boye

Middle English

Alternative forms

• boi, bey, bay, bye, boie

Etymology

From Old English *bōia, from Proto-Germanic *bōjô.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔi̯(ə)/

Noun

boye (plural boyes)

1. servant, attendant (especially if young)
   • c. 1300, King Horn, line 1075:

     þe boye hit scholde abugge
     Horn þreu him ouer þe brigge.

     The boy should pay for it; Horn threw him over the bridge.

2. commoner, peon (person of low rank)
3. scoundrel, villain
4. boy (male child)

Descendants

• English: boy
• Scots: boy
• Yola: bye, buye

References

• “boie, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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Noun

boye

1. a stone

References

• 1839, George Grey, Vocabulary of the Aboriginal Language of Western Australia (Perth gazette and Western Australian journal)

Spanish

Verb

boye

1. inflection of boyar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Zazaki

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkish boya.

Noun

boye

1. color
2. paint (substance)