See also: Bosi and Bòsī

Antillean Creole edit

Etymology edit

From French bossu.

Adjective edit

bosi

  1. hunchbacked

Bau Bidayuh edit

Etymology edit

From Malay besi, from Proto-Malayic *bəsi, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *bəsi.

Noun edit

bosi

  1. (physics, chemistry, metallurgy) iron (element)

Old Dutch edit

Etymology edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective edit

bōsi

  1. evil

Inflection edit

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Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Middle Dutch: bôse

Further reading edit

  • bōsi”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old High German edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *bausuz, *bausiz, *bausijaz.

Adjective edit

bōsi

  1. evil

Descendants edit

Polish edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɔ.ɕi/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔɕi
  • Syllabification: bo‧si

Adjective edit

bosi

  1. virile nominative/vocative plural of bosy

Sranan Tongo edit

Etymology edit

From German Bussi (a colloquial word for 'kiss').

Noun edit

bosi

  1. kiss

Verb edit

bosi

  1. to kiss

Swahili edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English boss.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

bosi (ma class, plural mabosi)

  1. boss

See also edit

Toba Batak edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Malay besi, from Proto-Malayic *bəsi, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *bəsi.

Noun edit

bosi (Batak spelling ᯅᯬᯘᯪ)

  1. (physics, chemistry, metallurgy) iron (element)

Volapük edit

Pronoun edit

bosi

  1. accusative singular of bos

West Makian edit

Etymology edit

Postulated by Voorhoeve to have derived from earlier *obosi, from *ḋobosi, in which case cognate with Ternate hobo (swollen).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

bosi

  1. (stative) to be swollen

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of bosi (stative verb)
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person tibosi mibosi abosi
2nd person nibosi fibosi
3rd person inanimate ibosi dibosi
animate mabosi
imperative —, bosi —, bosi

References edit

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[1], Pacific linguistics