bót

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

Declension of bót
f-s3	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bót	bótin	bætur	bæturnar
accusative	bót	bótina	bætur	bæturnar
dative	bót	bótinni	bótum	bótunum
genitive	bótar	bótarinnar	bóta	bótanna

• í þokkabót

• bati
• betri
• bæta
• bæting

From Proto-Germanic *buhtiz. A doublet of the loanword bugt.

bót f (genitive singular bótar, nominative plural bætur)

1. bight, cove, inlet, a small bay

Declension of bót
f-s3	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bót	bótin	bætur	bæturnar
accusative	bót	bótina	bætur	bæturnar
dative	bót	bótinni	bótum	bótunum
genitive	bótar	bótarinnar	bóta	bótanna

• knésbót
• hnésbót
• olnbogabót

• baugur
• bjúgur
• bogi
• bugt
• bugur

• dalbotn
• hvilft
• vík
• vogur

• “bót” in: Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)

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• 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

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.