botere

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish poder.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /boteɾe/ [bo.t̪e.ɾe]
  • Rhymes: -eɾe, -e
  • Hyphenation: bo‧te‧re

Noun

botere inan

  1. power, might
    Synonym: indar

Declension

Declension of botere (inanimate, ending in vowel)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive botere boterea botereak
ergative boterek botereak botereek
dative botereri botereari botereei
genitive botereren boterearen botereen
comitative botererekin boterearekin botereekin
causative botererengatik boterearengatik botereengatik
benefactive botererentzat boterearentzat botereentzat
instrumental boterez botereaz botereez
inessive boteretan boterean botereetan
locative boteretako botereko botereetako
allative boteretara boterera botereetara
terminative boteretaraino botereraino botereetaraino
directive boteretarantz botererantz botereetarantz
destinative boteretarako botererako botereetarako
ablative boteretatik boteretik botereetatik
partitive botererik — —
prolative boteretzat — —

Derived terms

  • boteredun (“powerful”)
  • boteregune
  • boteretsu (“powerful”)
  • boteretsuki (“mightily”)
  • boterez

Further reading

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

Middle English

Etymology

From bot (“boat”) +‎ -ere (suffix forming agent nouns).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɔːtər(ə)/

Noun

botere (plural boteres)

  1. boater, boatsman

Descendants

  • English: boater

References

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