pota

Probably from Old French pot. Further etymology is obscure;^[1] perhaps from Proto-Germanic *puttaz (“pot”), from Proto-Indo-European *budn- (“a type of vessel”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpota/, [ˈpo.t̪a]

pota f (plural potes)

1. pot

   Synonym: cacíu

   En pota que fierve nun toparás mosques (proverb)

   In a boiling pot you won't find flies (Who boils his pot with chips makes his broth smell of smoke)

• pote

From Proto-Turkic *botu.^[1] Cognate with Tatar and Bashkir бута (buta), Kyrgyz бото (boto), Kazakh бота (bota).

• IPA^(key): [poˈtɑ]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: po‧ta

pota (definite accusative potanı, plural potalar)

1. piglet

   Synonym: çoşqa

2. bear cub

• ayı (“bear”)
• donuz (“pig”)

From Vulgar Latin *pauta. First attested in 1371.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈpɔ.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈpɔ.ta]

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pota f (plural potes)

1. paw, foot (of an animal)

   Synonym: peu

   caminar a quatre potes ― to walk on all fours

2. leg (of a table)

   Synonym: petge

   una taula de quatre potes ― a table with four legs

• “pota” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “pota”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “pota” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “pota” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

 

 

Probably from Old French pot. Further etymology is obscure;^[1] perhaps from Proto-Germanic *puttaz (“pot”), from Proto-Indo-European *budn- (“a type of vessel”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɔtɐ]

pota f (plural potas)

1. pot, cooking pot

   Synonym: ola

   díxolle a pota ao caldeiro: "Achégate aló que me luxas!" (proverb)

   the pot told the cauldron: "Go away, you're going to mess me up!" (the pot calling the kettle black)

2. flying squid (Todarodes sagittatus)

   Synonyms: choupa, voador

• pote

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pota”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “pota”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pota”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From Old Norse pota (“to put, stick”), from Proto-Germanic *putōną (“to stick, stab, push”). More at put.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʰɔːta/
• Rhymes: -ɔːta

pota (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative potaði, supine potað)

1. to poke

Borrowed from Middle English potte,^[1] from Old English pott (“a pot”), from Proto-Germanic *puttaz (“pot”), from Proto-Indo-European *budn- (“a type of vessel”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpˠɔt̪ˠə/^[2]

pota m (genitive singular pota, nominative plural potaí)

1. pot (vessel for cooking or storing food)

   Synonym: corcán

2. (nautical) tub

   Synonym: leastar

• gliúphota
• potaire
• pota simléir

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “pota”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “pota”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “pota”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

pota

1. inflection of potare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• opta, pato-, topa

• IPA^(key): /ˈpotə/ [ˈpoː.tə]
• Hyphenation: po‧ta

póta

1. later; shortly

   Synonym: pinandit

2. maybe; probably

   Synonyms: mekad, siguru, baka

From Proto-Cariban *pota; compare Apalaí pota, Wayana pota, Waiwai pota, Pemon pota, Yao (South America) hopataly.

• (Venezuela, West Suriname) IPA^(key): [poːta]
• (East Suriname) IPA^(key): [poʔta]

pota (possessed potary)

1. mouth
2. mouth area, snout

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 351
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “pota”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 386; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎^[2], Paris, 1956, page 377

pōtā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of pōtō

From Proto-Bantu *pʊ́t.

pota

1. to run

pota

1. sample

pota

1. attaches to imperative to emphasize it

   Eikuaa pota ke.

   Be careful to know.

pota

1. to want, to desire

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pauta. Attested in the fifteenth century.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpota/

pota f

1. paw

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*pauta”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 8: Patavia–Pix, page 77

 

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• Rhymes: -ɔtɐ
• Hyphenation: po‧ta

pota f (plural potas)

1. Humboldt squid, giant squid

 

From Proto-Polynesian *pota. Cognates include Samoan pota and Maori pota.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpo.ta/
• Hyphenation: po‧ta

pota

1. lettuce

• Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui‎^[3], Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 29

pota (Cyrillic spelling пота)

1. genitive singular of pot

• IPA^(key): /ˈpota/ [ˈpo.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ota
• Syllabification: po‧ta

Borrowed from Catalan pota (“paw”).

pota f (plural potas)

1. cuttlefish

pota

1. inflection of potar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “pota”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

• Audio (Kenya):

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-pota (infinitive kupota)

1. to lose
2. to ruin
3. to distort

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -potea
  • Causative: -potesha
  • Passive: -potewa
  • Reciprocal: -potana (“scattered, lose each other”)
  • Stative: -poteka

pota

1. basket

• http://www.languageinindia.com/feb2013/zouphonologyfinal.pdf