boh

See also: boḥ, bóh, bøh, 'boh, and BOH

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EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• bo
• boo

EtymologyEdit

Imitative.

InterjectionEdit

boh

1. 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!

AnagramsEdit

• BHO, HBO, Hob, hob

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AcehneseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Chamic *bɔh, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *buah, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *buah, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *buah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buaq, from Proto-Austronesian *buaq.

NounEdit

boh

1. fruit (part of plant)
2. fruit (food)

ClassifierEdit

boh

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

ReferencesEdit

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

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BouyeiEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Tai *boːᴮ (“father”). Cognate with Thai พ่อ (pɔ̂ɔ), Northern Thai ᨻᩴ᩵ᩬ, Lao ພໍ່ (phǭ), Lü ᦗᦸᧈ (poa¹), Shan ပေႃႈ (pōa), Ahom 𑜆𑜦𑜡 (poo) or 𑜆𑜦𑜨𑜡 (peoaa), Zhuang boh or box.

NounEdit

boh

1. father

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GalicianEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔ/

InterjectionEdit

boh

1. indicates disdain, contempt, contradiction or incredulity

   —Éche un gran presidente. —Boh! Que vai ser!

   —He is a great president, you know? —Bah! No way!

ReferencesEdit

• “bo (interx.)” in Santamarina, Antón (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• “boh” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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ItalianEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• bo

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): [boʔ]
• Rhymes: -o

InterjectionEdit

boh

1. dunno, an interjection expressing doubt or indecision

   Puoi pagare il mio biglietto? Boh, devo vedere se ho i soldi. Can you pay for my ticket? I don't know, I'll need to check if I have the money.

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SlovakEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Slavic *bogъ.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /bɔx/

NounEdit

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

1. god

DeclensionEdit

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

Derived termsEdit

• Boh m
• bohyňa f
• božstvo n
• bôžik m

ReferencesEdit

• boh in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

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ZhuangEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• box

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Tai *boːᴮ (“father”). Cognate with Thai พ่อ (pɔ̂ɔ), Northern Thai ᨻᩴ᩵ᩬ, Lao ພໍ່ (phǭ), Lü ᦗᦸᧈ (poa¹), Shan ပေႃႈ (pōa), Ahom 𑜆𑜦𑜡 (poo) or 𑜆𑜦𑜨𑜡 (peoaa), Bouyei boh.

PronunciationEdit

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /po˧/
• Tone numbers: bo⁶
• Hyphenation: boh

NounEdit

boh (old orthography boƅ, Sawndip forms 𠇑, 佈, 扶, 仆, 卜, 𭶺)

1. father