bo

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bo" and Bo

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EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Imitative.

Alternative formsEdit

• boh
• boo

InterjectionEdit

bo

1. An exclamation used to startle or frighten.
   • 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essayes, London: Edward Blount, OCLC 946730821, 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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CatalanEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔ/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔ/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔ/
• 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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CuibaEdit

NounEdit

bo

1. home, house

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CzechEdit

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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DanishEdit

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

Inflection of bo

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bo	boet	boer	boerne
genitive	bos	boets	boers	boernes

Etymology 2Edit

From Old Norse búa ‎(“to reside”).

VerbEdit

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

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

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DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /boː/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -oː

EtymologyEdit

Short for boterham..

NounEdit

bo m ‎(plural bo's, diminutive boke n)

1. (Belgium) sandwich

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EsperantoEdit

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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FriulianEdit

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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GalicianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin bonus.

AdjectiveEdit

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

1. good

AntonymsEdit

• malo, mao

Related termsEdit

• ben

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GunwingguEdit

NounEdit

bo

1. water

ReferencesEdit

• Lynette Frances Oates, A Tentative Description of the Gunwinggu Language (1964)

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ItalianEdit

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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JapaneseEdit

RomanizationEdit

bo

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

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KurdishEdit

PrepositionEdit

bo

1. for

Derived termsEdit

• ji bo
• bo çi

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LojbanEdit

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.
• An equivalent construction can be achieved using a surrounding/circumfix ke ... ke'e pair (replacing the infix bo).

ReferencesEdit

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MandarinEdit

RomanizationEdit

bo (Zhuyin ㄅㄛ˙)

1. Pinyin transcription of 啵
2. Pinyin transcription 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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NabakEdit

NounEdit

bo

1. pig

ReferencesEdit

• Corinna Handschuh, A typology of marked-S languages

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Norwegian BokmålEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Borrowing from Middle Low German behof (compare with 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 (Nynorsk also)

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

See combined section below.

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 (Nynorsk also)

VerbEdit

bo ‎(imperative bo, present tense bor, simple past bodde, past participle bodd, present participle boende)

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

(Noun and verb)

Terms derived from bo

• bebo
• bobil
• boende
• bo sammen
• bo seg i hjel

• bosette
• bygge og bo
• dødsbo
• hva som bor i
• konkursbo

• sette bo
• sitte i ukskiftet bo
• skifte et bo
• ta et bo under behandling
• uskiftet bo

ReferencesEdit

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

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Norwegian NynorskEdit

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

• “bo” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Old NorseEdit

EtymologyEdit

NounEdit

bo ?

1. (East dialect) dwelling

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PolishEdit

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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SloveneEdit

VerbEdit

bo

1. third-person singular future form of biti.

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SwedishEdit

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

Conjugation of bo

	Active	Passive
Infinitive	bo	—
Present tense	bor	—
Past tense	bodde	—
Supine	bott	—
Imperative	bo	—
Present participle	boende
Past participle	—

Related termsEdit

Related terms

• bebo
• bofast

• bonde
• boning

• bostad
• trångbodd

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

Inflection of bo
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	bo	boet	bon	bona
Genitive	bos	boets	bons	bonas

Alternative form for the definite singular: bot/bots.

Inflection of bo
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	bo	bon	bor	borna
Genitive	bos	bons	bors	bornas

Related termsEdit

Related terms

• bodelning
• bokris
• bolag
• bomärke

• bomässa
• bosätta
• boskap
• dödsbo

• fågelbo
• sambo
• särbo
• svalbo

Usage notesEdit

• The use of "bo" as a shorthand for "bostad" (housing) goes back at least to the 1920s, for example in the name of trade expos like "Bygge och Bo" (1925).

See alsoEdit

• gryt
• kula
• näste
• råtthål

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TasmanianEdit

PronounEdit

bo

1. I

SynonymsEdit

• narrar

ReferencesEdit

• N.J.B. Plomley (1976) A word-list of the Tasmanian aboriginal languages^[2]

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VenetianEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

NounEdit

bo m ‎(invariable)

1. ox

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VietnameseEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• tiền bo

EtymologyEdit

Borrowing from French pourboire ‎(“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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WelshEdit

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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ZuluEdit

PronounEdit

-bo

1. Combining stem of bona.

See alsoEdit

Class 2 concords^[edit]

Full noun prefix:	aba-, abe-1, o-2
Basic noun prefix:	ba-, be-1, bo-2
Subject concord:	ba-
Object concord:	-ba-
Possessive concord:	ba-
Adjective concord:	aba-
Relative concord:	aba-
Pronoun:	bona, -bo
1 For nouns indicating groups of people. 2 With class 2a nouns.
See Appendix:Zulu concords for a full table.

Class 14 concords^[edit]

Full noun prefix:	ubu-, utshw-1, utsh-1
Basic noun prefix:	bu-, tshw-1, tsh-1
Subject concord:	bu-
Object concord:	-bu-
Possessive concord:	ba-
Adjective concord:	obu-
Relative concord:	obu-
Pronoun:	bona, -bo
1 Before nouns beginning with a-.
See Appendix:Zulu concords for a full table.