Definitions and meaning of boi
boi
Etymology
From boy.
Noun
boi (plural bois)
- (countable, Internet slang) Alternative spelling of boy
- (BDSM, especially in roleplay) A male bottom (i.e. submissive partner), defined not by junior age, but by his obedient role and submission to the dominant "top".
- A lesbian who adopts a boyish appearance.
- (occasionally derogatory) A trans boy or man.
- 2016, Cindy I-Fen Cheng, The Routledge Handbook of Asian American Studies:
- For example, “queer” would include self-identified lesbians and gays who also have sex with the “opposite sex,” sexual practices and relationships that include kink, s/m, polyamory, and pansexuality, gender play and fuck including femmes and those feminine of center, butches and those masculine of center, queens, femboys, gurls, bois, sissies, tomboys, crossdressers, drag queens and kings, and genderfluid people.
Derived terms
See also
Anagrams
- Bio, IBO, IOB, Ibo, bio, bio-, bio., obi
Cimbrian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle High German wīn, from Old High German wīn, from Proto-West Germanic *wīn, from Latin vīnum. Cognate with German Wein, English wine.
Noun
boi m
- (Luserna) wine
Derived terms
References
- “boi” 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
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician and Old Portuguese boi, from Latin bovem (“cow, bull”) (probably through a Vulgar Latin form *boem), accusative of bōs.
Pronunciation
Noun
boi m (plural bois)
- ox; sometimes bull
- 1291, E. Cal Pardo (ed.), Colección diplomática medieval do arquivo da catedral de Mondoñedo. Transcrición íntegra dos documentos. Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 78:
- cen carros de pan entre trigo et centeo et vi armentios et iiii bois et ii uacas et La roxellos entre cabras et ouellas
- a hundred carts of grain, wheat and rye; and 6 cattle, 4 oxen and 2 cows; and 50 kids, sheep and goats
- Synonym: almallo
- steer
- brown crab (Cancer pagurus)
- Synonyms: boi de mar, esqueiro, noca
Derived terms
See also
References
- “boi” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
- “boi” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- “boi” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
- “boi” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “boi” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch boy, from English boy.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈboi]
- Hyphenation: boi
Noun
boi (plural, first-person possessive boiku, second-person possessive boimu, third-person possessive boinya)
- (colloquial) A male servant.
Further reading
- “boi” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Louisiana Creole French
Etymology
From French boire (“to drink”), compare Haitian Creole bwè.
Verb
boi
- to drink
References
- Alcée Fortier, Louisiana Folktales
Middle Irish
Verb
boi
- Alternative spelling of boí
Polish
Pronunciation
Noun
boi f
- inflection of boja:
- genitive/dative/locative singular
- genitive plural
Verb
boi
- third-person singular present of bać
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese boi, from Latin bovem (“cow, bull”) (probably through a Vulgar Latin form *boem), accusative of bōs, itself a borrowing from some Osco-Umbrian language dialect, from Proto-Italic *gʷōs, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws.
Pronunciation
- (Portugal, Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈboj/
- Hyphenation: boi
- Rhymes: -oj
Noun
boi m (plural bois, feminine vaca, feminine plural vacas)
- ox
Related terms
Romanian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Turkish boy.
Noun
boi n (plural boiuri)
- stature, appearance, mien, habitus
Declension
Etymology 2
Back-formation from boia.
Verb
a boi (third-person singular present boiește, past participle boit) 4th conj.
- (transitive) to paint
- (reflexive, with accusative, derogatory) to put on make-up
- (transitive) to fool
Conjugation
Synonyms
- (to paint): colora, vopsi
- (to put on make-up): se farda, se sulimeni
- (to fool): înșela, păcăli
Etymology 3
Noun form
Noun
boi m
- plural of bou
Sardinian
Etymology
From Latin bōs (“cow, bull”). Compare Italian bue.
Noun
boi m
- (Campidanese) ox
- (Campidanese) any head of cattle
Welsh
Etymology
From English boy.
Pronunciation
Noun
boi m (plural bois)
- (South Wales, colloquial) guy, lad, bloke, chap, dude, fella
- Synonym: bachan
- (colloquial, used in the vocative) A term of address for a male. mate, dude, man
- Synonyms: achan, mêt
Usage notes
This is an informal term for a man, the standard term for which is dyn (“boy”). It can also be used in the vocative to address a male.
Mutation
References
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “boi”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
Zhuang
Etymology
From Chinese 杯 (MC puʌi).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /poːi˨˦/
- Tone numbers: boi1
- Hyphenation: boi
Noun
boi (Sawndip forms 盃, old orthography boi)
- drinkware; cup; glass; mug
- Synonym: cenj
Classifier
boi (old orthography boi)
- cup of; cupful of
Source: wiktionary.org- (slang) a lesbian who adopts a boyish appearance or manners.
(source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)