See also: BOIA and bóia

CatalanEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Old French buie.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

boia f (plural boies)

  1. (nautical) buoy

Derived termsEdit

Further readingEdit

ChibchaEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

boia

  1. arrowleaf elephant ear; Xanthosoma sagittifolium

FinnishEdit

NounEdit

boia

  1. partitive plural of boa

GalicianEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

boia f (plural boias)

  1. buoy, floater

Derived termsEdit

Further readingEdit

Guinea-Bissau CreoleEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Portuguese boiar. Cognate with Kabuverdianu bóia.

VerbEdit

boia

  1. to float (in the water)

ItalianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin boia.

PronunciationEdit

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

NounEdit

boia m (invariable)

  1. executioner
  2. hangman (word game)
  3. villain, scoundrel
    • 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.

Further readingEdit

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

AnagramsEdit

KabuverdianuEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Portuguese boiar.

VerbEdit

boia

  1. (Sotavento) to float

ReferencesEdit

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

LatinEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Ancient Greek βοείη (boeíē, ox hide), from βοῦς (boûs).[1]

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

boia f (genitive boiae); first declension

  1. fetter, collar for the neck

DeclensionEdit

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative boia boiae
Genitive boiae boiārum
Dative boiae boiīs
Accusative boiam boiās
Ablative boiā boiīs
Vocative boia boiae

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Ayto, Word Origins

Further readingEdit

PortugueseEdit

Etymology 1Edit

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

Alternative formsEdit

PronunciationEdit

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

  • Hyphenation: boi‧a

NounEdit

boia f (plural boias)

  1. float; buoy
  2. (informal) meal
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
  • Swahili: boya

Etymology 2Edit

VerbEdit

boia

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

RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بویا(boya).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

boia f (plural boiele)

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

DeclensionEdit

Further readingEdit