paotr

Breton

Etymology

Loaned through French from a Germanic language, probably Middle Low German, and from the same ultimate source as English paltry (“small, meager, ragged”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔːtʁ/

Noun

paotr m

1. boy

Inflection

  Mutation of paotr  

Breton consonant mutation
	unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard
singular	paotr	baotr	faotr	unchanged
plural	paotred	baotred	faotred	unchanged

Coordinate terms

• (gender): plac'h

References

• Hercus, L. A. (1990). Language and History: Essays in Honour of Luise A. Hercus. Cocos (Keeling) Islands: Department of Linguistics, Research School of Pacific Studies, The Australian National University, p. 152