bōta

Marshallese

Etymology

Borrowed from English butter, from Middle English buter, butter, from Old English butere, from Proto-West Germanic *buterā, from Latin būtȳrum, from Ancient Greek βούτῡρον (boútūron, “cow cheese”), compound of βοῦς (boûs, “ox, cow”) and τῡρός (tūrós, “cheese”).

Pronunciation

Noun

bōta

  1. butter

References

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