wading along with them, looking dazed and bearish.

2. (now rare) The kinkajou. [from 18th c.]

Derived terms

• golden potto
• false potto, Martin's false potto (Pseudopotto martini)

Translations

small primate

• Bulgarian: западноафрикански лемур m (zapadnoafrikanski lemur)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 樹熊猴／树熊猴 (shùxiónghóu)

• Czech: poto (cs) m
• Edo: ẹki
• Polish: potto (pl) m
• Vietnamese: vượn gấu
• Yoruba: ikì

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔt.to/
• Rhymes: -ɔtto
• Hyphenation: pòt‧to

Noun

potto m (plural potti)

1. potto (Perodicticus potto)

Polish

potto

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔt.tɔ/
• Rhymes: -ɔttɔ
• Syllabification: pot‧to

Noun

potto m animal (indeclinable)

1. potto (any primate of the genus Perodicticus)

Further reading

• potto in Polish dictionaries at PWN