"boton" meaning in Cornish

See boton in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: botonyow [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle English botoun (whence modern English button), from Old French bouton, boton, from Vulgar Latin *bautōnem, from Frankish *bautō (“knob”), from Proto-West Germanic *bautan (“to beat”). Etymology templates: {{bor|kw|enm|botoun}} Middle English botoun, {{cog|en|button}} English button, {{der|kw|fro|bouton,boton}} Old French bouton, boton, {{der|kw|VL.|*bautōnem}} Vulgar Latin *bautōnem, {{der|kw|frk|*bautō||knob}} Frankish *bautō (“knob”), {{der|kw|gmw-pro|*bautan||to beat}} Proto-West Germanic *bautan (“to beat”) Head templates: {{head|kw|noun||||||{{{d2}}}|plural|botonyow|||||cat2=|f4g=|f5g=|f6g=|g=m|head=}} boton m (plural botonyow), {{kw-noun|m|y}} boton m (plural botonyow)
  1. button Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-boton-kw-noun-w-LXjz~z Categories (other): Cornish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Cornish entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
  2. counter (game) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-boton-kw-noun-4yGjP1Zt Categories (other): Cornish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Cornish entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: botonyow glas (english: Jasione montana) [plural], botonyow owr (english: tansy) [plural], toll boton (english: button hole)

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "Jasione montana",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "translation": "Jasione montana",
      "word": "botonyow glas"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "tansy",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "translation": "tansy",
      "word": "botonyow owr"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "button hole",
      "translation": "button hole",
      "word": "toll boton"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "botoun"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English botoun",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "button"
      },
      "expansion": "English button",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "bouton,boton"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French bouton, boton",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "VL.",
        "3": "*bautōnem"
      },
      "expansion": "Vulgar Latin *bautōnem",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "frk",
        "3": "*bautō",
        "4": "",
        "5": "knob"
      },
      "expansion": "Frankish *bautō (“knob”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*bautan",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to beat"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *bautan (“to beat”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Middle English botoun (whence modern English button), from Old French bouton, boton, from Vulgar Latin *bautōnem, from Frankish *bautō (“knob”), from Proto-West Germanic *bautan (“to beat”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "botonyow",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "10": "botonyow",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "{{{d2}}}",
        "9": "plural",
        "cat2": "",
        "f4g": "",
        "f5g": "",
        "f6g": "",
        "g": "m",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "boton m (plural botonyow)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "y"
      },
      "expansion": "boton m (plural botonyow)",
      "name": "kw-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Cornish",
  "lang_code": "kw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cornish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "button"
      ],
      "id": "en-boton-kw-noun-w-LXjz~z",
      "links": [
        [
          "button",
          "button"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cornish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "counter (game)"
      ],
      "id": "en-boton-kw-noun-4yGjP1Zt",
      "links": [
        [
          "counter",
          "counter"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "boton"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Cornish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Cornish lemmas",
    "Cornish masculine nouns",
    "Cornish nouns",
    "Cornish terms borrowed from Middle English",
    "Cornish terms derived from Frankish",
    "Cornish terms derived from Middle English",
    "Cornish terms derived from Old French",
    "Cornish terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Cornish terms derived from Vulgar Latin",
    "Pages with 9 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "Jasione montana",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "translation": "Jasione montana",
      "word": "botonyow glas"
    },
    {
      "english": "tansy",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "translation": "tansy",
      "word": "botonyow owr"
    },
    {
      "english": "button hole",
      "translation": "button hole",
      "word": "toll boton"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "botoun"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English botoun",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "button"
      },
      "expansion": "English button",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "bouton,boton"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French bouton, boton",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "VL.",
        "3": "*bautōnem"
      },
      "expansion": "Vulgar Latin *bautōnem",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "frk",
        "3": "*bautō",
        "4": "",
        "5": "knob"
      },
      "expansion": "Frankish *bautō (“knob”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*bautan",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to beat"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *bautan (“to beat”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Middle English botoun (whence modern English button), from Old French bouton, boton, from Vulgar Latin *bautōnem, from Frankish *bautō (“knob”), from Proto-West Germanic *bautan (“to beat”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "botonyow",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "10": "botonyow",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "{{{d2}}}",
        "9": "plural",
        "cat2": "",
        "f4g": "",
        "f5g": "",
        "f6g": "",
        "g": "m",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "boton m (plural botonyow)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "y"
      },
      "expansion": "boton m (plural botonyow)",
      "name": "kw-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Cornish",
  "lang_code": "kw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "button"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "button",
          "button"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "counter (game)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "counter",
          "counter"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "boton"
}

Download raw JSONL data for boton meaning in Cornish (2.4kB)

{
  "called_from": "parser/328",
  "msg": "TABLE not properly closed",
  "path": [
    "boton"
  ],
  "section": "Cornish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "boton",
  "trace": "started on line 3, detected on line 9"
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/304",
  "msg": "HTML tag <div> not properly closed",
  "path": [
    "boton"
  ],
  "section": "Cornish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "boton",
  "trace": "started on line 2, detected on line 9"
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: boton/Cornish 'hard' base_tags={'mutation-aspirate', 'mutation', 'mutation-radical', 'mutation-soft'}",
  "path": [
    "boton"
  ],
  "section": "Cornish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "boton",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </div>",
  "path": [
    "boton"
  ],
  "section": "Cornish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "boton",
  "trace": ""
}

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