pota

See also: POTA, potá, póta, põta, pōta, and ṕǫtă

Asturian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpota/, [ˈpo.t̪a]

Noun

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)

Related terms

• pote

Azerbaijani

Other scripts

Cyrillic		пота
Abjad		پوتا

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *botu (“young of camel”). Cognate with Tatar and Bashkir бута (buta), Kyrgyz бото (boto), Kazakh бота (bota).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [poˈtɑ]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: po‧ta

Noun

pota (definite accusative potanı, plural potalar)

1. piglet

   Synonym: çoşqa

2. bear cub

Declension

Declension of pota
	singular	plural
nominative	pota	potalar
definite accusative	potanı	potaları
dative	potaya	potalara
locative	potada	potalarda
ablative	potadan	potalardan
definite genitive	potanın	potaların

Possessive forms of pota
	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	potam	potalarım
sənin (“your”)	potan	potaların
onun (“his/her/its”)	potası	potaları
bizim (“our”)	potamız	potalarımız
sizin (“your”)	potanız	potalarınız
onların (“their”)	potası or potaları	potaları
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	potamı	potalarımı
sənin (“your”)	potanı	potalarını
onun (“his/her/its”)	potasını	potalarını
bizim (“our”)	potamızı	potalarımızı
sizin (“your”)	potanızı	potalarınızı
onların (“their”)	potasını or potalarını	potalarını
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	potama	potalarıma
sənin (“your”)	potana	potalarına
onun (“his/her/its”)	potasına	potalarına
bizim (“our”)	potamıza	potalarımıza
sizin (“your”)	potanıza	potalarınıza
onların (“their”)	potasına or potalarına	potalarına
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	potamda	potalarımda
sənin (“your”)	potanda	potalarında
onun (“his/her/its”)	potasında	potalarında
bizim (“our”)	potamızda	potalarımızda
sizin (“your”)	potanızda	potalarınızda
onların (“their”)	potasında or potalarında	potalarında
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	potamdan	potalarımdan
sənin (“your”)	potandan	potalarından
onun (“his/her/its”)	potasından	potalarından
bizim (“our”)	potamızdan	potalarımızdan
sizin (“your”)	potanızdan	potalarınızdan
onların (“their”)	potasından or potalarından	potalarından
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	potamın	potalarımın
sənin (“your”)	potanın	potalarının
onun (“his/her/its”)	potasının	potalarının
bizim (“our”)	potamızın	potalarımızın
sizin (“your”)	potanızın	potalarınızın
onların (“their”)	potasının or potalarının	potalarının

See also

• ayı (“bear”)
• donuz (“pig”)

Catalan

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *pauta. First attested in 1371.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

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

Derived terms

• capipota
• patum
• pota de cavall
• pota de conill
• pota de gall
• pota de gat
• pota de lleó
• potada
• potera
• potollar

 

References

• “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.

Galician

pota

pota

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɔtɐ]

Noun

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

Related terms

• pote

References

• 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

Icelandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

1. to poke

Conjugation

pota — active voice (germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að pota
supine (sagnbót)		potað
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		potandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég pota	við potum	present (nútíð)	ég poti	við potum
	þú potar	þið potið		þú potir	þið potið
	hann, hún, það potar	þeir, þær, þau pota		hann, hún, það poti	þeir, þær, þau poti
past (þátíð)	ég potaði	við potuðum	past (þátíð)	ég potaði	við potuðum
	þú potaðir	þið potuðuð		þú potaðir	þið potuðuð
	hann, hún, það potaði	þeir, þær, þau potuðu		hann, hún, það potaði	þeir, þær, þau potuðu
imperative (boðháttur)	pota (þú)	potið (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	potaðu	potiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

potast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að potast
supine (sagnbót)		potast
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		potandist ** ** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég potast	við potumst	present (nútíð)	ég potist	við potumst
	þú potast	þið potist		þú potist	þið potist
	hann, hún, það potast	þeir, þær, þau potast		hann, hún, það potist	þeir, þær, þau potist
past (þátíð)	ég potaðist	við potuðumst	past (þátíð)	ég potaðist	við potuðumst
	þú potaðist	þið potuðust		þú potaðist	þið potuðust
	hann, hún, það potaðist	þeir, þær, þau potuðust		hann, hún, það potaðist	þeir, þær, þau potuðust
imperative (boðháttur)	potast (þú)	potist (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	potastu	potisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

potaður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	potaður	potuð	potað		potaðir	potaðar	potuð
accusative (þolfall)	potaðan	potaða	potað		potaða	potaðar	potuð
dative (þágufall)	potuðum	potaðri	potuðu		potuðum	potuðum	potuðum
genitive (eignarfall)	potaðs	potaðrar	potaðs		potaðra	potaðra	potaðra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	potaði	potaða	potaða		potuðu	potuðu	potuðu
accusative (þolfall)	potaða	potuðu	potaða		potuðu	potuðu	potuðu
dative (þágufall)	potaða	potuðu	potaða		potuðu	potuðu	potuðu
genitive (eignarfall)	potaða	potuðu	potaða		potuðu	potuðu	potuðu

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpˠɔt̪ˠə/

Noun

pota m (genitive singular pota, nominative plural potaí)

1. pot (vessel for cooking or storing food)

   Synonym: corcán

2. (nautical) tub

   Synonym: leastar

Declension

Declension of pota (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative pota potaí vocative a phota a photaí genitive pota potaí dative pota potaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an pota na potaí genitive an phota na bpotaí dative leis an bpota don phota leis na potaí

Derived terms

• gliúphota
• potaire
• pota simléir

Mutation

Mutated forms of pota

radical	lenition	eclipsis
pota	phota	bpota

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• 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

Italian

Verb

pota

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

Anagrams

• opta, pato-, topa

Kapampangan

Pronunciation

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

Adverb

póta

1. later; shortly

   Synonym: pinandit

2. maybe; probably

   Synonyms: mekad, siguru, baka

Kari'na

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pota (possessed potary)

1. mouth
2. mouth area, snout

References

• 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

Latin

Verb

pōtā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of pōtō

Lingala

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *pʊ́t.

Verb

pota

1. to run

Maori

Noun

pota

1. sample

Mbyá Guaraní

Suffix

pota

1. attaches to imperative to emphasize it

   Eikuaa pota ke.

   Be careful to know.

Verb

pota

1. to want, to desire

Conjugation

    Conjugation of pota

singular			plural
1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person inclusive	1st person exclusive	2nd person	3rd person
xee aipota	ndee ereipota	ha'e oipota	nhande jaipota	ore oroipota	peẽ peipota	ha'e oipota

Navarro-Aragonese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpota/

Noun

pota f

1. paw

References

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔ.tɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɔtɐ
• Hyphenation: po‧ta

Noun

pota f (plural potas)

1. Humboldt squid, giant squid

Rapa Nui

Te pota.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pota

1. lettuce

References

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

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

pota (Cyrillic spelling пота)

1. genitive singular of pot

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Catalan pota (“paw”).

Noun

pota f (plural potas)

1. cuttlefish

Derived terms

• echar la pota
• pota común

 

Etymology 2

Verb

pota

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

Further reading

• “pota”, 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

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Verb

-pota (infinitive kupota)

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of -pota
Positive present -napota Subjunctive -pote Negative -poti Imperative singular pota
Infinitives
Positive kupota Negative kutopota
Imperatives
Singular pota Plural poteni
Tensed forms
Habitual hupota Positive past positive subject concord + -lipota Negative past negative subject concord + -kupota
Positive present (positive subject concord + -napota) Singular Plural 1st person ninapota/napota tunapota 2nd person unapota mnapota 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anapota wanapota other classes positive subject concord + -napota
Negative present (negative subject concord + -poti) Singular Plural 1st person sipoti hatupoti 2nd person hupoti hampoti 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hapoti hawapoti other classes negative subject concord + -poti
Positive future positive subject concord + -tapota Negative future negative subject concord + -tapota
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -pote) Singular Plural 1st person nipote tupote 2nd person upote mpote 3rd person m-wa(I/II) apote wapote other classes positive subject concord + -pote
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sipote Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngepota Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singepota Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalipota Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalipota
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -apota) Singular Plural 1st person napota twapota 2nd person wapota mwapota 3rd person m-wa(I/II) apota wapota m-mi(III/IV) wapota yapota ji-ma(V/VI) lapota yapota ki-vi(VII/VIII) chapota vyapota n(IX/X) yapota zapota u(XI) wapota see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwapota pa(XVI) papota mu(XVIII) mwapota
Perfect positive subject concord + -mepota "Already" positive subject concord + -meshapota "Not yet" negative subject concord + -japota "If/When" positive subject concord + -kipota "If not" positive subject concord + -sipopota Consecutive kapota / positive subject concord + -kapota Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kapote
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nipota -tupota 2nd person -kupota -wapota/-kupoteni/-wapoteni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mpota -wapota m-mi(III/IV) -upota -ipota ji-ma(V/VI) -lipota -yapota ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kipota -vipota n(IX/X) -ipota -zipota u(XI) -upota see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kupota pa(XVI) -papota mu(XVIII) -mupota Reflexive -jipota
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -pota- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -potaye -potao m-mi(III/IV) -potao -potayo ji-ma(V/VI) -potalo -potayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -potacho -potavyo n(IX/X) -potayo -potazo u(XI) -potao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -potako pa(XVI) -potapo mu(XVIII) -potamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -pota) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yepota -opota m-mi(III/IV) -opota -yopota ji-ma(V/VI) -lopota -yopota ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chopota -vyopota n(IX/X) -yopota -zopota u(XI) -opota see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kopota pa(XVI) -popota mu(XVIII) -mopota
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

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

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈpota/ [ˈpoː.t̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ota
• Syllabification: po‧ta

Noun

pota (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜆ) (colloquial)

1. Alternative form of puta: term of abuse

Interjection

pota (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜆ) (colloquial)

1. Alternative form of puta

Zou

Noun

pota

1. basket

References

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