boia

See also: BOIA and bóia

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French buie.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔ.jə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔ.ja/

Noun

boia f (plural boies)

1. (nautical) buoy

Derived terms

• boiar

Further reading

• “boia” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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, Royal Galician Academy.
• “boia” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “boia” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “boia” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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
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 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) IPA^(key): /ˈbo.i.a/, [ˈboiä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbo.i.a/, [ˈbɔːiä]

Noun

boia f (genitive boiae); first declension

1. fetter, collar for the neck

Declension

First-declension noun.

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

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

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• bóia (pre-1990 spelling)

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/

• Hyphenation: boi‧a

Noun

boia f (plural boias)

1. float; buoy
2. (informal) meal

Derived terms

• boiar

Descendants

• → Swahili: boya

Etymology 2

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]

Noun

boia f (plural boiele)

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

Declension

Declension of boia

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) boia	boiaua	(niște) boiele	boielele
genitive/dative	(unei) boiele	boielei	(unor) boiele	boielelor
vocative	boia		boielelor

Further reading

• boia in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)