Botswana

See also: botswana

English

Botswana

Etymology

From Tswana Botswana, from bo- + Tswana, of uncertain origin.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /bɒtˈswɑːnə/
  • (file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /bɑːtˈswɑːnə/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑːnə

Proper noun

Botswana

  1. A country in Southern Africa. Capital: Gaborone.
    1. Bechuanaland, fully the Bechuanaland Protectorate, a colony of the United Kingdom from 1885 to 1966
    2. The Republic of Botswana, since 1966

Holonyms

Translations

See also

References

  1. Isaac Schapera, John L Comaroff (2015 June 3) The Tswana, Routledge, →ISBN, page 3:
    It has been variously interpreted as meaning: (a) "the little offshoots" (from -tswa, "to go out, to come from), (b) "the separatists, or seceders" (from tswaana, "to separate from one another"), and (c) "those who are alike" (from -tshwaana, "to be alike"). None of these derivations is generally accepted; van Warmelo curtly dismisses them as "fruitless speculation".

Further reading

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Botswana

  1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa; capital: Gaborone)

Breton

Proper noun

Botswana

  1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [butsˈwa.nə]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [botsˈwa.nə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [botsˈwa.na]
  • (file)

Proper noun

Botswana f

  1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

Derived terms

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbot͡svana]
  • (file)

Proper noun

Botswana f (related adjective botswanský, demonym Botswaňan or Botswanec, female demonym Botswaňanka or Botswanka)

  1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

Declension

See also

  • Bečuánsko

Further reading

  • Botswana in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
  • Botswana in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • Botswana in Internetová jazyková příručka

Danish

Proper noun

Botswana

  1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

Derived terms

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌbɔtsˈʋaː.naː/, /ˌbɔtˈsʋaː.naː/, /ˌbɔˈtsʋaː.naː/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: Bots‧wa‧na

Proper noun

Botswana n

  1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa) [from 1960s]

Derived terms

Estonian

Proper noun

Botswana

  1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

Finnish

Etymology

From Tswana Botswana.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbotswɑnɑ/, [ˈbo̞ts̠wɑ̝nɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -otswɑnɑ
  • Syllabification(key): Bots‧wa‧na

Proper noun

Botswana

  1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

Declension

Inflection of Botswana (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative Botswana
genitive Botswanan
partitive Botswanaa
illative Botswanaan
singular plural
nominative Botswana
accusative nom. Botswana
gen. Botswanan
genitive Botswanan
partitive Botswanaa
inessive Botswanassa
elative Botswanasta
illative Botswanaan
adessive Botswanalla
ablative Botswanalta
allative Botswanalle
essive Botswanana
translative Botswanaksi
abessive Botswanatta
instructive
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Botswana (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Botswanani
accusative nom. Botswanani
gen. Botswanani
genitive Botswanani
partitive Botswanaani
inessive Botswanassani
elative Botswanastani
illative Botswanaani
adessive Botswanallani
ablative Botswanaltani
allative Botswanalleni
essive Botswananani
translative Botswanakseni
abessive Botswanattani
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Botswanasi
accusative nom. Botswanasi
gen. Botswanasi
genitive Botswanasi
partitive Botswanaasi
inessive Botswanassasi
elative Botswanastasi
illative Botswanaasi
adessive Botswanallasi
ablative Botswanaltasi
allative Botswanallesi
essive Botswananasi
translative Botswanaksesi
abessive Botswanattasi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Botswanamme
accusative nom. Botswanamme
gen. Botswanamme
genitive Botswanamme
partitive Botswanaamme
inessive Botswanassamme
elative Botswanastamme
illative Botswanaamme
adessive Botswanallamme
ablative Botswanaltamme
allative Botswanallemme
essive Botswananamme
translative Botswanaksemme
abessive Botswanattamme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Botswananne
accusative nom. Botswananne
gen. Botswananne
genitive Botswananne
partitive Botswanaanne
inessive Botswanassanne
elative Botswanastanne
illative Botswanaanne
adessive Botswanallanne
ablative Botswanaltanne
allative Botswanallenne
essive Botswanananne
translative Botswanaksenne
abessive Botswanattanne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative Botswanansa
accusative nom. Botswanansa
gen. Botswanansa
genitive Botswanansa
partitive Botswanaansa
inessive Botswanassaan
Botswanassansa
elative Botswanastaan
Botswanastansa
illative Botswanaansa
adessive Botswanallaan
Botswanallansa
ablative Botswanaltaan
Botswanaltansa
allative Botswanalleen
Botswanallensa
essive Botswananaan
Botswananansa
translative Botswanakseen
Botswanaksensa
abessive Botswanattaan
Botswanattansa
instructive
comitative

Derived terms

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɔt.swa.na/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Botswana m

  1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɔtsˈvaːna/, /boˈtsvaːna/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Botswana n (proper noun, strong, genitive Botswanas)

  1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbot͡svaːnɒ]
  • Hyphenation: Bots‧wa‧na
  • Rhymes: -nɒ

Proper noun

Botswana

  1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative Botswana
accusative Botswanát
dative Botswanának
instrumental Botswanával
causal-final Botswanáért
translative Botswanává
terminative Botswanáig
essive-formal Botswanaként
essive-modal
inessive Botswanában
superessive Botswanán
adessive Botswanánál
illative Botswanába
sublative Botswanára
allative Botswanához
elative Botswanából
delative Botswanáról
ablative Botswanától
non-attributive
possessive - singular
Botswanáé
non-attributive
possessive - plural
Botswanáéi
Possessive forms of Botswana
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Botswanám
2nd person sing. Botswanád
3rd person sing. Botswanája
1st person plural Botswanánk
2nd person plural Botswanátok
3rd person plural Botswanájuk

Interlingua

Proper noun

Botswana

  1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

Italian

Proper noun

Botswana m

  1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Botswana

  1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Botswana

  1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɔt͡sˈfa.na/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ana
  • Syllabification: Bots‧wa‧na

Proper noun

Botswana f

  1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

Declension

Derived terms

adjective
nouns

Further reading

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Botswana

  1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

Scots

Proper noun

Botswana

  1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

Slovak

Proper noun

Botswana f (genitive singular Botswany, declension pattern of žena)

  1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

References

  • Botswana”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Spanish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /botˈswana/ [bot̪ˈswa.na]
  • Rhymes: -ana

Proper noun

Botswana f

  1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

Derived terms

Swahili

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Botswana

  1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

See also

Swedish

Etymology

From Tswana Botswana, from bo- + Tswana.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Botswana n (genitive Botswanas)

  1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)
  • botswansk (Botswanan, adjective)
  • botswanier c (Botswanan male)
  • botswanska c (Botswanan female)

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Botswana, from Tswana Botswana.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /bot͡sˈwana/ [bot͡sˈwa.nɐ]
  • Rhymes: -ana
  • Syllabification: Bots‧wa‧na

Proper noun

Botswana (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜆ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜏᜈ)

  1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

Tswana

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bʊ.ˈt͡swa.na/

Proper noun

Botswana

  1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

Welsh

Etymology

From English Botswana, from Tswana Botswana.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Botswana f

  1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

Derived terms

  • Botswanaidd (Botswanan, adjective)
  • Botswaniad (Botswanan (man/woman))
  • Gweriniaeth Botswana (Republic of Botswana)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
Botswana Fotswana Motswana unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

See also

Zulu

Etymology

From English Botswana, from bo- + Tswana.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɓôːt͡sʼʷaːna/

Proper noun

Botswana

  1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)
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