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bos

See also: Bos, bōś, bõs, boš, boș, boş, bo's, Bos., and Boś

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bos

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Bosnian.

English

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Noun

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bos

  1. plural of bo

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Afrikaans

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Etymology

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    Inherited from Dutch bos, from Middle Dutch bosch, from Old Dutch *busc, from Proto-West Germanic *busk, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /bɔs/
    • Audio:(file)

    Noun

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    bos (plural bosse, diminutive bossie)

    1. wood, forest
    2. bush, shrub
    3. bunch, bundle, sheaf, bouquet
      Hy het vir my 'n bossie blomme gegee.
      He gave me a bunch/bouquet of flowers.

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    Aragonese

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    bos

    1. Superseded spelling of vos.

    Cornish

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    Alternative forms

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    Etymology

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    From Proto-Brythonic *bod, from Proto-Celtic *butā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to be”).

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    Verb

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    bos (irregular)

    1. to be
    2. (Revived Late Cornish, future, preterite or conditional tenses) to have; to get
      My a veu own.
      I was frightened.
      (literally, “I had fright.”)
      Nei via pris da rag an hern.
      We would get a good price for the pilchards.
      Termyn aral hwei vedh moy.
      Another time you will have more.

    Conjugation

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    Conjugation of bos
    singular plural impersonal
    first second third first second third
    indicative present short ov os yw on owgh yns or
    long esov esos yma, eus, usi† eson esowgh ymons, esons† eder
    future bydhav bythydh bydh bydhyn bydhowgh bydhons bydher
    preterite beuv beus beu beun bewgh bons beus
    simple imperfect short en es o en ewgh ens os
    long esen eses esa esen esewgh esens eses
    habitual imperfect bedhen bedhes bedha bedhen bedhewgh bedhens bedhes
    pluperfect bien bies bia bien biewgh biens bies
    subjunctive present/future biv bi bo byn bowgh bons ber
    imperfect ben bes be ben bewgh bens bes
    imperative - bydh bedhes bedhen bedhewgh bedhens -
    non-finite forms present participle ow pos verbal adjective bedhys*

    † yma and ymons are the independent forms − eus, usi and esons are the dependent forms − usi is used with definite subjects, eus is used with indefinite subjects
    *bedhys is only found in compound words − e.g. godhvedhys - ("known")

    Mutation

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    Mutation of bos
    unmutated soft aspirate hard mixed mixed after 'th
    bos vos unchanged pos fos vos

    Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
    All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

    Czech

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    Adjective

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    bos

    1. (literary) short masculine singular of bosý
      Synonym: bosky

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    Further reading

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    • “bos”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
    • “bos”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

    Dalmatian

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    Etymology 1

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    Possibly from Latin buxus (“box tree”).

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    bos m

    1. oak tree

    Etymology 2

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    Unknown.

    Noun

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    bos m

    1. thigh, hind quarters

    Danish

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    bos n

    1. indefinite genitive singular of bo

    Dutch

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    een bos (n, a forest)

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    Etymology

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      Inherited from Middle Dutch bosch, from Old Dutch *busc, from Proto-West Germanic *busk, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz.

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      bos n (plural bossen, diminutive bosje n)

      1. wood, forest
        Zij ging wandelen in de bossen.
        She went walking in the woods.
      2. (Suriname) jungle, tropical rainforest
        • 2013, Scrappy W, “Super Saamaka”:
          Ik woon in de stad en ik kom uit het bos / Toerisme gestudeerd en ik ben tevens kok / Mensen vinden me tof, grof, onbeschoft / en respect voor mijn buurvrouw want die noemt me os
          I live in the city and I'm from the jungle / Studied tourism and I am also a cook / People think I am harsh, rude, uncouth / and respect for my neighbour because she calls me an ox

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      bos m (plural bossen, diminutive bosje n)

      1. bouquet, cluster, bunch
        Hij bracht een bosje bloemen mee.
        He brought me a bouquet of flowers.

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      • Afrikaans: bos
      • Berbice Creole Dutch: bosi
      • Negerhollands: boesch, bosch
      • → Aukan: bosu
      • → Caribbean Javanese: bos (bunch, bundle)
      • → English: bush
      • →? Guyanese Creole English: bush
      • → Indonesian: bos
      • → Papiamentu: bòshi, bosji (from the diminutive)
      • → Sranan Tongo: bosu (bunch, bundle)
      • → Sranan Tongo: busi (forest)
        • → Caribbean Javanese: busi
        • → Kwinti: busi
        • → Ndyuka-Trio Pidgin: busi

      Friulian

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      Etymology

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      From Latin buxus, from Ancient Greek πύξος (púxos).

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      bos m (plural bos)

      1. box (tree)
      2. boxwood

      Galician

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      Adjective

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      bos

      1. masculine plural of bo

      Guinea-Bissau Creole

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      Etymology

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      From Portuguese vos. Cognate with Kabuverdianu bo.

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      bos

      1. you (plural second person)

      Indonesian

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      Etymology 1

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        Borrowed from Dutch bos, from Middle Dutch bosch, from Old Dutch *busc, from Proto-West Germanic *busk, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz.

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        bos (plural bos-bos)

        1. cluster, bunch

        Etymology 2

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        From English boss, from Dutch baas, from Middle Dutch baes (“master of a household, friend”), from Old Dutch *baso (“uncle, kinsman”), from Proto-Germanic *baswô, masculine form of Proto-Germanic *baswǭ (“father's sister, aunt, cousin”). Doublet of bas.

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        bos (plural bos-bos or para bos)

        1. boss, leader, head
          Synonyms: atasan, mandor, pemborong, pembesar, kepala

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        Irish

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        Etymology

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        From Old Irish bas, bos (“palm”),[1] from Proto-Celtic *bostā (“palm, fist”) (compare Breton boz (“hollow of the hand”)), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷosto-, *gʷosdʰo- (“branch”).

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        bos f (genitive singular boise, nominative plural bosa)

        1. (anatomy) palm of the hand
          Synonym: dearna
        2. (hurling) the flattened, curved end of a hurley

        Declension

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        Declension of bos (second declension)
        bare forms
        singular plural
        nominative bos bosa
        vocative a bhos a bhosa
        genitive boise bos
        dative bois bosa
        forms with the definite article
        singular plural
        nominative an bhos na bosa
        genitive na boise na mbos
        dative leis an mbois
        don bhois         		leis na bosa

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        Mutation

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        Mutated forms of bos
        radical lenition eclipsis
        bos bhos mbos

        Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
        All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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        1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 bas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
        2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 350, page 120

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        Karakalpak

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        Etymology

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        From Proto-Turkic *boĺ.

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        bos

        1. empty

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        • N. A. Baskakov, editor (1958), “бос”, in Karakalpaksko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Karakalpak-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: Akademija Nauk Uzbekskoj SSR, →ISBN

        Kristang

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        Etymology

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        From Portuguese vós (“ye”), from Old Galician-Portuguese vos, from Latin vōs (“ye”).

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        bos

        1. you; thou (second-person singular personal pronoun)[1]

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        Kristang personal pronouns
        singular plural
        first person yo nus
        second person bos bolotu
        third person eli olotu

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        1. ^ 2010, Ladislav Prištic, Kristang - Crioulo de Base Portuguesa, Masaryk University, page 26.

        Ladino

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        bos f (plural bozes)

        1. Alternative form of boz

        Latin

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         Bos (genus) on Latin Wikipedia
         Bos taurus on Latin Wikipedia
         
        bōs (a bull)

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        Etymology

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        Irregular, for the expected **vōs/**ūs, accusative **vom, oblique stem **vov-, from Proto-Italic *gʷōs, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws, which also gave Ancient Greek βοῦς (boûs), Sanskrit गो (go) (nominative singular gaúḥ), and English cow.

        Most likely a borrowing from Sabellic (Oscan-Umbrian), attested as Umbrian bum (acc.sg.), bue (abl.sg.), buo (gen.pl.), buf (acc.pl.) all spelling /bō-/. This was likely motivated by the fact that the expected form would have produced an undesirable homonymic clash: with vōs (“you”) in the nominative and with ovis (“sheep”) in the oblique. It's unclear whether the borrowing included the entire paradigm, or just the initial consonant.

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        bōs m or f (genitive bovis); irregular, third declension

        1. head of cattle (cow, bull, steer, or ox)
          • c. 98 CE, Tacitus, Germania 18:
            Hoc iuncti boves, hoc paratus equus, hoc data arma denuntiant.
            The yoked oxen, the harnessed steed, the gift of arms, proclaim this fact.

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        Third-declension noun (irregular).

        singular plural
        nominative bōs bovēs
        genitive bovis boum
        bovum
        boverum
        dative bovī bōbus
        būbus
        bovibus
        accusative bovem bovēs
        ablative bove
        bovīd1         		bōbus
        būbus
        bovibus
        vocative bōs bovēs

        1Old Latin.

        • The medial /w/ is often found spelled ⟨B⟩, normally not spelled in the form boum, and is sometimes lost in the forms bo(v)e and bo(v)ēs.

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        • “bos”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
        • “bos”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
        • "bos", 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)
        • bos in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
        • “On Latin bōs”, in laohutiger.wordpress.com, 2012 January 2, retrieved 2021-06-16

        Norwegian Nynorsk

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        Alternative forms

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        Etymology

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        (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

        Compare Swedish boss with the same meaning. May be related to dialectal butl.

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        bos n (definite singular boset, uncountable)

        1. (Western and Southern Norway) garbage, rubbish, waste
          Synonyms: avfall, søppel
        2. straw for or from a strawbed

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        Old Frisian

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        Ēn bōs.

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        From Proto-West Germanic *bans, from Proto-Germanic *bansaz (“stall”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to bind”). Cognates include Old English *bōs, Old Saxon *bōs and Old Norse báss.

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        bōs m

        1. stall, byre

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        • Saterland Frisian: Buus
        • West Frisian: bús

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        • Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN

        Romanian

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        bos m (plural boși)

        1. Alternative form of boss

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        Declension of bos
        singular plural
        indefinite definite indefinite definite
        nominative-accusative bos bosul boși boșii
        genitive-dative bos bosului boși boșilor
        vocative bosule boșilor

        Sardinian

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        Alternative forms

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        Etymology

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        From Latin vōs, from Proto-Italic *wōs, from the oblique case forms of Proto-Indo-European *yúHs (“you”).

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        bos (possessive bostru)

        1. you (plural), ye
          Synonyms: bois, bosateros

        Serbo-Croatian

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        Etymology

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        Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bosъ.

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        bȏs (Cyrillic spelling бо̑с, definite bȏsī)

        1. barefoot

        Declension

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        indefinite forms
        singular masculine feminine neuter
        nominative bos bosa boso
        genitive bosa bose bosa
        dative bosu bosoj bosu
        accusative inanimate
        animate         		bos
        bosa                 		bosu boso
        vocative bos bosa boso
        locative bosu bosoj bosu
        instrumental bosim bosom bosim
        plural masculine feminine neuter
        nominative bosi bose bosa
        genitive bosih bosih bosih
        dative bosim(a) bosim(a) bosim(a)
        accusative bose bose bosa
        vocative bosi bose bosa
        locative bosim(a) bosim(a) bosim(a)
        instrumental bosim(a) bosim(a) bosim(a)
        definite forms
        singular masculine feminine neuter
        nominative bosi bosa boso
        genitive bosog(a) bose bosog(a)
        dative bosom(u/e) bosoj bosom(u/e)
        accusative inanimate
        animate         		bosi
        bosog(a)                 		bosu boso
        vocative bosi bosa boso
        locative bosom(e/u) bosoj bosom(e/u)
        instrumental bosim bosom bosim
        plural masculine feminine neuter
        nominative bosi bose bosa
        genitive bosih bosih bosih
        dative bosim(a) bosim(a) bosim(a)
        accusative bose bose bosa
        vocative bosi bose bosa
        locative bosim(a) bosim(a) bosim(a)
        instrumental bosim(a) bosim(a) bosim(a)

        Slovene

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        Etymology

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        From Proto-Slavic *bosъ.

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        bȍs or bòs (not comparable)

        1. barefoot

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        		 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
        Hard
        masculine feminine neuter
        nom. sing. bós bósa bóso
        singular
        masculine feminine neuter
        nominative bós ind
        bósi def         		bósa bóso
        genitive bósega bóse bósega
        dative bósemu bósi bósemu
        accusative nominativeinan or
        genitive        anim         		bóso bóso
        locative bósem bósi bósem
        instrumental bósim bóso bósim
        dual
        masculine feminine neuter
        nominative bósa bósi bósi
        genitive bósih bósih bósih
        dative bósima bósima bósima
        accusative bósa bósi bósi
        locative bósih bósih bósih
        instrumental bósima bósima bósima
        plural
        masculine feminine neuter
        nominative bósi bóse bósa
        genitive bósih bósih bósih
        dative bósim bósim bósim
        accusative bóse bóse bósa
        locative bósih bósih bósih
        instrumental bósimi bósimi bósimi
         
        		 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
        Hard
        masculine feminine neuter
        nom. sing. bòs bôsa bôso
        singular
        masculine feminine neuter
        nominative bòs ind
        bôsi def         		bôsa bôso
        genitive bôsega bôse bôsega
        dative bôsemu bôsi bôsemu
        accusative nominativeinan or
        genitive        anim         		bôso bôso
        locative bôsem bôsi bôsem
        instrumental bôsim bôso bôsim
        dual
        masculine feminine neuter
        nominative bôsa bôsi bôsi
        genitive bôsih bôsih bôsih
        dative bôsima bôsima bôsima
        accusative bôsa bôsi bôsi
        locative bôsih bôsih bôsih
        instrumental bôsima bôsima bôsima
        plural
        masculine feminine neuter
        nominative bôsi bôse bôsa
        genitive bôsih bôsih bôsih
        dative bôsim bôsim bôsim
        accusative bôse bôse bôsa
        locative bôsih bôsih bôsih
        instrumental bôsimi bôsimi bôsimi

        Further reading

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        • “bos”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

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        bos

        1. indefinite genitive singular of bo

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        bos

        1. passive infinitive of bo
        2. present passive of bo

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        Tagalog

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        Alternative forms

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        Etymology

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        Borrowed from English boss.

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        bos (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜐ᜔) (colloquial)

        1. boss, chief, head
          Synonyms: hepe, puno
        2. a male term of address

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        Further reading

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        • “boss”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

        Tok Pisin

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        Etymology

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        From English boss.

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        bos

        1. boss, overseer, master
          • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:26:
            Bihain God i tok olsem, “Nau yumi wokim ol manmeri bai ol i kamap olsem yumi yet. Bai yumi putim ol i stap bos bilong ol pis na ol pisin na bilong olgeta kain animal na bilong olgeta samting bilong graun.”
            →New International Version translation

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        Pronoun

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        bos

        1. something

        Declension

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        Declension of bos
        singular plural
        nominative bos boss
        genitive bosa bosas
        dative bose boses
        accusative bosi bosis
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