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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch bouwen, from Middle Dutch bouwen, from Old Dutch buwan, from Proto-Germanic *būaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bœu̯/
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Verb

bou (present bou, present participle bouende, past participle gebou)

  1. to build

Derived terms

Noun

bou (uncountable)

  1. building, construction (activity of building)
  2. structure

Aiwoo

Verb

bou

  1. to fear

References

Aromanian

Etymology

From Latin bōvem, accusative singular of bōs, possibly through a Vulgar Latin root *bovum. Compare Daco-Romanian bou.

Noun

bou m (plural boi, definite singular boulu)

  1. ox

Related terms

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Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin bovem.

Noun

bou m (plural bous)

  1. ox
  2. bullock, steer
  3. the edible crab (Cancer pagurus)
    Synonym: bou de mar
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek βόλος (bólos).

Noun

bou m (uncountable)

  1. seine fishing
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Galician: bou

Further reading

French

Etymology

From Hokkien 武夷 (Bú-î). Compare English bohea.

Pronunciation

Noun

bou m (plural bous)

  1. type of Chinese tea

Galician

Etymology

From Catalan bou, idem.

Pronunciation

Noun

bou m (plural bous)

  1. (fishing) pair trawling
  2. (fishing) trawler used for pair trawling
    Se vou a Bueu nun bou, vou. Se non vou nun bou, non vou. [sɪˈβowɐβuˈewnumˈbowˈβow sɪnʊmˈbownum'bownʊm'bow]
    : If I'll go to Bueu in a bou, I'll go; but if I won't go in a bou, I won't go.

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Japanese

Romanization

bou

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ぼう

Marshallese

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

bou

  1. a dragonfly

References

Mòcheno

Etymology

From Middle High German wō, wā, wār, from Old High German hwār, from Proto-West Germanic *hwār, from Proto-Germanic *hwar (“where”). Cognate with German wo, English where.

Adverb

bou

  1. where

References

Old Occitan

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin bōvem, accusative singular of bōs.

Pronunciation

Noun

bou m (oblique plural bous, nominative singular bous, nominative plural bou)

  1. ox

Descendants

Romanian

Alternative forms

  • боу (bou) — post-1930s (Moldovan Cyrillic spelling

Etymology

Inherited from Latin bōvem, accusative singular of bōs, possibly through a Vulgar Latin root *bovum. Compare Aromanian bou.

Pronunciation

Noun

bou m (plural boi)

  1. ox
  2. (colloquial) idiot
    Synonyms: idiot, tâmpit, prost

Declension

Declension of bou
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) bou boul (niște) boi boii
genitive/dative (unui) bou boului (unor) boi boilor
vocative boule boilor

Derived terms

Related terms

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Scots

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse bú (“farming, a farm, farm stock”).

Noun

bou (plural bous)

  1. (agriculture) stock or herd of cattle; farmhouse, village
Derived terms
Derived terms
  • bouin (“lease of cattle and land”)
  • bouhoose (“cattle shed”)
  • bou-stane (“earthfast stone in the foundation of a building”)

Etymology 2

From Old Norse bógr.

Noun

bou (plural bous)

  1. (nautical) bow

Etymology 3

From Middle English bowe, from Old English boga, from Proto-West Germanic *bogō.

Verb

bou (third-person singular simple present bous, present participle bouin, simple past boued, past participle boued)

  1. to bow, bend
Derived terms
Derived terms

Etymology 4

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

bou (plural bous)

  1. louse
Alternative forms

Etymology 5

Noun

bou (plural bous)

  1. Alternative form of bo

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan bou. Doublet of buey and bife.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbou/
  • Rhymes: -ou
  • Syllabification: bou
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Noun

bou m (uncountable)

  1. seine fishing

Noun

bou m (plural boues)

  1. boat for seine fishing, seiner

Further reading

Ternate

Etymology

Likely to ultimately be from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian , from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahu, *bahuq; compare Proto-Oceanic *bou (“smell, odor”).

Pronunciation

Noun

bou

  1. an odor, an unpleasant smell

Verb

bou

  1. (stative) to smell bad, to stink

Conjugation

Conjugation of bou
Singular Plural
Inclusive Exclusive
1st tobou fobou mibou
2nd nobou nibou
3rd Masculine obou ibou, yobou†
Feminine mobou
Neuter ibou
† - archaic

References

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
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