boia

See also: BOIA, bóia, and Boia

Catalan

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French buie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈbɔ.jə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈbɔ.ja]

Noun

boia f (plural boies)

1. (nautical) buoy

Derived terms

• boiar

Further reading

• “boia”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April

Etymology 2

Verb

boia

1. inflection of boiar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Chibcha

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /βoia/

Noun

boia

1. arrowleaf elephant ear; Xanthosoma sagittifolium

Finnish

Noun

boia

1. partitive plural of boa

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French buie, from Frankish *baukn, from Proto-Germanic *baukną (“sign”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔja̝/

Noun

boia f (plural boias)

1. buoy, floater

Derived terms

• aboiar (“to float”)

Further reading

• “boia”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “boia”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “boia”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “boia”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese boiar. Cognate with Kabuverdianu bóia.

Verb

boia

1. to float (in the water)

Italian

FWOTD – 21 June 2022

Etymology

From Latin boia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔ.ja/
• Rhymes: -ɔja
• Hyphenation: bò‧ia

Noun

boia m (invariable)

1. executioner
   • 1995, Niccolò Ammaniti, Rane e girini:

     Non erano soltanto motociclisti di periferia, ma boia insensibili assetati del suo sangue.

     They weren't just bikers from the outskirts, but ruthless executioners thirsty for his blood.

Derived terms

• boiata

Further reading

• boia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• abio-, baio

Kabuverdianu

Alternative forms

• boiá (Barlavento)

Etymology

From Portuguese boiar.

Verb

boia

1. (Sotavento) to float

References

• Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN
• Veiga, Manuel (2012) Dicionário Caboverdiano-Português, Instituto da Biblioteca Nacional e do Livro

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βοείη (boeíē, “ox hide”), from βοῦς (boûs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈbo.i.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈbɔː.i.ä]

Noun

boia f (genitive boiae); first declension

1. fetter, collar for the neck

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	boia	boiae
genitive	boiae	boiārum
dative	boiae	boiīs
accusative	boiam	boiās
ablative	boiā	boiīs
vocative	boia	boiae

Descendants

• Italian: boia

Further reading

• "boia", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔj.ɐ/ [ˈbɔɪ̯.ɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔj.ɐ/ [ˈbɔɪ̯.ɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔj.a/ [ˈbɔɪ̯.a]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔj.ɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɔjɐ
• Hyphenation: boi‧a

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French buie, boye, boue, from Frankish *baukn.

Alternative forms

• bóia (pre-1990 spelling)

Noun

boia f (plural boias)

1. float (buoyant device used to support something in water)
2. (nautical) buoy, marker

   Synonym: baliza

3. (informal) meal

Derived terms

• aboiar
• boia de salvação
• boiado
• boiante
• boiar

Descendants

• → Swahili: boya

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

boia

1. inflection of boiar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بویا (boya).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boˈja/
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: bo‧ia

Noun

boia f (plural boiele)

1. (Moldavia (region)) paint
2. paprika (powder used as a spice)

Declension

Declension of boia

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	boia	boiaua		boiele	boielele
genitive-dative	boiele	boielei		boiele	boielelor
vocative	boia			boielelor

Further reading

• “boia”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025