Wiktionary

bov

See also: BOV and բով

Danish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse bógr (“shoulder”), from Proto-Germanic *bōguz (“arm; shoulder”). Cognate with English bough (“branch”), German Bug (“animal shoulder; ship bow”), and Dutch boeg (“ship bow”). In the maritime sense, the Danish word is influenced by Dutch (like English bow).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

bov c (singular definite boven, plural indefinite bove)

  1. shoulder (of an animal)
  2. bow (front of a boat or ship)

Inflection edit

Declension of bov
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bov boven bove bovene
genitive bovs bovens boves bovenes

Romani edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Old Armenian բով (bov).[1][2]

Noun edit

bov m (nominative plural bova)

  1. oven, stove

References edit

  1. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “բով”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 474a
  2. ^ Boretzky, Norbert, Igla, Birgit (1994) “bov”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 35

Further reading edit

  • Paspati, Alexandre G. (1870) “bov”, in Études sur les Tchinghianés; ou, Bohémiens de l'Empire ottoman (in French), Constantinople: Impr. A. Koroméla, page 187
  • Marcel Courthiade (2009) “o bov, -es- m. -a, -en-”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 91

Romansch edit

Etymology edit

From Latin bōs, bovem, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷōws.

Noun edit

bov m (plural bovs)

  1. ox

Salar edit

Etymology edit

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

Noun edit

bov (3rd person possessive [please provide], plural [please provide])

  1. mother's brother, maternal uncle

Swedish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Swedish bōve, from Middle Low German bōve, from Proto-Germanic *bō-.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

bov c

  1. (colloquial) criminal, chiefly a thief or a robber

Declension edit

Declension of bov 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative bov boven bovar bovarna
Genitive bovs bovens bovars bovarnas

Volapük edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

bov (nominative plural bovs)

  1. bowl

Declension edit

declension of bov
singular plural
nominative bov bovs
genitive bova bovas
dative bove boves
accusative bovi bovis
vocative 1 o bov! o bovs!
predicative 2 bovu bovus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only
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