botxa

Catalan

Etymology

Etymology tree

Pre-Greekbor.?

Ancient Greek βοῦττις (boûttis)der.

Medieval Greek βούττια (boúttia)bor.

Vulgar Latin *buttia

Italian bocciabor.

Catalan botxa

Borrowed from Italian boccia, from Vulgar Latin *buttia, borrowed from Medieval Greek βούττια (boúttia, plural of βούττιον (boúttion)), from Ancient Greek βοῦττις (boûttis), possibly borrowed from Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈbu.t͡ʃə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [ˈbo.t͡ʃə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈbo.t͡ʃa]

Noun

botxa f (plural botxes)

1. bocce (ball used in the game of bocce)
2. (in the plural) bocce (the game of bocce)

Hypernyms

• esport de boles

Further reading

• “botxa”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007