bost

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See also: Bost and bòst

English

Etymology

Possibly from bust or burst.

Verb

bost (third-person singular simple present bosts, present participle bosting, simple past and past participle bosted)

  1. (UK dialect, Black Country) to break

Derived terms

Anagrams

Basque

Basque numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: bost
    Ordinal: bosgarren
    Multiplier: boskoitz
    Distributive: bosna
    Collective: boskote
    Fractional: bosten

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Basque *bortz (five). Often compared with Aquitanian *bors (five).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bos̺t/,
    • (casual speech) IPA(key): /bos̺/
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Numeral

bost

  1. five

Declension

References

  1. ^ Orduña A., Eduardo (2011) “Los numerales ibéricos y el protovasco [Iberian numerals and Proto-Basque]”, in Veleia (in Spanish), volume 28, pages 125–139
  2. ^ Mitxelena, Koldo L. (1961) Fonética histórica vasca [Basque Historical Phonetics] (Obras completas de Luis Michelena; 1) (in Spanish), Diputación Foral de Guipuzkoa, published 1990, →ISBN, page 363

Further reading

  • bost” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia , euskaltzaindia.eus
  • "bost" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia , euskaltzaindia.eus
  • bost” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman bost, probably of North Germanic origin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bausuz (inflated, swollen, puffed up, proud, arrogant, bad).

Pronunciation

Noun

bost (plural bosts)

  1. brag, boast

Descendants

  • English: boast
  • Yola: boust

References