# poto
## Chichewa
### Etymology

Borrowed from English pot.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpo.to/

### Noun

poto class 5 (plural mapoto class 6)
* pot

## Eastern Bontoc
### Noun

poto
* (anatomy) abdomen
* (anatomy) stomach
    Synonym: fowang

## Esperanto
### Etymology

From German Pott and English pot.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpoto]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -oto
* Hyphenation: po‧to

### Noun

poto (accusative singular poton, plural potoj, accusative plural potojn)
* pot (vessel)

#### Derived terms

* florpoto (“flowerpot”)
* kuirpoto (“cooking pot”)

## French
### Noun

poto m (plural potos)
* (slang) Informal spelling of poteau (“dude, buddy”).

## Haitian Creole
### Etymology

From French poteau.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /poto/

### Noun

poto
* pillar, post, pole

#### Derived terms

* poto mitan

## Indonesian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpot̪o]

### Noun

poto (uncountable)
* Nonstandard spelling of foto (“photo”).

## Italian
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin pōtus, from Proto-Italic *pōtos, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₃tós (“(having been) drunk; having drunk”), derived from the root *peh₃- (“to drink”). Cognate with Greek ποτό (potó, “drink, beverage”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpɔ.to/
* Rhymes: -ɔto
* Hyphenation: pò‧to

#### Noun

poto m (plural poti) (literary, obsolete)
* beverage, drink
    Synonyms: bevanda, (literary, rare) poculo
* (uncountable) the act of drinking
    Synonym: bere

##### Related terms

* potabile
* potare
* pozione

#### Further reading

* poto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpo.to/
* Rhymes: -oto
* Hyphenation: pó‧to

#### Verb

poto
* first-person singular present indicative of potare (“to prune”)

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpɔ.to/
* Rhymes: -ɔto
* Hyphenation: pò‧to

#### Verb

poto
* first-person singular present indicative of potare (“to drink”)

### Anagrams

* opto, opto-, optò, topo, topo-

## Kari'na
### Alternative forms

* apoto (Guyana, Venezuela, West Suriname)

### Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *apoto; compare Yabarana tapotoi, Ye'kwana ajo'jo.

### Pronunciation

* (East Suriname) IPA: [poʔto]

### Noun

poto (possessed potory, plural potonon) (East Suriname)
* bigness, largeness
* greatness, importance

### References

* Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎, Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 351
* Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “poto”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 387; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎, Paris, 1956, page 378

## Latin
### Etymology

From Proto-Italic *pōtos, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₃-.
Cognate with Old Church Slavonic пити (piti), Ancient Greek πῑ́νω (pī́nō), Sanskrit पिबति (píbati). Compare the noun pōtus (“drink”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈpoː.toː/, [ˈpoːt̪oː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈpo.to/, [ˈpɔːt̪o]

### Verb

pōtō (present infinitive pōtāre, perfect active pōtāvī, supine pōtum or pōtātum); first conjugation
* to drink (liquor)
    Synonym: bibō

#### Conjugation

$^1$The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested. $^2$At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

#### Derived terms

* pōtus
* pōtio
* pōtābilis
* pōsca

#### Related terms

* pōtor

#### Descendants

* Piedmontese: poé
* → Italian: potare
* → Spanish: potar

### References

* “poto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “poto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co. to drink to excess; to be a drunkard: potare
* poto in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

## Rapa Nui
### Adjective

poto
* short

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpoto/ [ˈpo.t̪o]
* Audio (Peru):(file)
* Rhymes: -oto
* Syllabification: po‧to

### Etymology 1

From Mapudungun poto (“bottom, underside”), from Quechua putu (“vessel”), from Mochica potos (“genitals”).

#### Noun

poto m (plural potos)
* (Peru, Chile) buttocks; butt
    Synonyms: nalga, pompa, culo, trasero

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

poto
* first-person singular present indicative of potar

### Further reading

* “poto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
* “poto”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
* poto | Diccionario • DELE Ahora

## Tahitian
### Adjective

poto
* short
* small, little

#### References

* Yves Lemaître, Lexique du tahitien contemporain (Current Tahitian lexicon), 1995.
* “poto” in Dictionnaire en ligne Tahitien/Français (Online Tahitian–French Dictionary), by the Tahitian Academy.

## Tok Pisin
### Etymology

From English photo.

### Noun

poto
* photograph