poot
Betekenis (English)
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- (masculine) limb (arm or leg) of an animal (sometimes human)
- (informal, masculine) leg or foot
- (informal, masculine) hand
- (masculine) leg of an object, e.g. furniture
- (derogatory, masculine) homosexual man, fag, poof (shortened form of ruigpoot)
Synonyms
Frequentie
Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/poːt/
Etymology (English)
In summary
From Middle Dutch pôte (“limb, claw”), further etymology unclear. The only known Germanic cognate is Middle Low German pote (itself having been borrowed as Danish pote, Norwegian Bokmål pote, Norwegian Nynorsk pote and German Pfote). Outside Germanic, Old French pote and Catalan pota may be related.
Nieuw
poten
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- to set, plant, place a young plant or large seed individually in soil or other substrate where it can grow; sow
- to release young fish or - eggs to regulate the population for fishers' benefit
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