boh

Abbreviation of English Boma, North.

boh

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for North Boma.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of North Boma terms

• bo, boo

Imitative. See boo.

boh

1. An exclamation used to startle or frighten.
   • 1830, Walter Scott, “Letter VI”, in Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft, […], London: John Murray, […], →OCLC, page 179:

     In our childhood, our mothers' maids have so terrified us with an ugly devil having horns on his head, […] whereby we start and are afraid when we hear one cry, Boh!

• boh liao
• tio boh

• BHO, HBO, Hob, hob

From Proto-Chamic *bɔh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buaq, from Proto-Austronesian *buaq.

• IPA^(key): /bɔh/

boh

1. fruit

boh

1. Classifier for anything generally concretely big and has volume.

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*buaq”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

From Proto-Tai *boːᴮ (“father”). Cognate with Thai พ่อ (pɔ̂ɔ), Northern Thai ᨻᩬᩴ᩵, Southern Thai ผอ, Lao ພໍ່ (phǭ), Lü ᦗᦸᧈ (poa¹), Shan ပေႃႈ (pāu), Aiton ပ︀ေ︀ႃ (pō), Ahom 𑜆𑜦𑜡 (pō) or 𑜆𑜨𑜦𑜡 (pwō), Zhuang boh, Saek ผ้อ.

• IPA^(key): /po˧/

boh

1. father

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔ/

boh

1. indicates disdain, contempt, contradiction or incredulity

   —Éche un gran presidente, non crees? —Boh! Que vai ser!

   —He is a great president, don't you think? —Bah! No way!

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “bo (interx.)”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “boh”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• bo (nonstandard)
• bho (nonstandard, proscribed)

• IPA^(key): [ˈbo], [ˈboh], [ˈboʔ]^[1]
  • may trigger doubling in a following word
• Rhymes: -o
• Hyphenation: boh

boh

1. used to express doubt or indecision; dunno, idk (in spoken and written language)

   Puoi pagare il mio biglietto? / Boh, devo vedere se ho i soldi.

   Can you pay for my ticket? / I dunno, I'll need to see if I have money.

   Se po fa? / boh

   Is it allowed? / idk

   Sai che nja posso fa più? / boh e che te devo di

   You know that I can't handle this anymore? / And what do you expect me to tell you?

bōh m

1. alternative form of bōg

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bogъ.

• IPA^(key): /bɔx/, [ˈbɔx]
• Rhymes: -ɔx

• Audio (Bratislava):

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boh m pers (female equivalent bohyňa, relational adjective božský or boží, diminutive bôžik)

1. god

• Boh m
• božstvo n

• “boh”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

From Proto-Chamic *bɔh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buaq, from Proto-Austronesian *buaq. Cognate with Eastern Cham baoh.

• IPA^(key): /bɔh/

boh

1. fruit (part of plant)

boh

1. Classifier for anything generally concretely big that has volume.

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*buaq”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

From Proto-Tai *boːᴮ (“father”). Cognate with Thai พ่อ (pɔ̂ɔ), Northern Thai ᨻᩬᩴ᩵, Southern Thai ผอ, Lao ພໍ່ (phǭ), Lü ᦗᦸᧈ (poa¹), Shan ပေႃႈ (pāu), Aiton ပ︀ေ︀ႃ (pō), Ahom 𑜆𑜦𑜡 (pō) or 𑜆𑜨𑜦𑜡 (pwō), Bouyei boh, Saek ผ้อ.

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /po˧/
• Tone numbers: bo⁶
• Hyphenation: boh

boh (Sawndip forms 𠇑 or 佈 or 扶 or 仆 or 卜 or 𭶺 or ⿱父坡, 1957–1982 spelling boƅ)

1. father

   Synonyms: (dialectal) dez, (dialectal) baz, (dialectal) baq, (dialectal) dax