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boh

See also: Appendix:Variations of "boh"

English

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Etymology

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Imitative. See boo.

Interjection

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boh

  1. An exclamation used to startle or frighten.

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Acehnese

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Etymology

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From Proto-Chamic *bɔh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buaq, from Proto-Austronesian *buaq.

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /bɔh/

Noun

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boh

  1. fruit

Classifier

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boh

  1. Classifier for anything generally concretely big and has volume.

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  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*buaq”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
  • 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Bouyei

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Etymology

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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.

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boh

  1. father

Galician

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boh

  1. 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!

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Italian

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈbo], [ˈboh], [ˈboʔ], [(m̩)bɤ᷄(ʷ)(ⁿ)(ʊ̯(ⁿ))ʔ(ː)(h̩)][1]
    • may trigger doubling in a following word
  • Rhymes: -o
  • Hyphenation: boh

Interjection

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boh

  1. used to express doubt or indecision; dunno, idk (in spoken and written language)
    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.
    Se po fa? / boh
    Is it allowed? / idk
    Sai che nja pozzo fa più? / boh e che te devo di
    You know that I can't handle this anymore? / And what do you expect me to tell you?

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  1. ^ boh in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Old English

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Noun

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bōh m

  1. Alternative form of bōg

Slovak

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bogъ.

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  • IPA(key): [bɔx]
  • Audio:(file)

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boh m pers (genitive singular boha, nominative plural bohovia, genitive plural bohov, declension pattern of chlap)

  1. god

Declension

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Declension of boh
singular plural
nominative boh bohovia
genitive boha bohov
dative bohu, bohovi bohom
accusative boha bohov
vocative bože bohovia
locative bohu, bohovi bohoch
instrumental bohom bohmi

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References

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  • “boh”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Western Cham

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Etymology

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From Proto-Chamic *bɔh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buaq, from Proto-Austronesian *buaq. Cognate with Eastern Cham baoh.

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Noun

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boh

  1. fruit (part of plant)

Classifier

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boh

  1. Classifier for anything generally concretely big that has volume.

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  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*buaq”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Zhuang

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Etymology

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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.

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boh (Sawndip forms 𠇑 or 佈 or 扶 or 仆 or 卜 or 𭶺 or ⿱父坡, 1957–1982 spelling boƅ)

  1. father
    Synonyms: (dialectal) dez, (dialectal) baz, (dialectal) baq, (dialectal) dax
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