bòta

See also: bota, bóta, botá, botâ, and böta

Emilian

Etymology

Cognate with Italian botta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔːta/

Noun

bòta f (plural bòt) (Bologna)

1. blow, hit

Istriot

Etymology

From the verb bottare, probably derived from Old French boter (“to strike”), from Frankish *buttan, from Frankish *bautan (“to hit, strike”).

Noun

bòta f

1. blow, hit, punch

References

• Antonio Pellizzer; Giovanni Pellizzer (1992), Vocabulario del dialetto di Rovigno d'Istria, page 153
• Cergna, Sandro (2015), Vocabolario del dialetto di Valle d'Istria‎^[1], →ISBN, →OCLC, page 53