bót

Inherited from Old Norse bót, from Proto-Germanic *bōtō (“recompense”).

Cognates include Old Swedish bōt (“improvement”) whence Swedish bot (“fine”). Compare also Bót- in the names Bótey, Bóthildur and Bótólfur, Swedish Boel and Bodil and Danish Bodil. Related to Proto-Germanic *batiz (“good; better”), itself ultimately going back to Proto-Indo-European *bʰed- (“improve, make better”) (sometimes reconstructed as **bʰ(e)Hd-).

• IPA^(key): /pouːt/

  Rhymes: -ouːt

bót f (genitive singular bótar, nominative plural bætur)

1. betterment, improvement, cure
2. patch

• í þokkabót

• bati
• betri
• bæta
• bæting

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *buhtiz. Doublet of bugt, a loanword.

bót f (genitive singular bótar, nominative plural bætur)

1. bight, cove, inlet, small bay

• knésbót
• hnésbót
• olnbogabót

• baugur
• bjúgur
• bogi
• bugt
• bugur

• dalbotn
• hvilft
• vík
• vogur

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) “bót”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈbwot/
• Rhymes: -ot
• Syllabification: bót

bót m inan

1. boot
   • 1938, Aleksander Majkòwsczi, Żëcé i przigòdë Remùsa‎^[1], page 11:

     Szczescé, że Remus mô svoje botë na nogach.

     Lucky, Remus has his boots on.

2. shoe

• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “but”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[2]
• “bót”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

• Rhymes: -ut
• Syllabification: bót

bót m inan

1. (obsolete) alternative form of but (“shoe”)
2. (Lubawa) alternative form of but (“foot”)

• Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “bót”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
• “BÓT”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 28.04.2010
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “bót”, in Słownik języka polskiego
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “bót”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “but”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 240
• Kazimierz Nitsch (1907) “bót”, in “Dyalekty polskie Prus zachodnich”, in Materyały i Prace Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności w Krakowie (in Polish), volume 3, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 387

From Proto-Tai *ɓoːtᴰ. Cognate with Lao ບອດ (bǭt), Northern Thai ᨷᩬᨯ, Lü ᦢᦸᧆᧈ (ḃoad¹), Shan မွတ်ႇ (màut) or ဝွတ်ႇ (wàut), Ahom 𑜈𑜨𑜄𑜫 (bot), Thai บอด (bɔ̀ɔt). Compare Proto-Austronesian *buCa (whence Malay buta and Hiligaynon buta).

• (Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA^(key): [ɓɔt̚˧˥]
• (Trùng Khánh) IPA^(key): [ɓɔt̚˦]

bót

1. blind

   tha bót ― blind eye

2. flat; deflated

   Nghé bắp mì lo̱i mặt bót.

   The corn has a few flat kernels.

• Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎^[3][4] (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɔt̚˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɔk̚˦˧˥]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɔk̚˦˥]

From French brosse.

bót

1. (dated) brush (used for cleanup)

• bàn chải

• bót đánh răng ("toothbrush")

bót

1. (dated) police station
   • 2016, Trầm Hương, Trong cơn lốc xoáy, part I, NXB Phụ nữ, page 367:

     Rất nhanh chóng, cò Bazin quay trở lại bót Catinat, với tâm thế sục sôi rửa hận.

     Very quickly, superintendent Bazin returned to the Catinat police station, his heart boiling over with vengeance.