# potta
## Finnish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish potta, from Old Norse pottr and/or Middle Low German pot, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *puttaz.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpotːɑ/, [ˈpo̞t̪ːɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -otːɑ
* Hyphenation: pot‧ta

### Noun

potta
* potty, chamber pot
    Synonyms: keija, yöastia
* (slang) helmet

#### Declension

Possessive forms of potta (Kotus type 10*C/koira, tt-t gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pottani
pottani
accusative
nom.
pottani
pottani
gen.
pottani
genitive
pottani
pottieni pottaini $^{rare}$
partitive
pottaani
pottiani
inessive
potassani
potissani
elative
potastani
potistani
illative
pottaani
pottiini
adessive
potallani
potillani
ablative
potaltani
potiltani
allative
potalleni
potilleni
essive
pottanani
pottinani
translative
potakseni
potikseni
abessive
potattani
potittani
instructive
comitative
—pottineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pottasi
pottasi
accusative
nom.
pottasi
pottasi
gen.
pottasi
genitive
pottasi
pottiesi pottaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
pottaasi
pottiasi
inessive
potassasi
potissasi
elative
potastasi
potistasi
illative
pottaasi
pottiisi
adessive
potallasi
potillasi
ablative
potaltasi
potiltasi
allative
potallesi
potillesi
essive
pottanasi
pottinasi
translative
potaksesi
potiksesi
abessive
potattasi
potittasi
instructive
comitative
—pottinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pottamme
pottamme
accusative
nom.
pottamme
pottamme
gen.
pottamme
genitive
pottamme
pottiemme pottaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
pottaamme
pottiamme
inessive
potassamme
potissamme
elative
potastamme
potistamme
illative
pottaamme
pottiimme
adessive
potallamme
potillamme
ablative
potaltamme
potiltamme
allative
potallemme
potillemme
essive
pottanamme
pottinamme
translative
potaksemme
potiksemme
abessive
potattamme
potittamme
instructive
comitative
—pottinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pottanne
pottanne
accusative
nom.
pottanne
pottanne
gen.
pottanne
genitive
pottanne
pottienne pottainne $^{rare}$
partitive
pottaanne
pottianne
inessive
potassanne
potissanne
elative
potastanne
potistanne
illative
pottaanne
pottiinne
adessive
potallanne
potillanne
ablative
potaltanne
potiltanne
allative
potallenne
potillenne
essive
pottananne
pottinanne
translative
potaksenne
potiksenne
abessive
potattanne
potittanne
instructive
comitative
—pottinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pottansa
pottansa
accusative
nom.
pottansa
pottansa
gen.
pottansa
genitive
pottansa
pottiensa pottainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
pottaansa
pottiaan pottiansa
inessive
potassaan potassansa
potissaan potissansa
elative
potastaan potastansa
potistaan potistansa
illative
pottaansa
pottiinsa
adessive
potallaan potallansa
potillaan potillansa
ablative
potaltaan potaltansa
potiltaan potiltansa
allative
potalleen potallensa
potilleen potillensa
essive
pottanaan pottanansa
pottinaan pottinansa
translative
potakseen potaksensa
potikseen potiksensa
abessive
potattaan potattansa
potittaan potittansa
instructive
comitative
—pottineen pottinensa :

#### Derived terms

* pottaharjoittelu
* pottatukka
* pottatuoli

### Further reading

* “potta”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

### Anagrams

* patto, potat, tapot, topat

## Icelandic
### Noun

potta
* indefinite accusative plural of pottur
* indefinite genitive plural of pottur

## Italian
### Etymology

From second half of XIII century, found in central-southern varieties. Borrowed from Franco-Provençal pota (“protruded lips, pout”), probably a rebracketing of *lippotte, diminutive of French lippe (“protruded lip”), from Middle Dutch lippe (“lip”), from Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“to droop, sag, slip”). For the derogatory sense, cf. English cunt and twat.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpɔt.ta/
* Rhymes: -ɔtta
* Hyphenation: pòt‧ta

### Noun

potta f (plural potte)
* (vulgar) the vulva, pussy
** (Tuscan, figurative) arrogance, ostentation, airs

### Noun

potta m or f by sense (masculine plural potti, feminine plural potte)
* (Tuscan, figurative) an arrogant person, a douchebag
    smettila di fare il potta ― stop being a douchebag

### Anagrams

* patto

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* potten

### Noun

potta m or f
* definite feminine singular of potte

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

potta f
* definite singular of potte

## Swedish
### Etymology

Derived from Middle Low German pot, from Proto-Germanic *puttaz (“pot, jar, tub”). Doublet of pott.

### Noun

potta c
* a chamber pot

#### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | potta | pottas |
| singular | definite | pottan | pottans |
| plural | indefinite | pottor | pottors |
| plural | definite | pottorna | pottornas |

#### Derived terms

* pottfrisyr (“bowl cut”)

#### See also

* nattkärl

### References

* potta in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* potta in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
* potta in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)