boh
EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
Imitative. See boo.
InterjectionEdit
boh
- An exclamation used to startle or frighten.
- 1829, Walter Scott, Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft, VI:
- We start and are afraid when we hear one cry Boh!
- 1829, Walter Scott, Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft, VI:
AnagramsEdit
AcehneseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Chamic *bɔh, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *buah, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *buah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buaq, from Proto-Austronesian *buaq.
NounEdit
boh
ClassifierEdit
boh
- Classifier for anything generally concretely big and has volume.
ReferencesEdit
- 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.
BouyeiEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Tai *boːᴮ (“father”). Cognate with Thai พ่อ (pɔ̂ɔ), Northern Thai ᨻᩬᩴ᩵, Southern Thai ผอ, Lao ພໍ່ (phǭ), Lü ᦗᦸᧈ (poa1), Shan ပေႃႈ (pāu), Aiton ပေႃ (pō), Ahom 𑜆𑜦𑜡 (pō) or 𑜆𑜨𑜦𑜡 (pwō), Zhuang boh, Saek ผ้อ.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
boh
GalicianEdit
PronunciationEdit
InterjectionEdit
boh
- indicates disdain, contempt, contradiction or incredulity
- —Éche un gran presidente, non crees? —Boh! Que vai ser!
- —He is a great president, don't you think? —Bah! No way!
ReferencesEdit
- “boh” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “boh” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
ItalianEdit
Alternative formsEdit
PronunciationEdit
InterjectionEdit
boh
- Used to express doubt or indecision; dunno
- Puoi pagare il mio biglietto? / Boh, devo vedere se ho i soldi.
- Can you pay for my ticket? / I dunno, I'll need to see if I have money.
ReferencesEdit
- ^ boh in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
SlovakEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Slavic *bogъ.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
boh m (genitive singular boha, nominative plural bohovia, genitive plural bohov, declension pattern of chlap)
DeclensionEdit
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- boh in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk
Western ChamEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Chamic *bɔh, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *buah, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *buah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buaq, from Proto-Austronesian *buaq. Cognate with Eastern Cham baoh.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
boh
ClassifierEdit
boh
- Classifier for anything generally concretely big that has volume.
ZhuangEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Tai *boːᴮ (“father”). Cognate with Thai พ่อ (pɔ̂ɔ), Northern Thai ᨻᩬᩴ᩵, Southern Thai ผอ, Lao ພໍ່ (phǭ), Lü ᦗᦸᧈ (poa1), Shan ပေႃႈ (pāu), Aiton ပေႃ (pō), Ahom 𑜆𑜦𑜡 (pō) or 𑜆𑜨𑜦𑜡 (pwō), Bouyei boh, Saek ผ้อ.
PronunciationEdit
- (Standard Zhuang, Shuangqiao) IPA(key): /po˧/
- Tone numbers: bo6
- Hyphenation: boh
NounEdit
boh (Sawndip forms 𠇑 or 佈 or 扶 or 仆 or 卜 or 𭶺, old orthography boƅ)