bọ

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "bo"

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From a Sino-Tibetan language. Compare Proto-Loloish *bi/bo² (“insect”) (whence Yao'an Lolopo bber).

Noun

(classifier con) bọ • (蜅, 𧌂, 𧏳, 𧐾).

insect; bug
(Southern Vietnam) guinea pig
Synonym: chuột lang

Derived terms

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Vietic *bɔːʔ (“father”).

Noun

bọ

(Nghệ An, Hà Tĩnh, Quảng Bình, Quảng Trị) father; dad
Synonyms: ba, bố, cậu, cha, thầy, tía

Yoruba

Alternative forms

بوَْ

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bɔ̀/

Verb

bọ̀

(intransitive) to return, to come here, to arrive
Synonyms: wá, dé

àkókó ń bọ̀ tí a kò níí jẹun mọ́ ― The time is coming when we shall no longer eat

Usage notes

Almost always preceded by the progressive maker 'ń'

Derived terms

bọ̀wá
káàbọ̀ (“welcome!”)
àbọ̀ (“arrival”)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bɔ̀/

Verb

bọ̀

(transitive) to boil
ó bọ ẹran ― He boiled the meat
(intransitive) to become boiled

Usage notes

bọ when followed by a direct object or noun
(all senses): only used in reference to leafy vegetables or meat, for other foods use sè, for water use hó.

Derived terms

bọ̀jinná
ìbọ̀ (“boiling”)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bɔ̀/

Verb

bọ̀

(transitive) to insert into
to wear or put on something
ó bọ ṣòkòtò rẹ̀ ― He put on his pants

Usage notes

bọ when followed by a direct object or noun

Derived terms

bọbẹ́rẹ́ (“to thread a needle”)
gbólóhùn oníbọ̀ (“complex sentence”)
ìbọpá (“arm band”)
ìbọ̀sẹ̀ (“socks”)
ìbọ̀wọ́ (“glove”)

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bɔ̄/

Verb

bọ

(transitive, intransitive) to sacrifice, to give an offering or sacrifice

abọmọlẹ̀
abọ̀gún (“worshipper of Ogun”)
abọ̀rìṣà (“orisha practitioner”)
ẹbọ (“offering, sacrifice”)
àbọrúbọyè
òrìṣà àkúnlẹ̀bọ (“revered orisha, ancestor”)

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bɔ́/

Verb

bọ́

(intransitive) to fall, to drop, to slip off
(intransitive) to escape
to come loose
(euphemistic) to lose one's life, to die
ẹ̀míi rẹ̀ẹ́ bọ́ ― She lost her life

Derived terms

já bọ́
abọ́máfọ̀ọ́ (“metal or plastic plate”)

Etymology 6

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bɔ̀/

Verb

bọ̀

to thatch
Synonym: ṣẹ́

Wọ́n ti bọlé yẹn tán ― They've finished thatching that house

Usage notes

bọ when followed by a direct object or noun

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