bo

Etymology 1Edit

Imitative.

Alternative formsEdit

• boh
• boo

InterjectionEdit

bo

1. An exclamation used to startle or frighten.
   • 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, II.37:

     We may fairely cry bo-bo-boe; it may well make us hoarse, but it will nothing advaunce it.

Etymology 2Edit

Probably a shortening of boy.

NounEdit

bo

1. (US, slang) Fellow, chap, boy.
   • 1940, Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely, Penguin 2010, p. 255:

     ‘Never heard of him,’ he smiled. ‘On your way, bo.’

Etymology 3Edit

Wikipedia

From Japanese 棒 (bō), from Middle Chinese 棒 (bǽwng, “staff, club”) (compare modern Chinese 棒 (bàng)).

NounEdit

bo (plural bos)

1. (martial arts) A quarterstaff, especially in an oriental context.

AnagramsEdit

• ob, Ob, OB

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EtymologyEdit

From Old Provençal bon, from Latin bonus. Numerous cognates include French bon and Portuguese bom.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /bɔ/
• Rhymes: -ɔ

AdjectiveEdit

bo m (feminine bona, masculine plural bons, feminine plural bones)

1. good

Usage notesEdit

The form bon is used as the masculine singular form when the adjective precedes the noun, and bo is used in all other cases.

See alsoEdit

• bé, ben

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NounEdit

bo

1. home, house

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ConjunctionEdit

bo

1. (dialectal) as, since, because

SynonymsEdit

• neboť

External linksEdit

• bo in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
• bo in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /boː/, [b̥oːˀ]

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Norse bú, from búa (“to reside”).

NounEdit

bo n (singular definite boet, plural indefinite boer)

1. estate (the property of a deceased person)
2. den, nest
3. abode, home

InflectionEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From Old Norse búa (“to reside”).

VerbEdit

bo (imperative bo, infinitive at bo, present tense bor, past tense boede, past participle har boet)

1. live, reside, dwell
2. stay, stop

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EtymologyEdit

Short for boterham..

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /boː/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -oː

NounEdit

bo m (plural bo's, diminutive boke n)

1. (Belgium) sandwich

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NounEdit

bo (accusative singular bo-on, plural bo-oj, accusative plural bo-ojn)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter B/b.

See alsoEdit

• (Latin script letter names) litero; a, bo, co, ĉo, do, e, fo, go, ĝo, ho, ĥo, i, jo, ĵo, ko, lo, mo, no, o, po, ro, so, ŝo, to, u, ŭo, vo, zo ^{(Category: eo:Latin letter names)}

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EtymologyEdit

From Latin bonus.

AdjectiveEdit

bo m (feminine boa, masculine plural bos, feminine plural boas)

1. good

AntonymsEdit

• malo, mao

Related termsEdit

• ben

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EtymologyEdit

From Latin bōs, bōvem, probably through a Vulgar Latin *boem.

NounEdit

bo m (plural bûs)

1. ox

SynonymsEdit

• nemâl

See alsoEdit

• taur
• vacje

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Alternative formsEdit

• boh

InterjectionEdit

bo

1. An interjection expressing doubt or indecision.
   • Viene Filomena stasera? Bo, non m’ha richiamato.

     Is Filomena coming tonight? I don’t know, she never called me back.

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RomanizationEdit

bo

1. rōmaji reading of ぼ
2. rōmaji reading of ボ

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CmavoEdit

bo (rafsi bor)

1. Closest scope grouping operator; groups surrounding words within compound words (tanru); that is, it strengthens the association between immediately neighboring words.

   le xunre kerfa bo smani

   the haired monkey who is red

   compare to:

   le xunre kerfa smani

   the monkey who has red hair

2. Can be used as terminator to end a string of time tense indicating cmavo (at the beginning of a sentence).

   .ibazabo la lojban. cu pu co'a zmadu la loglan. leka vajni ^[1]

   After some time, Lojban began to exceed Loglan in terms of importance.

Usage notesEdit

• Consecutive uses of bo cause their neighboring brivla (in a tanru) to behave right-associatively.^[1]
• An equivalent construction can be achieved using a surrounding/circumfix ke ... ke'e pair (replacing the infix bo).

ReferencesEdit

1. ^ Lojban Reference Grammar, Chapter 5, §4

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RomanizationEdit

bo (Zhuyin ㄅㄛ˙)

1. Pinyin reading of 啵
2. Pinyin reading of 蔔
3. Nonstandard spelling of bō.
4. Nonstandard spelling of bó.
5. Nonstandard spelling of bǒ.
6. Nonstandard spelling of bò.

Usage notesEdit

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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Etymology 1Edit

Borrowing from Middle Low German behof (compare behov)

NounEdit

bo (idiomatic use only)

1. (usually with ha) a need

   Jeg har bo for en hammer.

   I could use a hammer.

SynonymsEdit

• behøve
• trenge
• ha bruk for

Related termsEdit

• behov

Usage notesEdit

A noun not commonly used.

Etymology 2Edit

From Danish bo, from Old Norse bú (“settled area, town”) (compare alternative form bu). Akin to bod (“store room, booth”) and the verb bo (“to live”).

Alternative formsEdit

• bu

NounEdit

bo n (definite singular boet, indefinite plural bo, definite plural boa or boene)

1. one's home (mainly idiomatic)

   De giftet seg og satte bo.

   They married and settled down/build their home.

2. estate

   Å skifte et bo.

   To divide an estate.

SynonymsEdit

• (one's home): bolig, hjem/heim
• (estate): eiendom, gods

Derived termsEdit

Etymology 3Edit

From Danish bo, from Old Norse búa (“to prepare, finish, make preparations, equip”), cognate with Old English būan, Old Frisian buwa, Old Saxon būan and Old High German būan (whence German bauen).

Alternative formsEdit

• bu

VerbEdit

bo (present tense bor; past tense bodde; past participle bodd)

1. to live (have permanent residence), stay

   Hvor bor du (hen)?

   Where do you live?

   Jeg vet hvor du bor.

   I know where you live.

   Hvor lenge blir du boende.

   How long will you be staying?

2. to be, to dwell, to be in

   Husk at all skjønnhet på jord bor i de evige ord: Jeg elsker deg.

   Remember that all beauty on Earth dwells in those eternal words: I love you.

   (Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson)

   Du aner ikke hva som virkelig bor i henne.

   You have no idea what she's really like.

   (literally: "you have no idea what really dwells in her")

SynonymsEdit

• (to live, have residence): holde hus (holde til huse), holde til husere, kampere, leve, losjere, oppholde seg, residere, tilbringe
• (to dwell in, be in): finnes, rommes, skjule seg, være, være til stede

Derived termsEdit

See alsoEdit

• bu (alternative form and Nynorsk form)

ReferencesEdit

• “bo” in The Ordnett Dictionary
• “blomst” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• search on "bo" on Ordtak.no - web site containing quotes and citations

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EtymologyEdit

From Middle Low German behof (compare behov)

NounEdit

bo (idiomatic use only)

1. (usually with ha) a need

   Eg har bo for ein hammar.

   I could use a hammer.

SynonymsEdit

• behøve
• trenge
• turve
• ha bruk for

Related termsEdit

• behov

Usage notesEdit

A noun not commonly used.

ReferencesEdit

• “blomst” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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NounEdit

bo ?

1. (East dialect) dwelling

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PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /bɔ/

• Audio

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ConjunctionEdit

bo

1. because
2. or (else)

   Wstawaj już, bo spóźnisz się do szkoły!

   Get up now or you'll be late at school!

External linksEdit

• “bo” in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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VerbEdit

bo

1. third-person singular future form of biti.

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PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): [buː]

• audio

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Etymology 1Edit

From Old Norse búa, from Proto-Germanic *būaną.

VerbEdit

bo

1. live; dwell; to have permanent residence

   Jag vill bo i en stor stad.

   I want to live in a big city.

ConjugationEdit

Related termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

NounEdit

bo n

1. nest; the place where certain animals live, in particular birds.

   fågelbo

   bird’s nest

2. a home (the inventory that turns a place into a home)
   • 1893, Elias Sehlstedt, Visa

     Litet bo jag sätta vill

     A little home is what I want

3. c (only in compounds) a person living in given city (e.g. Londonbo) or way (sambo, särbo)

DeclensionEdit

Alternative form for the definite singular: bot/bots.

Related termsEdit

See alsoEdit

• gryt
• kula
• näste
• råtthål

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EtymologyEdit

From Vulgar Latin *boem, from Latin bos, bovem.

NounEdit

bo m (invariable)

1. ox

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Alternative formsEdit

• tiền bo

EtymologyEdit

Borrowing from French tip, extra money given in appreciation for a rendered service.

PronunciationEdit

• (Hà Nội) IPA ^(key): /ˀɓɔ˧˧/
• (Huế) IPA ^(key): /ˀɓɔ˧˧/
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA ^(key): /ˀɓɔ˧˥/

NounEdit

bo

1. (money) tip, extra money given in appreciation for a rendered service

SynonymsEdit

• tiền thưởng

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Alternative formsEdit

• byddo

VerbEdit

bo

1. (literary) third-person singular present subjunctive of bod

MutationEdit

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
bo	fo	mo	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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PronounEdit

-bo

1. Combining stem of bona.

See alsoEdit