boto
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese boto (“boto”), of uncertain origin.
Pronunciation
Noun
boto (plural botos)
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- 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
Catalan
Verb
boto
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Cebuano
Etymology 1
Noun
boto
Verb
boto
- to vote
Etymology 2
Noun
boto
- Misspelling of buto.
Esperanto
Etymology
Borrowed from English boot, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French botte.
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
boto (accusative singular boton, plural botoj, accusative plural botojn)
Fijian
Noun
boto
Galician
Etymology 1
Either onomatopoeic, or from the same Germanic origin as Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌿𐌸𐍃 (bauþs).[1] Compare Dutch bot (“blunt, dull”).
Pronunciation
Noun
boto m (plural botos)
- Risso's dolphin (Grampus griseus)
- Synonym: arroaz boto
Adjective
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Etymology 2
From bota.
Pronunciation
Noun
boto m (plural botos)
References
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “boto”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “boto”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Gothic
Romanization
bōtō
- Romanization of 𐌱𐍉𐍄𐍉
Ido
Etymology
From Esperanto boto, English boot, French botte, Russian боти́нок (botínok), Spanish bota.
Noun
boto (plural boti)
Derived terms
Javanese
Noun
boto
- Nonstandard spelling of bata.
Old High German
Etymology
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Cognate to Old High German biotan (“to offer, send, command”).
Noun
boto m
Descendants
- German: Bote
Papiamentu
Etymology
From Dutch boot and Portuguese bote and Spanish bote
Noun
boto
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Nouns and adjective:
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Verb:
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Etymology 1
Unknown.
Alternative forms
Noun
boto m (plural botos)
- boto (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template., a freshwater dolphin of the Amazon)
- Synonym: tucuxi
- (loosely) any dolphin, especially a freshwater one
Etymology 2
Unknown.
Alternative forms
Adjective
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Etymology 3
From Konkani [script needed] (bhat), from Sanskrit भट्ट (bhaṭṭa).
Alternative forms
Noun
boto m (plural botos)
Etymology 4
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
boto
Spanish
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌿𐌸𐍃 (bauþs).
Pronunciation
Adjective
boto (feminine bota, masculine plural botos, feminine plural botas)
Verb
boto
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
Tagalog
Etymology
Noun
boto
Derived terms
Related terms
Venetian
Noun
boto m (plural boti)
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