bói

See also: Appendix:Variations of "boi"

Lingala edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Bantu *bʊ̀jíkɪ̀.

Pronunciation edit

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Noun edit

bói class 14

honey
Synonym: mafúta ma nzói

Related terms edit

nzói

Macanese edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English boy. Semantically unrelated to Portuguese boy.

Noun edit

bói

waiter
Chomâ bói trazê café co lête
Ask the waiter to bring coffee with milk

Usage notes edit

Also used in restaurants as an interjection to attract the attention of a waiter.

See also edit

fóquei

References edit

https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm#boi

Portuguese edit

Noun edit

bói m (plural bóis)

Alternative spelling of boy

Vietnamese edit

Etymology edit

Perhaps from Proto-Mon-Khmer *pul ~ *puul ~ *puəl and cognate with Tho [Cuối Chăm] pɒːl³, Koho pôl and Khmer បូល (boul).

Pronunciation edit

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɔj˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɔj˨˩˦]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɔj˦˥]

Verb edit

bói • (𧴤, 貝)

to tell fortunes, to divine, to take an augury

Derived terms edit

Derived terms

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