Botswana
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Tswana Botswana, from bo- + Tswana, of uncertain origin.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /bɒtˈswɑːnə/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (US) IPA(key): /bɑːtˈswɑːnə/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɑːnə
Proper noun
[edit]Botswana
- A country in Southern Africa. Capital: Gaborone.
- Bechuanaland, fully the Bechuanaland Protectorate, a colony of the United Kingdom from 1885 to 1966
- The Republic of Botswana, since 1966
Holonyms
[edit]Translations
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See also
[edit]- Gaborone
- Countries of the world
- (countries of Africa) countries of Africa; Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe (Category: en:Countries in Africa) [edit]
References
[edit]- ^ 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
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]Afrikaans
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Proper noun
[edit]Botswana
- Botswana (a country in Southern Africa; capital: Gaborone)
Breton
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Botswana
- Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)
Catalan
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Central) [butsˈwa.nə]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [botsˈwa.nə]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [botsˈwa.na]
Audio (Valencia): (file)
Proper noun
[edit]Botswana f
- Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)
Derived terms
[edit]Czech
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Botswana f (related adjective botswanský, demonym Botswaňan or Botswanec, female demonym Botswaňanka or Botswanka)
- Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)
Declension
[edit]See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “Botswana”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
- “Botswana”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “Botswana”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
Danish
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Botswana
- Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)
Derived terms
[edit]Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Botswana n
- Botswana (a country in Southern Africa) [from 1960s]
Derived terms
[edit]Estonian
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Botswana
- Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Botswana
- Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of Botswana (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
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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. |
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Derived terms
[edit]French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Botswana m
- Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)
German
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Botswana n (proper noun, strong, genitive Botswanas)
- Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)
See also
[edit]- (countries of Africa) Staaten Afrikas; Ägypten, Algerien, Angola, Äquatorialguinea, Äthiopien, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Dschibuti, Elfenbeinküste, Eritrea, Eswatini, Gabun, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kamerun, Kap Verde, Kenia, Komoren, Demokratische Republik Kongo, Republik Kongo, Lesotho, Liberia, Libyen, Madagaskar, Malawi, Mali, Marokko, Mauretanien, Mauritius, Mosambik, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Ruanda, Sambia, São Tomé und Príncipe, Senegal, Seychellen, Sierra Leone, Simbabwe, Somalia, Südafrika, Sudan, Südsudan, Tansania, Togo, Tschad, Tunesien, Uganda, Zentralafrikanische Republik (Category: de:Countries in Africa)
Hungarian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Botswana
- Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)
Declension
[edit]Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | — |
Related terms
[edit]Interlingua
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Botswana
- Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)
Italian
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Botswana m
- Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)
Derived terms
[edit]Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Botswana
- Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)
Related terms
[edit]Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Botswana
- Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)
Related terms
[edit]Polish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Botswana f
- Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)
Declension
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Botswana in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Proper noun
[edit]Botswana
- Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)
Scots
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Botswana
- Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)
Slovak
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Botswana f
- Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)
References
[edit]- “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
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Botswana f
- Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Swahili
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Botswana
- Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)
See also
[edit]- (countries of Africa) nchi za Afrika; Algeria or Aljeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Kamerun or Cameroon or Kameruni, Jamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati, Chad or Chadi, Komori or Visiwa vya Ngazija, Cote d'Ivoire or Kodivaa, Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo or Kongo-Kinshasa, Jibuti or Djibouti, Misri or Umisri, Guinea ya Ikweta or Ginekweta, Eritrea, Ethiopia or Uhabeshi or Habeshi, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea or Gine or Gini, Guinea Bisau or Guinea-Bisau or Ginebisau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagaska or Bukini, Malawi or Unyasa, Mali, Mauritania, Morisi, Mayotte, Moroko or Maroko, Msumbiji or Mozambik, Namibia, Niger or Nijeri, Nigeria or Nijeria or Naijeria, Jamhuri ya Kongo or Kongo-Brazzaville, Réunion, Rwanda or Ruanda, Mtakatifu Helena, Sao Tome na Principe, Senegal or Senegali, Shelisheli, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Afrika Kusini, Sudan Kusini, Sudan, Uswazi or Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Sahara ya Magharibi, Zambia, Zimbabwe (Category: sw:Countries in Africa) [edit]
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Tswana Botswana, from bo- + Tswana.
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Proper noun
[edit]Botswana n (genitive Botswanas)
- Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)
Related terms
[edit]- botswansk (“Botswanan”, adjective)
- botswanier c (“Botswanan male”)
- botswanska c (“Botswanan female”)
Tagalog
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish Botswana, from Tswana Botswana.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /botsˈwana/ [botsˈwaː.n̪ɐ]
- Rhymes: -ana
- Syllabification: Bots‧wa‧na
Proper noun
[edit]Botswana (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜆ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜏᜈ)
- Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)
Tswana
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Botswana
- Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)
Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From English Botswana, from Tswana Botswana.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (North Wales) IPA(key): /bɔtsˈwana/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /bɔtsˈwa(ː)na/
Proper noun
[edit]Botswana f
- Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)
Derived terms
[edit]- Botswanaidd (“Botswanan”, adjective)
- Botswaniad (“Botswanan (man/woman)”)
- Gweriniaeth Botswana (“Republic of Botswana”)
Mutation
[edit]Welsh mutation | |||
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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
[edit]- (countries of Africa) gwledydd Affrica; yr Aifft, Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Bwrcina Ffaso, Bwrwndi, Cabo Verde, Camerŵn, Cenia, Comoros, De Africa, De Swdan, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Gini, Gini Bisaw, Gini Gyhydeddol, Gorllewin Sahara, Gweriniaeth Canolbarth Affrica, Gweriniaeth Ddemocrataidd y Congo, Gweriniaeth y Congo, Jibwti, Lesotho, Liberia, Libia, Madagasgar, Malawi, Mali, Mawrisiws, Mawritania, Moroco, Mosambic, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sambia, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Simbabwe, Somalia, Swdan, Tansania, Tiwnisia, Togo, y Traeth Ifori, Tsiad, Wganda (Category: cy:Countries in Africa) [edit]
Zulu
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From English Botswana, from bo- + Tswana.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Botswana
- Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)
- English terms borrowed from Tswana
- English terms derived from Tswana
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- Rhymes:English/ɑːnə
- Rhymes:English/ɑːnə/3 syllables
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Botswana
- en:Countries in Africa
- en:Countries
- Afrikaans terms with audio links
- Afrikaans lemmas
- Afrikaans proper nouns
- af:Botswana
- af:Countries in Africa
- af:Countries
- Breton lemmas
- Breton proper nouns
- br:Botswana
- br:Countries in Africa
- br:Countries
- Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Catalan terms with audio links
- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan proper nouns
- Catalan terms spelled with W
- Catalan feminine nouns
- ca:Botswana
- ca:Countries in Africa
- ca:Countries
- Czech terms with IPA pronunciation
- Czech terms with audio links
- Czech lemmas
- Czech proper nouns
- Czech terms spelled with W
- Czech feminine nouns
- cs:Botswana
- cs:Countries in Africa
- cs:Countries
- Czech uncountable nouns
- Czech hard feminine nouns
- Danish lemmas
- Danish proper nouns
- Danish terms spelled with W
- da:Botswana
- da:Countries in Africa
- da:Countries
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch terms with audio links
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch proper nouns
- Dutch neuter nouns
- nl:Botswana
- nl:Countries in Africa
- nl:Countries
- Estonian lemmas
- Estonian proper nouns
- Estonian terms spelled with W
- et:Botswana
- et:Countries in Africa
- et:Countries
- Finnish terms derived from Tswana
- Finnish 3-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/otswɑnɑ
- Rhymes:Finnish/otswɑnɑ/3 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- Finnish terms spelled with W
- fi:Botswana
- fi:Countries in Africa
- fi:Countries
- Finnish kulkija-type nominals
- Finnish uncountable nouns
- French 3-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with audio links
- French lemmas
- French proper nouns
- French terms spelled with W
- French masculine nouns
- fr:Botswana
- fr:Countries in Africa
- fr:Countries
- German 3-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio links
- German lemmas
- German proper nouns
- German neuter nouns
- de:Botswana
- de:Countries in Africa
- de:Countries
- Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hungarian terms with manual IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Hungarian/nɒ
- Rhymes:Hungarian/nɒ/3 syllables
- Hungarian lemmas
- Hungarian proper nouns
- hu:Botswana
- hu:Countries in Africa
- hu:Countries
- Interlingua lemmas
- Interlingua proper nouns
- ia:Botswana
- ia:Countries in Africa
- ia:Countries
- Italian lemmas
- Italian proper nouns
- Italian proper nouns with irregular gender
- Italian terms spelled with W
- Italian masculine nouns
- it:Botswana
- it:Countries in Africa
- it:Countries
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål proper nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål terms spelled with W
- nb:Botswana
- nb:Countries in Africa
- nb:Countries
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk proper nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms spelled with W
- nn:Botswana
- nn:Countries in Africa
- nn:Countries
- Polish 3-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Polish terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Polish/ana
- Rhymes:Polish/ana/3 syllables
- Polish lemmas
- Polish proper nouns
- Polish feminine nouns
- pl:Botswana
- pl:Countries in Africa
- pl:Countries
- Romanian terms with audio links
- Romanian lemmas
- Romanian proper nouns
- Romanian terms spelled with W
- ro:Botswana
- ro:Countries in Africa
- ro:Countries
- Scots lemmas
- Scots proper nouns
- sco:Botswana
- sco:Countries in Africa
- sco:Countries
- Slovak lemmas
- Slovak proper nouns
- Slovak terms spelled with W
- Slovak feminine nouns
- sk:Botswana
- sk:Countries in Africa
- sk:Countries
- Spanish 3-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/ana
- Rhymes:Spanish/ana/3 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish proper nouns
- Spanish terms spelled with W
- Spanish feminine nouns
- es:Botswana
- es:Countries in Africa
- es:Countries
- Swahili terms with audio links
- Swahili lemmas
- Swahili proper nouns
- sw:Botswana
- sw:Countries in Africa
- sw:Countries
- Swedish terms borrowed from Tswana
- Swedish terms derived from Tswana
- Swedish terms with audio links
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish proper nouns
- Swedish terms spelled with W
- Swedish neuter nouns
- sv:Botswana
- sv:Countries in Africa
- sv:Countries
- Tagalog terms borrowed from Spanish
- Tagalog terms derived from Spanish
- Tagalog terms derived from Tswana
- Tagalog 3-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tagalog/ana
- Rhymes:Tagalog/ana/3 syllables
- Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog proper nouns
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script
- tl:Botswana
- tl:Countries in Africa
- tl:Countries
- Tswana terms with IPA pronunciation
- Tswana lemmas
- Tswana proper nouns
- tn:Botswana
- tn:Countries in Africa
- tn:Countries
- Welsh terms borrowed from English
- Welsh terms derived from English
- Welsh terms derived from Tswana
- Welsh terms with IPA pronunciation
- Welsh lemmas
- Welsh proper nouns
- Welsh feminine nouns
- cy:Botswana
- cy:Countries in Africa
- cy:Countries
- Welsh exonyms
- Zulu terms borrowed from English
- Zulu terms derived from English
- Zulu terms with IPA pronunciation
- Zulu lemmas
- Zulu proper nouns
- zu:Botswana
- zu:Countries in Africa
- zu:Countries