# bót
## Icelandic
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Norse bót, from Proto-Germanic *bōtō (“recompense”).
Cognates include Old Swedish bōt (“improvement”) whence Swedish bot (“fine”). Compare also Bót- in the names Bótey, Bóthildur and Bótólfur, Swedish Boel and Bodil and Danish Bodil. Related to Proto-Germanic *batiz (“good; better”), itself ultimately going back to Proto-Indo-European *bʰed- (“improve, make better”) (sometimes reconstructed as **bʰ(e)Hd-).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pouːt/
    Rhymes: -ouːt

#### Noun

bót f (genitive singular bótar, nominative plural bætur)
* betterment, improvement, cure
* patch

##### Derived terms

* í þokkabót

##### Related terms

* bati
* betri
* bæta
* bæting

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *buhtiz. Doublet of bugt, a loanword.

#### Noun

bót f (genitive singular bótar, nominative plural bætur)
* bight, cove, inlet, small bay

##### Derived terms

* knésbót
* hnésbót
* olnbogabót

##### Related terms

* baugur
* bjúgur
* bogi
* bugt
* bugur

##### See also

* dalbotn
* hvilft
* vík
* vogur

### References

* “bót” in: Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)

## Kashubian
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbwot/
* Rhymes: -ot
* Syllabification: bót

### Noun

bót m inan
* boot
** 1938, Aleksander Majkòwsczi, Żëcé i przigòdë Remùsa‎, page 11:Szczescé, że Remus mô svoje botë na nogach.Lucky, Remus has his boots on.
* shoe

### Further reading

* Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “but”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎
* “bót”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbut/
* (Masovia):
** (Lubawa) IPA: /ˈbot/
* Rhymes: -ut
* Syllabification: bót

### Noun

bót m inan
* (obsolete) Alternative form of but (“shoe”)
* (Lubawa) Alternative form of but (“foot”)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “bót”, in Słownik języka polskiego
* Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “bót”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
* Kazimierz Nitsch (1907) “bót”, in “Dyalekty polskie Prus zachodnich”, in Materyały i Prace Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności w Krakowie (in Polish), volume 3, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 387

## Tày
### Etymology

From Proto-Tai *ɓoːtᴰ. Cognate with Lao ບອດ (bǭt), Northern Thai ᨷᩬᨯ, Lü ᦢᦸᧆᧈ (ḃoad¹), Shan မွတ်ႇ (màut) or ဝွတ်ႇ (wàut), Ahom 𑜈𑜨𑜄𑜫 (bot), Thai บอด (bɔ̀ɔt). Compare Proto-Austronesian *buCa (whence Malay buta and Hiligaynon buta).

### Pronunciation

* (Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA: [ɓɔt̚˧˥]
* (Trùng Khánh) IPA: [ɓɔt̚˦]

### Adjective

bót
* blind
    tha bót ― blind eye
* flat; deflated
    Nghé bắp mì lo̱i mặt bót.The corn has a few flat kernels.

#### Derived terms

* bót lẹo
* tha bót

### References

* Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎ (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên

## Vietnamese
### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [ʔɓɔt̚˧˦]
* (Huế) IPA: [ʔɓɔk̚˦˧˥]
* (Saigon) IPA: [ʔɓɔk̚˦˥]

### Etymology 1

From French brosse.

#### Noun

bót
* (dated) brush (used for cleanup)

##### Synonyms

* bàn chải

##### Derived terms

* bót đánh răng ("toothbrush")

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

bót
* (dated) police station
** 2016, Trầm Hương, Trong cơn lốc xoáy, part I, NXB Phụ nữ, page 367:Rất nhanh chóng, cò Bazin quay trở lại bót Catinat, với tâm thế sục sôi rửa hận.Very quickly, superintendent Bazin returned to the Catinat police station, his heart boiling over with vengeance.