βουτάω

Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From βουτώ (voutó) +‎ -άω (-áo), from Byzantine Greek βουτῶ (boutô), from a metaplasm of () with the past stem βουτισ- (boutis-) of βουτίζω (boutízō), from Ancient Greek βυθίζω (buthízō, to sink, submerge).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vuˈta.o/
  • Hyphenation: βου‧τά‧ω

Verb

βουτάω • (voutáo) / βουτώ (past βούτηξα, passive βουτιέμαι, p‑past βουτήχτηκα, ppp βουτηγμένος)

  1. (intransitive) to sink, dive, immerse, plunge
  2. (transitive) to grab, collar
  3. (transitive) to dunk

Conjugation

Synonyms

  • αβούτηχτος (avoútichtos, not dipped)
  • βούτηγμα n (voútigma, dipping)
  • βούτημα n (voútima, cookie for dipping -in coffee, etc-)
  • βουτιά f (voutiá, a swim, dive)
  • μακροβούτι n (makrovoúti, long dive)
  • τσαλαβουτάω (tsalavoutáo), τσαλαβουτώ (tsalavoutó)

References

  1. ^ βουτάω, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language