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 (inan V-stem)
indefinite singular plural proximal plural
absolutive botere boterea botereak botereok
ergative boterek botereak botereek botereok
dative botereri botereari botereei botereoi
genitive botereren boterearen botereen botereon
comitative botererekin boterearekin botereekin botereokin
causative botererengatik boterearengatik botereengatik botereongatik
benefactive botererentzat boterearentzat botereentzat botereontzat
instrumental boterez botereaz botereez botereotaz
innesive boteretan boterean botereetan botereotan
locative boteretako botereko botereetako botereotako
allative boteretara boterera botereetara botereotara
terminative boteretaraino botereraino botereetaraino botereotaraino
directive boteretarantz botererantz botereetarantz botereotarantz
destinative boteretarako botererako botereetarako botereotarako
ablative boteretatik boteretik botereetatik botereotatik
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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