pota

Probably from Old French pot. Further etymology is obscure;^[1] perhaps from Proto-Germanic *puttaz (“pot”), from Proto-Indo-European *budn- (“a type of vessel”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpota/ [ˈpo.t̪a]

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)

• pote

From Proto-Turkic *botu (“young of camel”).^[1] Cognate with Tatar and Bashkir бута (buta), Kyrgyz бото (boto), Kazakh бота (bota).

• IPA^(key): [poˈtɑ]

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• Hyphenation: po‧ta

pota (definite accusative potanı, plural potalar)

1. piglet

   Synonym: çoşqa

2. bear cub

• ayı (“bear”)
• donuz (“pig”)

From Vulgar Latin *pauta. First attested in 1371.

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

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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

• “pota”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “pota”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “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.

Probably from Old French pot. Further etymology is obscure;^[1] perhaps from Proto-Germanic *puttaz (“pot”), from Proto-Indo-European *budn- (“a type of vessel”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɔtɐ]

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

• pote

• 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

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

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

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

1. to poke

Borrowed from Middle English potte,^[1] from Old English pott (“a pot”), from Proto-Germanic *puttaz (“pot”), from Proto-Indo-European *budn- (“a type of vessel”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpˠɔt̪ˠə/^[2]

pota m (genitive singular pota, nominative plural potaí)

1. pot (vessel for cooking or storing food)

   Synonym: corcán

2. (nautical) tub

   Synonym: leastar

• gliúphota
• poitín
• potaire
• pota simléir

• 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, 2013–2025

• IPA^(key): /ˈpo.ta/
• Rhymes: -ota
• Hyphenation: pó‧ta

pota

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔ.ta/
• Rhymes: -ɔta
• Hyphenation: pò‧ta

pota

1. (Eastern Lombardy) expression of amazement; good heavens!
2. (Eastern Lombardy) expression of resignation; it is what it is

• opta, pato-, topa

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

póta

1. act of cutting, slashing, gashing (of flesh or meat)

• Morice Vanoverbergh (1933) “póta”, in A Dictionary of Lepanto Igorot or Kankanay. As it is spoken at Bauco (Linguistische Anthropos-Bibliothek; XII)‎^[1], Mödling bei Wien, St. Gabriel, Österreich: Verlag der Internationalen Zeitschrift „Anthropos“, →OCLC, page 369

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

póta

1. later; shortly

   Synonyms: pinandit, pangabagya

2. maybe; probably

   Synonyms: mekad, siguru, baka

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

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

pota (possessed potary)

1. mouth
2. mouth area, snout

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[2], 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^[3], Paris, 1956, page 377

pōtā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of pōtō

From Proto-Bantu *pʊ́t.

pota

1. to run

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔta/, [ˈpɔta] (Eastern)

pota

1. (Eastern Lombardy) expression of amazement; good heavens!
2. (Eastern Lombardy) expression of resignation; it is what it is

pota

1. sample

pota

1. attaches to imperative to emphasize it

   Eikuaa pota ke.

   Be careful to know.

pota

1. to want, to desire

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈpota/

pota f

1. paw

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

• Rhymes: -ɔtɐ
• Hyphenation: po‧ta

pota f (plural potas)

1. Humboldt squid, giant squid

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

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

pota

1. lettuce

• Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui‎^[4], Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 29

pota (Cyrillic spelling пота)

1. genitive singular of pot

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

Borrowed from Catalan pota (“paw”).

pota f (plural potas)

1. cuttlefish

pota

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

• “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], 10 December 2024

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-pota (infinitive kupota)

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

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.

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

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

pota (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜆ) (colloquial)

1. alternative form of puta: term of abuse

pota (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜆ) (colloquial)

1. alternative form of puta

pota

1. basket

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