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Definitions and meaning of bo

bo

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bəʊ/
Homophones: beau, Bo, bow

Etymology 1

Imitative.

Alternative forms

Interjection

An exclamation used to startle or frighten.

Etymology 2

Probably a shortening of boy.

Noun

bo (plural bos)

(US, slang) Fellow, chap, boy.
- 1940, Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely, Penguin 2010, p. 255:
  ‘Never heard of him,’ he smiled. ‘On your way, bo.’

Etymology 3

From Japanese 棒 (bō), from Middle Chinese 棒 (bǽwng, “staff, club”) (compare modern Chinese 棒 (bàng)).

Noun

bo (plural bos)

(martial arts) A quarterstaff, especially in an oriental context.

Anagrams

OB, Ob, Ob., ob, ob-, ob.

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch boven

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bʊə/

Adverb

above

Preposition

above

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan bon, from Latin bonus, from Old Latin duenos, later duonus, from Proto-Italic *dwenos, from Proto-Indo-European *dew- (“to show favor, revere”). Numerous cognates include French bon and Portuguese bom.

Pronunciation

(Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔ/
Rhymes: -ɔ

Adjective

bo (feminine bona, masculine plural bons, feminine plural bones)

good

Usage notes

The form bon is used as the masculine singular form when the adjective precedes the noun, and bo is used in all other cases.

Derived terms

Related terms

bondat

Cebuano

Noun

arm wrestling

Verb

to arm-wrestle

Cimbrian

Etymology 1

From Middle High German wā, from Old High German wār, hwār, from Proto-West Germanic *hwār, from Proto-Germanic *hwar (“where”). Cognate with German wo, English where.

Adverb

(Luserna, interrogative) where

Alternative forms

ba (Sette Comuni)

References

“bo” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Etymology 2

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

Conjunction

(Sette Comuni) the ... the

References

“bo” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

Cuiba

Noun

home, house

Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bo. Compare Polish bo.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈbo]

Conjunction

(dialectal) as, since, because

Synonyms

neboť

Danish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /boː/, [b̥oːˀ]

Etymology 1

From Old Norse bú, from Old Norse búa (“to reside”).

Noun

bo n (singular definite boet, plural indefinite boer)

estate (the property of a deceased person)
den, nest
abode, home

Inflection

Etymology 2

From Old Norse búa (“to reside”), from Proto-Germanic *būaną, cognate with Norwegian bo, bu, Swedish bo, German bauen, Dutch bouwen, Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌿𐌰𐌽 (bauan).

Verb

bo (present tense bor, past tense boede, past participle boet)

to live, reside, dwell

Inflection

Dutch

Etymology

Clipping of boterham..

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /boː/
Rhymes: -oː

Noun

bo m (plural bo's, diminutive boke n)

(Belgium) sandwich

Duvle

Noun

fire

Esperanto

Pronunciation

Noun

bo (accusative singular bo-on, plural bo-oj, accusative plural bo-ojn)

The name of the Latin-script letter B.

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin bōs, bōvem, probably through Vulgar Latin *boem.

Noun

bo m (plural bûs)

Synonyms

nemâl

Galician

Alternative forms

bon
boo (dated)

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese bõo, from Latin bonus. Cognate with Portuguese bom and Spanish bueno.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbo/

Adjective

bo m (feminine singular boa, masculine plural bos, feminine plural boas)

good
Antonyms: malo, mao

Derived terms

aboar
boanza
Bonome
Boo

Related terms

References

“bo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
“bo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
“bo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
“bo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology 1

From Portuguese vós. Cognate with Kabuverdianu bo.

Pronoun

you (second person singular).
you (second person plural)

Etymology 2

From Portuguese bom. Cognate with Kabuverdianu bon.

Adjective

good

Gunwinggu

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpo/

Noun

water
liquid

Derived terms

References

Lynette Frances Oates, A Tentative Description of the Gunwinggu Language (1964)
Steven and Narelle Etherington, Kunwinjku Kunwok: A Short Introduction to Kunwinjku Language and Society (third edition, 1998)

Italian

Interjection

Alternative spelling of boh

Japanese

Romanization

Rōmaji transcription of ぼ
Rōmaji transcription of ボ

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese vós.

Pronoun

you (second person singular).

Kalasha

Etymology

From Sanskrit बहु (bahu), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰn̥ǵʰús. Cognate with Hindi बहुत (bahut).

Adverb

very

Adjective

many, a lot

Louisiana Creole French

Etymology

Compare Haitian Creole bo.

Verb

to kiss

References

Alcée Fortier, Louisiana Folktales

Mandarin

Romanization

bo (Zhuyin ˙ㄅㄛ)

Pinyin transcription of 卜
Pinyin transcription of 啵
Pinyin transcription of 噃
Pinyin transcription of 蔔

Nonstandard spelling of bō.
Nonstandard spelling of bó.
Nonstandard spelling of bǒ.
Nonstandard spelling of bò.

Usage notes

English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Mawes

Noun

water

Nabak

Noun

References

Corinna Handschuh, A typology of marked-S languages

Northern Kurdish

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -oː

Preposition

Derived terms

ji bo
bo çi

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle Low German behof (compare with behov)

Noun

bo (indeclinable) (idiomatic use only)

(uncountable, usually with ha) a need

Usage notes

A noun not commonly used.

Synonyms

behøve
trenge
ha bruk for

Related terms

behov

Etymology 2

From Danish bo, from Old Norse bú (“settled area, town”) (compare alternative form bu). Akin to bod (“store room, booth”) and the verb bo (“to live”).

Alternative forms

bu (Nynorsk also)

Noun

bo n (definite singular boet, indefinite plural bo, definite plural boa or boene)

one's home (mainly idiomatic)
estate

Synonyms

(one's home): bolig, hjem/heim
(estate): eiendom, gods

Derived terms

See combined section below.

Etymology 3

From Danish bo, from Old Norse búa (“to prepare, finish, make preparations, equip”), cognate with Old English būan, Old Frisian buwa, Old Saxon būan and Old High German būan (whence German bauen).

Alternative forms

bu (Nynorsk also)

Verb

bo (imperative bo, present tense bor, simple past bodde, past participle bodd, present participle boende)

to live (have permanent residence), stay
to be, to dwell, to be in
(Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson)

(literally: "you have no idea what really dwells in her")

Synonyms

(to live, have residence): holde hus (holde til huse), holde til husere, kampere, leve, losjere, oppholde seg, residere, tilbringe
(to dwell in, be in): finnes, rommes, skjule seg, være, være til stede

Derived terms

(Noun and verb)

References

“bo” in The Ordnett Dictionary
“bo” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
search on "bo" on Ordtak.no - web site containing quotes and citations

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Low German behof (compare behov)

Noun

bo (indeclinable) (idiomatic use only)

(uncountable, usually with ha) a need

Usage notes

A noun not commonly used.

Synonyms

behøve
trenge
turve
ha bruk for

Related terms

behov

References

“bo” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Alternative forms

bú (“Old West Norse”)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *būą.

Noun

bo n

(Old East Norse) dwelling
- Late 10th century, Karlevi Runestone

Papiamentu

Alternative forms

abo (synonym)

Etymology

From Portuguese vós and Spanish vos and Kabuverdianu bo.

Pronoun

you (second person singular)

Determiner

your

Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bo.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bɔ/

Conjunction

because, for
Synonyms: ponieważ, gdyż, bowiem, albowiem, dlatego że, jako że
or (else)

Particle

emphasizes the statement, usually in phrases of opposite meanings, or introduces a rhetorical question, denying its literal meaning

Slovene

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bóː/

Verb

bọ̑

third-person singular future of bíti

Spanish

Alternative forms

Interjection

(Uruguay, colloquial) hey, mate, dude
Synonym: che

Sranan Tongo

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bo/

Etymology 1

Contraction of ben and o.

Particle

Marker for the irrealis mood.

Etymology 2

From English bow.

Noun

bow, arch

Related terms

alenbo (“rainbow”)

Swedish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [buː]

Etymology 1

From Old Norse búa, from Proto-Germanic *būaną.

Verb

bo (present bor, preterite bodde, supine bott, imperative bo)

(intransitive) live; dwell; to have permanent residence

Conjugation

Related terms

Etymology 2

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

Noun

bo n

nest; the place where certain animals live, in particular birds.
a home (the inventory that turns a place into a home)
- 1893, Elias Sehlstedt, Visa
  Litet bo jag sätta vill ...
  little home is what I want ...
c (only in compounds) a person living in given city (e.g. Londonbo) or way (sambo, särbo)

Usage notes

The use of "bo" as a shorthand for "bostad" and "boende" (housing) goes back at least to the 1920s, for example in the name of trade expos like "Bygge och Bo" (1925).

Declension

Alternative form for the definite singular: bot/bots.

Related terms

Tasmanian

Pronoun

Synonyms

narrar

References

N.J.B. Plomley (1976) A word-list of the Tasmanian aboriginal languages‎^[1]

Venetian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *boem, from Latin bos, bovem.

Noun

bo m (invariable)

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɔ˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɔ˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɔ˧˧]

Etymology 1

From French bore.

Noun

boron

Etymology 2

Verb

Alternative form of boa (“to leave a tip”)

Welsh

Alternative forms

byddo

Verb

(literary) third-person singular present subjunctive of bod

Mutation

Xhosa

Pronoun

-bo

Combining stem of bona.

Yale

Pronoun

I (first-person singular personal pronoun)

Zhuang

Etymology

From Chinese 坡 (MC pʰuɑ).

Pronunciation

(Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /po˨˦/
Tone numbers: bo¹
Hyphenation: bo

Noun

bo (Sawndip forms 𡏋, 圤, 坡, 𫭝, old orthography bo)

mountain slope; hillside; mountainside

Zulu

Pronoun

-bo

Combining stem of bona.

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a pal, a buddy.
(source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)

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bo

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Interjection

Etymology 2

Noun

Etymology 3

Noun

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adverb

Preposition

Catalan

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adjective

Usage notes

Derived terms

Related terms

See also

Further reading

Cebuano

Noun

Verb

Cimbrian

Etymology 1

Adverb

Alternative forms

References

Etymology 2

Conjunction

References

Cuiba

Noun

Czech

Etymology

Pronunciation

Conjunction

Synonyms

Further reading

Danish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Inflection

Etymology 2

Verb

Inflection

Dutch

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Duvle

Noun

Further reading

Esperanto

Pronunciation

Noun

See also

Friulian

Etymology

Noun

Synonyms

See also

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

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