poti

See also: Poti, potí, poți, póti, pōti, and pôti

Estonian

Noun

poti

1. genitive singular of pott

Finnish

Verb

poti

1. third-person singular past indicative of potea

Anagrams

• Topi, opit, pito, topi

Italian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpo.ti/
• Rhymes: -oti
• Hyphenation: pó‧ti

Verb

poti

1. inflection of potare (“to prune”):
   1. second-person singular present indicative
   2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   3. third-person singular imperative

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔ.ti/
• Rhymes: -ɔti
• Hyphenation: pò‧ti

Noun

poti m pl

1. plural of poto

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔ.ti/
• Rhymes: -ɔti
• Hyphenation: pò‧ti

Verb

poti

1. inflection of potare (“to drink”):
   1. second-person singular present indicative
   2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   3. third-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• -tipo, Pito, opti, tipo, tipo-, topi

Latin

Participle

pōtī

1. inflection of pōtus:
   1. nominative/vocative masculine plural
   2. genitive masculine/neuter singular

Lithuanian

Etymology

Per Smoczyński, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peh₂- (“to draw, to pound”). Possibly akin to Proto-Slavic *patriti (“to perceive, observe”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpôː.tʲɪ/

Verb

póti (third-person present tense pója, third-person past tense pójo)

1. (transitive) to grasp, to comprehend

Conjugation

Conjugation of poti

		singular vienaskaita				plural daugiskaita
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
		aš	tu	jis/ji		mes	jūs	jie/jos
indicative tiesioginė nuosaka	present esamasis laikas	póju	póji	pója		pójame, pójam	pójate, pójat	pója
	past būtasis kartinis laikas	pójau	pójai	pójo		pójome, pójom	pójote, pójot	pójo
	past frequentative būtasis dažninis laikas	pódavau	pódavai	pódavo		pódavome, pódavom	pódavote, pódavot	pódavo
	future būsimasis laikas	pósiu	pósi	pós		pósime, pósim	pósite, pósit	pós
subjunctive tariamoji nuosaka		póčiau	pótum, pótumei	pótų		pótumėme, pótumėm, pótume	pótumėte, pótumėt	pótų
imperative liepiamoji nuosaka		—	pók, póki	tepója, tepójie		pókime, pókim	pókite, pókit	tepója, tepójie

Participles of poti

adjectival (dalyviai) active passive present pójąs, pójantis pójamas past pójęs pótas past frequentative pódavęs — future pósiąs, pósiantis pósimas participle of necessity — pótinas adverbial special pusdalyvis pódamas half-participle padalyviai present pójant past pójus past frequentative pódavus future pósiant manner of action būdinys póte, pótinai

Derived terms

• supóti

References

• “poti”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2025
• Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007), “póti”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Lithuanian Language]‎ (in Polish), Vilnius: Vilnius University, page 1369

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from English potty.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔ.tɪ/
• Rhymes: -ɔtɪ

Noun

poti m (plural potis)

1. (childish) potty

Maori

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpoti/, [ˈpɔti]

Etymology 1

Probably either from English pussy (as in pussy-cat) or a parallel onomatopoetic formation (compare Arabic بَسَّة (bassa), Lithuanian puižė).

Noun

poti

1. cat (Felis silvestris catus)

   Synonyms: ngeru, puihi, tori

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

poti

1. angle
2. corner

   Synonym: piko

Derived terms

• popoti
• potipoti

Further reading

• Williams, Herbert William (1917), “poti”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, pages 344-5
• “poti” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• potí (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi potĩ.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /poˈt͡ʃi/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /puˈti/

• Rhymes: -i
• Hyphenation: po‧ti

Noun

poti m (plural potis)

1. (Brazil, regional) shrimp

   Synonym: camarão

Related terms

• Poti
• potiguar
• potimirim
• potiúna

Further reading

• “poti”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “poti”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Slovene

Noun

poti f

1. genitive/dative/locative singular of pot

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English put.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpo.ti/

Verb

poti

1. to put, to lay, to place, to set

See also

• pôti

Welsh

Etymology

From English potty.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔti/

Noun

poti m

1. potty (children's chamberpot)
   • 2011, Sharon Morgan, Hanes Rhyw Gymraes: Hunangofiant Sharon Morgan‎, →ISBN:

     O’dd Fay Franklin drws nesa wedi ca’l doli anhygoel o’r enw Dinah, doli a allai ddweud ‘Mama’, yfed o botel a mynd i’r poti.

     Fay Franklin next door had got an amazing doll named Dinah, a doll that could say ‘Mama’, drink from a bottle and go to the potty.

Mutation

Mutated forms of poti

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
poti	boti	mhoti	photi

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.