bò
See also: Appendix:Variations of "bo"
Emilian edit
Alternative forms edit
- bå (Bolognese)
Noun edit
bò m (plural bō)
Haitian Creole edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bò
Preposition edit
bò
Derived terms edit
Kashubian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bo.
Pronunciation edit
Conjunction edit
bò
Further reading edit
- Stefan Ramułt (1893), “bœ”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego, page 10
- Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “bo”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi, page 1097
- “bò”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022
Mandarin edit
Alternative forms edit
- bo — nonstandard
Romanization edit
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 孹
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 挀
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 播
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 擘
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 柏
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 栢
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 檗
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 疈
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 簸
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 繴
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 薄
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 薜
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蘖
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蘗
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 譒/
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 北
Scottish Gaelic edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish bó, from Proto-Celtic *bāus, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bò f (dative singular bò or boin, genitive singular bà, plural bà)
Declension edit
Declension of bò
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
References edit
- Edward Dwelly (1911), “bò”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “bó”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Vietnamese edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓɔ˨˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓɔ˦˩]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɓɔ˨˩]
Audio (Hồ Chí Minh City) (file)
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Vietic *bɔː (“zebu; bovine”). Probably ultimately of imitative origin.
Compare Vietnamese ụm bò (“moo”) and items such as Malay lembu, Khmu [Cuang] lmboʔ and Cebuano amba, which are superficially similar but lack straightforward correspondence with the Vietnamese word.
Noun edit
- (zoology) a Southern Yellow zebu (a bovine of the breed Feng cattle)
- trâu bò ― water buffaloes and Southern Yellow zebus
- nuôi bò ― to keep Southern Yellow zebus
- chăn bò ― to tend/graze Southern Yellow zebus
- thịt bò ― Southern Yellow beef
- (zoology, by extension) any bovine from the subtribe Bovina
- bò sữa ― a dairy bovine; cow
Derived terms edit
- bánh bò (a kind of sponge cake)
- bò biển
- bò cụng (Red Bull)
- bò đỏ
- bò húc (Red Bull)
- bò kho
- bò rừng (true bison)
- bò sữa (dairy cow)
- bò tót (gaur)
- bò vàng
- bún bò
- cá bò
- da bò
- đầu bò
- đầu bò đầu bướng
- đo bò làm chuồng
- lo bò trắng răng
- mất bò mới lo làm chuồng
- quần bò (jeans)
- roi cặc bò
- xe bò
See also edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Vietic *bɔː (“to crawl; to drag”).
Verb edit
- to creep; to crawl (move slowly with the abdomen close to the ground)
- rắn bò ― a snake crawls
- lổm ngổm như cua bò ― to swagger as a crab crawls
- (botany) to creep (to grow across a surface rather than upwards); to climb (to grow upwards by clinging to something)
- Mướp bò lên giàn. ― The loofah climbed the frame.
- to slowly climb
- Chiếc xe bò lên dốc. ― The car climbed up the hill.
Derived terms edit
Etymology 3 edit
Compare vò.
Noun edit
bò
- (informal) a unit of measurement for grain volume equivalent to the capacity of a condensed milk can
References edit
"bò" in Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)