boto

See also: botó, bôto, bōto, bōtō, and bötö

English

A boto

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbəʊtəʊ/

Noun

boto (plural botos)

1. Inia geoffrensis, a species of freshwater dolphin endemic to the Amazon river system
   • 2008 April 1, Henry Fountain, “Carrying a Torch, or at Least Sprigs of Grass”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     But in a group where one boto puts on a display, there was much more tail-whacking, biting and other aggressive behavior among the males.

See also

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

Anagrams

• BOOT, Boot, OOTB, boot

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Catalan

Verb

boto

1. first-person singular present indicative form of botre

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Cebuano

Etymology 1

From Spanish voto.

Noun

boto

1. vote

Verb

boto

1. to vote

Etymology 2

Noun

boto

1. Misspelling of buto.

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Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from English boot, French botte.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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

1. boot

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Fijian

Noun

boto

1. frog

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Galician

Boto or arroaz boto

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈboto̝/

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): /ˈbɔto̝/

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.

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Gothic

Romanization

bōtō

1. Romanization of 𐌱𐍉𐍄𐍉

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Hawaiian Creole

Etymology

From Ilocano boto (“penis”).

Noun

boto

1. penis, male genital

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Ido

Etymology

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

Noun

boto (plural boti)

1. boot

Derived terms

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

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Javanese

Noun

boto

1. Nonstandard spelling of bata.

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Old High German

Etymology

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

Noun

boto m

1. messenger, envoy

Descendants

• German: Bote

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Papiamentu

Etymology

From Dutch boot and Portuguese bote and Spanish bote

Noun

boto

1. boat, ship, vessel

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

Nouns and adjective:

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

Verb:

• (Brazil, Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔ.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 भट्ट (bhaṭṭa).

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

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Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈboto/, [ˈbo.t̪o]

Adjective

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

1. blunt

Verb

boto

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

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Sranan Tongo

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “English or Dutch?”)

Noun

boto

1. boat

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Tagalog

Etymology

From Spanish voto.

Noun

bóto

1. vote
2. vow

Derived terms

• botohan
• bumoto
• iboto

 

Related terms

• bobotante
• botante

 

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Venetian

Noun

boto m (plural boti)

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