# bota
## Albanian
### Noun

bota f
* definite nominative singular of botë

## Aragonese
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbota/
* Rhymes: -ota
* Syllabification: bo‧ta

### Noun

bota f (plural botas)
* boot

### References

* Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “bota”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

## Asturian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbota/ [ˈbo.t̪a]
* Rhymes: -ota
* Hyphenation: bo‧ta

### Noun

bota f (plural botes)
* boot (heavy shoe that covers part of the leg)

## Basque
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bota/ [bo.t̪a]
* Rhymes: -ota, -a
* Hyphenation: bo‧ta

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish botar (“to throw”).

#### Verb

bota du (imperfect participle botatzen, future participle botako, short form bota, verbal noun botatze)
* to throw
    Synonym: jaurti
* to sprout

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish bota (“boot”).

#### Noun

bota inan
* boot

##### Declension
### Further reading

* “bota”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
* “bota”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

## Buhi'non Bikol
### Alternative forms

* buta

### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

### Adjective

bota
* blind; sightless

## Catalan
### Etymology 1

Uncertain, perhaps from French botter.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈbɔ.tə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈbo.ta]

#### Noun

bota f (plural botes)
* boot

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Late Latin buttis (“cask”).

#### Alternative forms

* bóta (pre-2016 spelling)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈbo.tə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈbo.ta]

#### Noun

bota f (plural botes)
* barrel, cask
    Synonyms: barral, (cask) tina
* wineskin
    Synonym: bot

##### Derived terms

* embotar

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈbo.tə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈbo.ta]

#### Verb

bota
* inflection of botar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “bota” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
* “bota”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “bota” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

### References

* ↑ “bota”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

## Czech
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech bot / bota.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbota]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

bota f
* boot
* shoe
* (colloquial) mistake

#### See also

* botička
* chyba (“mistake”)
* holínka (“shoe, boot”)
* sandál (“shoe, boot”)

### Further reading

* “bota”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “bota”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “bota”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Galician
### Etymology 1

Attested since the 14th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese, probably from Old French botte (“boot”) of obscure, probably Germanic, origin.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbɔta̝/

#### Noun

bota f (plural botas)
* boot
** 1434, M. González Garcés, editor, Historia de La Coruña. Edad Media, A Coruña: Caixa Galicia, page 609:Manda o conçello et os alcalldes, regidores et procuradores desta villa da crunna de parte de noso sennor el Rey et do dito conçello da dita villa et porque asi he ordenança antiga que nehunus çapateiros et outras quasquer personas que non sejan çapateiros et vezinnos et moradores da dita villa et en ela non pagan talla con os outros çapateiros vezjnnos da dita villa que non son confrades dos çapateiros asi como os çapateiros de portal, que non vsen dos ditos ofiçios de çapateria nen vendan çapatos nen botas nen outro calçado de coiro en publico nen ascondido nen los ponnan en tendas nen portaes nen anden a vender por la dita villa et pescaria dela Et desde Palavea et media legoa da villa enderredor a villa saluo se os venderen a engros aos ditos çapateiros que viuen et moran na dita villa ou eles os consentiren vender en seus portaes.the council and mayors, councilmen and agents of this town of A Coruña, on behalf of our lord the King and of this town council, and because so it is an old ordinance; that no shoemaker or whichever other person who is not a shoemaker and neighbour and dweller of the said town and in it they did not pay contributions with the other shoemakers neighbours of the said town and which are not a brother of the guild of the shoemakers, as well as the shoemakers who work at their porches; that they should not use of this office of shoemaking nor should they sell shoes nor boots nor any other leather footwear, nor publicly, nor in hiding, nor should they put them in shops nor porches nor should they go selling them around this town and its fishery [outskirts neighbourhood], nor from Palavea and half a league around this town, except if they sell them in bulk to the said shoemakers that live and dwell in the said town or if they let them sell at their porches

##### Related terms

* boto

### Etymology 2

From Old Galician-Portuguese (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Late Latin buttis.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbɔta̝/

#### Noun

bota f (plural botas)
* bota bag
** 1373, E. Cal Pardo, editor, Colección diplomática medieval do arquivo da catedral de Mondoñedo. Transcrición íntegra dos documentos, Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 191:Item çinquo odres et hua bota grandeItem, five wineskins a one large bota bag
** 1707, Salvador Francisco Roel, Entremés ao real e feliz parto da nosa raíña:Afonso: Pond'a messa, Cathaliña. Christobo: Sacad'essa bota, Irena. Alberte: Sacà, Marta, esse pernil. Cathaliña: Homes tende pouca pressa, que para todo ay bagar.Afonso: "Set the table, Cathaliña." Christobo: "Bring out that wineskin, Irena." Alberte: "Bring out, Marta, that ham." Cathaliña: "Men, be in little hurry, there is a time for everything."
* blister

##### Derived terms

* botado
* boto

##### Related terms

* botella
* butelo

### Etymology 3

Deverbal from botar.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbota̝/

#### Noun

bota f (plural botas)
* seeding
* sowing time

##### Related terms

* botar

### Etymology 4

From boto (“blunt, dull”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbota̝/, /ˈbɔta̝/

#### Adjective

bota
* feminine singular of boto

#### Noun

bota f (plural botas)
* bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)
    Synonym: arroás

##### Derived terms

* quenlla bota

### Etymology 5
#### Verb

bota
* inflection of botar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “bota”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “bota”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “bota”, 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), “bota”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “bota”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Gothic
### Romanization

bota
* Romanization of 𐌱𐍉𐍄𐌰

## Guinea-Bissau Creole
### Etymology

From Portuguese botar. Cognate with Kabuverdianu bota.

### Verb

bota
* to throw

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Inherited from Malay bota (“giant”), from Sanskrit भूत (bhūta, “demon”). Doublet of buta.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bo.ta/
* Rhymes: -ta
* Hyphenation: bo‧ta

### Noun

bota (plural bota-bota)
* Alternative spelling of buta (“giant”)

### Further reading

* “bota” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Kabuverdianu
### Etymology

From Portuguese botar.

### Verb

bota
* to throw

## Lingala
### Verb

bota
* to give birth

## Malay
### Etymology

From Sanskrit भूत (bhūta, “demon”).

### Noun

bota (Jawi spelling بوتا, plural bota-bota, informal 1st possessive botaku, 2nd possessive botamu, 3rd possessive botanya)
* (folklore, mythology) giant

#### Alternative forms

* buta (Indonesia)

#### Descendants

* > Indonesian: bota (inherited)

### References

* "bota" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.
* “bota” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Mansaka
### Etymology

From buta, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta.

### Verb

bota
* to blind

## Maranao
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

### Adjective

bota
* blind

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* boten

### Noun

bota m or f
* definite singular of bot

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

bota f
* definite singular of bot

## Portuguese
### Etymology 1

From French botte (“boot”), from Old French bote (“a high, thick shoe”), of obscure origin, but probably of Germanic origin.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbɔ.tɐ/
* Rhymes: -ɔtɐ
* Homophone: vota (Northern Portugal)
* Hyphenation: bo‧ta

#### Noun

bota f (plural botas)
* boot (shoe that covers part of the leg)

#### See also

* botina
* calçado
* cano

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbɔ.tɐ/
* Rhymes: -ɔtɐ
* Homophone: vota (Northern Portugal)
* Hyphenation: bo‧ta

#### Verb

bota
* inflection of botar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbo.tɐ/
* Rhymes: -otɐ
* Hyphenation: bo‧ta

#### Adjective

bota
* feminine singular of boto

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbota/ [ˈbo.t̪a]
* Rhymes: -ota
* Syllabification: bo‧ta
* Homophone: vota

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from French botte. Compare English boot.

#### Noun

bota f (plural botas)
* boot

##### Derived terms

* bota de agua
* bota de goma
* bota de potro
* bota española
* limpiabotas
* lustrabotas
* ponerse las botas
* sacabotas
* tuercebotas

##### Descendants

* → Ye'kwana: wota

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Late Latin buttis, with a change of suffix, and probably of Ancient Greek origin. Compare English butt (“large cask”).

#### Noun

bota f (plural botas)
* wineskin, bota bag; soft pouch, usually suspended from a cord or lanyard, for carrying wine or other beverages (similar to a canteen)
    Synonym: borracha

##### Derived terms

* botana

##### Related terms

* botella

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Adjective

bota
* feminine singular of boto

### Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

bota
* inflection of botar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “bota”, 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

## Swedish
### Etymology

See bot (sense 2) (“remedy, cure”)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbuː.ta/
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

bota (present botar, preterite botade, supine botat, imperative bota)
* to cure, heal; to restore to good health; to relieve from a disease

#### Conjugation

$^1$ Archaic. $^2$ Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

#### Related terms

* bot
* botemedel
* botgörare
* botgöring

#### See also

* böta

### Further reading

* bota in Svensk ordbok.

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish bota.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈbota/ [ˈboː.t̪ɐ]
* Rhymes: -ota
* Syllabification: bo‧ta

### Noun

bota (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜆ)
* boot
    Synonym: botas

### Anagrams

* bato, abot, taob, tabo

## Venetan
### Noun

bota f (plural bote)
* blow, hit