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Catalan
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Old French buie.
Pronunciation
Noun
boia f (plural boies)
- (nautical) buoy
Derived terms
Further reading
Etymology 2
Verb
boia
- inflection of boiar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Chibcha
Pronunciation
Noun
boia
- arrowleaf elephant ear; Xanthosoma sagittifolium
Finnish
Noun
boia
- partitive plural of boa
Galician
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French buie, from Frankish *baukn, from Proto-Germanic *baukną (“sign”).
Pronunciation
Noun
boia f (plural boias)
- buoy, floater
Derived terms
Further reading
Guinea-Bissau Creole
Etymology
From Portuguese boiar. Cognate with Kabuverdianu bóia.
Verb
boia
- to float (in the water)
Italian
Etymology
From Latin boia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɔ.ja/
- Rhymes: -ɔja
- Hyphenation: bò‧ia
Noun
boia m (invariable)
- executioner
- hangman (word game)
- villain, scoundrel
1995, Niccolò Ammaniti, Rane e girini:Non erano soltanto motociclisti di periferia, ma boia insensibili assetati del suo sangue.- They weren't just bikers from the outskirts, but ruthless executioners thirsty for his blood.
Derived terms
Further reading
- boia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
Kabuverdianu
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Portuguese boiar.
Verb
boia
- (Sotavento) to float
References
- Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN
- Veiga, Manuel (2012) Dicionário Caboverdiano-Português, Instituto da Biblioteca Nacional e do Livro
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek βοείη (boeíē, “ox hide”), from βοῦς (boûs).
Pronunciation
Noun
boia f (genitive boiae); first declension
- fetter, collar for the neck
Declension
First-declension noun.
References
Further reading
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɔjɐ
- Hyphenation: boi‧a
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Old French buie, boye, boue, from Frankish *baukn.
Alternative forms
Noun
boia f (plural boias)
- float; buoy
- (informal) meal
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
boia
- inflection of boiar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بویا (boya).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /boˈja/
- Rhymes: -a
- Hyphenation: bo‧ia
Noun
boia f (plural boiele)
- (Moldavia (region)) paint
- paprika (powder used as a spice)
Declension
Further reading