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boter (plural boters, diminutive botertjie)

1. (archaic) Alternative form of botter

• botter (dialectal)

From Middle Dutch bōter, from Old Dutch *butera, from Proto-West Germanic *buterā, from Medieval Latin būtȳrum, from Ancient Greek βούτυρον (boúturon).

Compare Limburgish bótter, West Flemish beuter, Zealandic beuter, Middle Low German botter, German Low German Botter, Plautdietsch Botta, Old Frisian butera, North Frisian bööder, Saterland Frisian Buutere, West Frisian bûter, Old English butere, English butter, Scots butter, Yola buthther, Old High German butera, German Butter, Alemannic German Butter, Bavarian Budan, Gottscheerish púttər, Hunsrik Butter, Luxembourgish Botter, Pennsylvania German Budder.

• IPA^(key): /ˈboːtər/

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• Hyphenation: bo‧ter
• Rhymes: -oːtər

boter f (plural boters, diminutive botertje n)

1. Butter, a spread made from churned milk.
2. A butter substitute, typically made of vegetable oils.

-general:

-types of butter:

-expressions:

• Afrikaans: botter
  • → Sotho: botoro
• Berbice Creole Dutch: botro
• Jersey Dutch: bœter
• Negerhollands: botter
• → Akan: buturu
• → Aukan: botoo
• → Ewe: butru
• → Ga: butru
• → Loup A: boutel
• → Mahican: póten
• → Munsee: póotal
• → Sranan Tongo: botro
  • → Caribbean Hindustani: botro
  • → Caribbean Javanese: botro
• → Unami: putël

• boert

From Old Dutch *butera, from Proto-West Germanic *buterā, from Latin būtȳrum, from Ancient Greek βούτυρον (boúturon).

bōter n or f

1. butter

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• Dutch: boter (see there for further descendants)
• Limburgish: bótter
• West Flemish: beuter

• “boter”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “boter”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

boter

1. Alternative form of buter

boter

1. indefinite plural of bot

• betor, boret, teorb