boh

English

Alternative forms

• bo, boo

Etymology

Imitative. See boo.

Interjection

boh

1. An exclamation used to startle or frighten.
   • 1830, Walter Scott, “Letter VI”, in Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft, , London: John Murray, , →OCLC, page 179:

     In our childhood, our mothers' maids have so terrified us with an ugly devil having horns on his head, […] whereby we start and are afraid when we hear one cry, Boh!

See also

• boh liao
• tio boh

Anagrams

• BHO, HBO, Hob, hob

Acehnese

Etymology

From Proto-Chamic *bɔh, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *buah, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *buah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buaq, from Proto-Austronesian *buaq.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bɔh/

Noun

boh

1. fruit (part of plant)
2. fruit (food)

Classifier

boh

1. Classifier for anything generally concretely big and has volume.

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Bouyei

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *boːᴮ (“father”). Cognate with Thai พ่อ (pɔ̂ɔ), Northern Thai ᨻᩬᩴ᩵, Southern Thai ผอ, Lao ພໍ່ (phǭ), Lü ᦗᦸᧈ (poa¹), Shan ပေႃႈ (pāu), Aiton ပေႃ (pō), Ahom 𑜆𑜦𑜡 (pō) or 𑜆𑜨𑜦𑜡 (pwō), Zhuang boh, Saek ผ้อ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /po˧/

Noun

boh

1. father

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔ/

Interjection

boh

1. indicates disdain, contempt, contradiction or incredulity

   —Éche un gran presidente, non crees? —Boh! Que vai ser!

   —He is a great president, don't you think? —Bah! No way!

References

• “bo (interx.)” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “boh” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Italian

Alternative forms

• bo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbo/, which may be followed by or or trigger syntactic gemination.
• Rhymes: -o
• Hyphenation: boh

Interjection

boh

1. used to express doubt or indecision; dunno

   Puoi pagare il mio biglietto? / Boh, devo vedere se ho i soldi.

   Can you pay for my ticket? / I dunno, I'll need to see if I have money.

References

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bogъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔx/

Noun

boh m anim (genitive singular boha, nominative plural bohovia, genitive plural bohov, declension pattern of chlap)

1. god

Declension

Derived terms

• Boh m
• bohyňa f
• božstvo n
• bôžik m

References

• “boh”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Western Cham

Etymology

From Proto-Chamic *bɔh, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *buah, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *buah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buaq, from Proto-Austronesian *buaq. Cognate with Eastern Cham baoh.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔh/

Noun

boh

1. fruit (part of plant)
2. fruit (food)

Classifier

boh

1. Classifier for anything generally concretely big that has volume.

Zhuang

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *boːᴮ (“father”). Cognate with Thai พ่อ (pɔ̂ɔ), Northern Thai ᨻᩬᩴ᩵, Southern Thai ผอ, Lao ພໍ່ (phǭ), Lü ᦗᦸᧈ (poa¹), Shan ပေႃႈ (pāu), Aiton ပေႃ (pō), Ahom 𑜆𑜦𑜡 (pō) or 𑜆𑜨𑜦𑜡 (pwō), Bouyei boh, Saek ผ้อ.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /po˧/
• Tone numbers: bo⁶
• Hyphenation: boh

Noun

boh (Sawndip forms 𠇑 or 佈 or 扶 or 仆 or 卜 or 𭶺 or ⿱父坡, 1957–1982 spelling boƅ)

1. father

   Synonyms: (dialectal) dez, (dialectal) baz, (dialectal) baq, (dialectal) dax