can, to be able to · may (of a choice) · to be possible; may, could be
çekim: geçmiş pu · ortaç pu · şimdiki peut · ulaç pouvant
köken: Inherited from Middle French povoir, from Old French povoir, pooir, from earlier Old French poeir, podeir, from Vulgar Latin potēre, regularization of Latin posse. The /-v-/ was eventually added, after the loss of the intervocalic dental, to break hiatus. The archaic 1SG present indicative puis is from a Vulgar Latin *posseō (rather than possō), for which cf. Old Catalan puix. Cognates See also…
aile: advienne que pourra, autant que faire se peut, ne plus pouvoir voir en peinture, n'en plus pouvoir, n'en pouvoir mais, on ne peut plus, quand on veut, on peut, qui peut le plus peut le moins, sauve qui peut, tu peux causer
Je peux venir ce soir.
On est des étoiles dans ce ciel bleu clair et on mettra les voiles quand on pourra le faire.
to be able to, can · to be familiar with something, or with someone's personality
çekim: geçmiş pude · ortaç podido · şimdiki puede
eş: gobierno
köken: Inherited from Vulgar Latin potēre, regularization of Latin posse.
aile: a más no poder, hasta más no poder, no poder con su alma, no poder hacer carrera, no poder tragar, no poder ver, no puede ser, poder con, puede que, querer es poder
authority, authorities, power · rule, regime · control
çekim: çoğul вла́сти · tamlayan вла́сти
eş: сила, полномочие, господство
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- Proto-Balto-Slavic *walˀstís Proto-Slavic *volstь Old Church Slavonic власть (vlastĭ)bor. Russian власть Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic власть (vlastĭ), from Proto-Slavic *volstь. Doublet of во́лость (vólostʹ), the inherited East Slavic form.
political power, control · power, might, capability · a power in international politics
çekim: çoğul machten
zıt: onmacht, machteloosheid
köken: From Middle Dutch macht, from Old Dutch *maht, from Proto-West Germanic *mahti, from Proto-Germanic *mahtiz. Equivalent to mogen (“to may, to be allowed”) + -t (“verbal noun”).
power, might · a power (a nation or other entity having great influence)
çekim: çoğul makter · tamlayan makts
köken: From Old Swedish makt, from Middle Low German macht, from Old Saxon maht, from Proto-West Germanic *mahti, from Proto-Germanic *mahtiz. Compare mäktig.
power (physical or spiritual strength) · power (energy or force released by some device or phenomenon) · power, strength (measure of the effectiveness that a force producing a physical effect has over time)
çekim: çoğul moce · tamlayan mocy
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *megʰ-der. Proto-Balto-Slavic *magtis Proto-Slavic *mȍťь Old Polish moc Polish moc Inherited from Old Polish moc.
aile: mocny, ciemna strona mocy, jasna strona mocy, moc wsteczna, mocarz, niemoc, supermoc, na mocy, z mocy, mocować
might, power · powerhouse (source of power, energy or strength)
çekim: çoğul mahdit · tamlayan mahdin
köken: From Proto-Finnic *mahti, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *mahtiz (whence also Old Swedish makt, Swedish makt). Probably also influenced by mahtaa. The adjective sense is probably by re-extraction from words like mahtimies, mahtitekijä and further influenced by mahtava.
strength (of a being or otherwise) · power (faculty of doing) · power (effectiveness)
çekim: çoğul puteri · tamlayan puteri
köken: From putea (“be able to”) + -re; from Vulgar Latin potēre, from Latin posse (“can, be able to”).
aile: cu de la sine putere, de-a putere-a fi, din putere, din toate puterile, în putere, în toată puterea cuvântului, la putere, mare putere, putere de cumpărare, putere instalată
Affixed kuasa + ke- -an. * Replaced Dutch bevoegdheid (“authority, authorization; competence”) by Komisi Bahasa Indonesia as published on Kanpō/Berita Pemerintah No.38 Year III Month 3 (2604) in 1944.