bô
See also: Appendix:Variations of "bo"
French
Adjective
bô
Ghomala'
Noun
bô class 1 singular of pəpô class 2
- worker, who perseveres/endures
- Bô tə̂ dúŋ pə́. ― The worker doesn't slack.
See also
References
- Erika Eichholzer et al., editors (2002), Dictionnaire Ghomala’ (in French)
Hokkien
| For pronunciation and definitions of bô – see 無 (“to not have; there is not; there does not exist; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 無). |
Khalaj
| Perso-Arabic | بوْ | |
|---|---|---|
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *bū (“this”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [bo(ˑ)], [boː], [bʊ̞(ː)], [bʊ]
- (Mansûrâbâdî) IPA(key): [boˑ]
- (Talxâbî) IPA(key): [bʊ̞ˑ]
- (Xaltâbâdî) IPA(key): [boː]
- (Xarrâbî) IPA(key): [bo(ˑ)], [boː], [bʊ̞]
Pronoun
bô (definite accusative mûnı, plural bullar)
References
- Doerfer, Gerhard (1980), Wörterbuch des Chaladsch (Dialekt von Charrab) [Khalaj dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó
- Doerfer, Gerhard (1988), Grammatik des Chaladsch [Grammar of Khalaj] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, →ISBN, →OCLC
Macanese
Etymology
Possibly from Portuguese boa.
Adjective
bô
- alternative form of bôm: good
- Vai panhâ, quiança! Bô-quiança, azinha vai panhâ!
- Go get it, child! Good child, get it quick!
Usage notes
- Not very commonly used compared to bôm, except sometimes before nouns that had been feminine in Portuguese (such as quiança above), or more commonly in fixed phrases such as bô-nôte.
References
Vietnamese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓo˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓow˧˧]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓow˧˧]
Audio (Hà Nội): (file)
Noun
(classifier cái) bô
- a potty (children's chamberpot)
Noun
bô
- alternative form of pô (“exhaust pipe”)