bothy

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbɒθi/
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• General-American: /ˈbɑθi/
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• Ireland: /ˈbʌhi/
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• Scotland: /ˈbɔθe/
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• rhymes with -ɒθi
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Probably from booth + -y (diminutive suffix). Booth is ultimately derived from Proto-Germanic *bōþō (“building; dwelling; hut”), from *būaną (“to dwell, reside”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bhuH- (“to be”). The short vowel /ɒ/, /ɑ/, etc., in the first syllable instead of the long vowel /uː/ in booth may be due to the influence of Irish both and Scottish Gaelic both (“booth, hut”), which have the same etymology as booth.

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Extremaduran: choçu — small cottage or hut; specifically, one often left unlocked for communal use in a remote, often mountainous, area by hikers, labourers, etc.
• Finnish: autiotupa — small cottage or hut; specifically, one often left unlocked for communal use in a remote, often mountainous, area by hikers, labourers, etc.
• Galician: chozo — small cottage or hut; specifically, one often left unlocked for communal use in a remote, often mountainous, area by hikers, labourers, etc.
• German: Schutzhütte — small cottage or hut; specifically, one often left unlocked for communal use in a remote, often mountainous, area by hikers, labourers, etc.
• Irish: botaí — small cottage or hut; specifically, one often left unlocked for communal use in a remote, often mountainous, area by hikers, labourers, etc.
• Irish: both — small cottage or hut; specifically, one often left unlocked for communal use in a remote, often mountainous, area by hikers, labourers, etc.
• Irish: bothán — small cottage or hut; specifically, one often left unlocked for communal use in a remote, often mountainous, area by hikers, labourers, etc.
• Korean: 보티 (boti) — small cottage or hut; specifically, one often left unlocked for communal use in a remote, often mountainous, area by hikers, labourers, etc.
• Russian: хижина (xižina) — small cottage or hut; specifically, one often left unlocked for communal use in a remote, often mountainous, area by hikers, labourers, etc.
• Scottish Gaelic: bothan — small cottage or hut; specifically, one often left unlocked for communal use in a remote, often mountainous, area by hikers, labourers, etc.
• Scottish Gaelic: àirigh — small cottage or hut; specifically, one often left unlocked for communal use in a remote, often mountainous, area by hikers, labourers, etc.
• Scottish Gaelic: cleit — small cottage or hut; specifically, one often left unlocked for communal use in a remote, often mountainous, area by hikers, labourers, etc.
• Scots: bothy — small cottage or hut; specifically, one often left unlocked for communal use in a remote, often mountainous, area by hikers, labourers, etc.
• Spanish: chozo — small cottage or hut; specifically, one often left unlocked for communal use in a remote, often mountainous, area by hikers, labourers, etc.
• Turkish: çiftlik işleri barakası — small cottage or hut; specifically, one often left unlocked for communal use in a remote, often mountainous, area by hikers, labourers, etc.
• Finnish: pirtti — building for workers to rest in
• Finnish: maja — building for workers to rest in
• Finnish: pirtti — building on a farm for farmworkers or other labourers to live in
• Scots: bothy — building on a farm for farmworkers or other labourers to live in