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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