bho

See also: BHO and bhó

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Bhojpuri or Bhojpuri भोजपुरी (bhōjᵊpurī).

Symbol

bho

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Bhojpuri.

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Bhojpuri terms

Pali

Alternative forms

Particle

bho

  1. (vocative) friend
  2. vocative singular/plural of bhavant (sir)

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish ó. Cognates include Manx voish.

Pronunciation

Preposition

bho (+ dative, triggers lenition, combined with the singular definite article bhon)

  1. from
    Synonyms: à, o
  2. since
    Synonym: o

Inflection

Personal inflection of bho
Person: simple emphatic
singular first bhuam bhuamsa
second bhuat bhuatsa
third m bhuaithe bhuaithesan
f bhuaipe bhuaipese
plural first bhuainn bhuainne
second bhuaibh bhuaibhse
third bhuapa bhuapasan

References

  1. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1941), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. II: The dialects of Skye and Ross-shire, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  2. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  3. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  4. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
  5. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937), The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap

Further reading

  • MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “bho”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[2], Stirling, →ISBN