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

• “bōter, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-1-5.