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Translingual
[edit]Symbol
[edit]bo
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /bəʊ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /boʊ/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -əʊ
- Homophones: beau, Bo, bow
Etymology 1
[edit]Imitative.
Alternative forms
[edit]Interjection
[edit]bo
- An exclamation used to startle or frighten.
- 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 37, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
- We may fairely cry bo-bo-boe; it may well make us hoarse, but it will nothing advaunce it.
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Probably a shortening of boy.
Noun
[edit]bo (plural bos)
- (US, slang) Fellow, chap, boy.
- 1940, Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely, Penguin, published 2010, page 255:
- ‘Never heard of him,’ he smiled. ‘On your way, bo.’
Etymology 3
[edit]From Japanese 棒 (bō), from Middle Chinese 棒 (bˠʌŋX, “staff, club”) (compare modern Chinese 棒 (bàng)).
Noun
[edit]bo (plural bos)
- (martial arts) A quarterstaff, especially in an oriental context.
See also
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]Afrikaans
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]bo
Preposition
[edit]bo
Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Latin bonus, from Old Latin duenos, later duonus, from Proto-Italic *dwenos. Numerous cognates include French bon and Portuguese bom.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]bo (feminine bona, masculine plural bons, feminine plural bones)
Usage notes
[edit]- The form bon is used as the masculine singular form when the adjective precedes the noun, and bo is used in all other cases.
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “bo” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “bo” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Cebuano
[edit]Noun
[edit]bo
Verb
[edit]bo
- to arm-wrestle
Cimbrian
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle High German wā, from Old High German wār, hwār, from Proto-West Germanic *hwār, from Proto-Germanic *hwar (“where”). Cognate with German wo, English where.
Adverb
[edit]bo
Alternative forms
[edit]References
[edit]- Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Etymology 2
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Conjunction
[edit]bo
- (Sette Comuni) the ... the
- Bo mèront hatzich, bo mèeront bilzich.
- The more we have, the more we want.
References
[edit]- “bo” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo
Cornish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit](Revived Late Cornish) IPA(key): /ˈboː/
Verb
[edit]bo
Mutation
[edit]Cuiba
[edit]Noun
[edit]bo
Czech
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Czech bo, from Proto-Slavic *bo. Compare Polish bo.
Pronunciation
[edit]Conjunction
[edit]bo
Further reading
[edit]- “bo”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
- “bo”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
Danish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Old Norse bú, from Old Norse búa (“to reside”).
Noun
[edit]bo n (singular definite boet, plural indefinite boer)
Inflection
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]From Old Norse búa (“to reside”), from Proto-Germanic *būaną, cognate with Norwegian bo, bu, Swedish bo, German bauen, Dutch bouwen, Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌿𐌰𐌽 (bauan).
Verb
[edit]bo (present tense bor, past tense boede, past participle boet)
Conjugation
[edit]Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]bo m (plural bo's, diminutive boke n)
Duvle
[edit]Noun
[edit]bo
Further reading
[edit]Bill Palmer, The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area (→ISBN, 2017), page 531, table 95, Comparative basic vocabulary in Lakes Plain Languages
Esperanto
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]bo (accusative singular bo-on, plural bo-oj, accusative plural bo-ojn)
- The name of the Latin-script letter B/b.
See also
[edit]- (Latin-script letter names) litero; a, bo, co, ĉo, do, e, fo, go, ĝo, ho, ĥo, i, jo, ĵo, ko, lo, mo, no, o, po, ro, so, ŝo, to, u, ŭo, vo, zo
Fala
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Galician-Portuguese bõo, from Latin bonus.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]bo (feminine boa, masculine plural bos, feminine plural boas)
Usage notes
[edit]- In Lagarteiru, when preceding a feminine noun as part of a noun phrase, the masculine forms are used.
Derived terms
[edit]- Noitiboa (“Christmas Eve”)
Related terms
[edit]- bondai (“goodness”)
References
[edit]- Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)[1], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN
Fijian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Oceanic *baʀoq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀəq.
Noun
[edit]bo
Friulian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin bōs, bōvem, probably through Vulgar Latin *boem.
Noun
[edit]bo m (plural bûs)
Synonyms
[edit]See also
[edit]Galician
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Galician-Portuguese bõo, from Latin bonus. Cognate with Portuguese bom and Spanish bueno.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]bo (feminine boa, masculine plural bos, feminine plural boas)
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “bo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “bo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “bo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “bo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Guinea-Bissau Creole
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Portuguese vós. Cognate with Kabuverdianu bo.
Pronoun
[edit]bo
Etymology 2
[edit]From Portuguese bom. Cognate with Kabuverdianu bon.
Adjective
[edit]bo
Gunwinggu
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]bo
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Lynette Frances Oates, A Tentative Description of the Gunwinggu Language (1964)
- Steven and Narelle Etherington, Kunwinjku Kunwok: A Short Introduction to Kunwinjku Language and Society (third edition, 1998)
Italian
[edit]Interjection
[edit]bo
- Alternative spelling of boh
Anagrams
[edit]Japanese
[edit]Romanization
[edit]bo
Kabuverdianu
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Portuguese vós.
Pronoun
[edit]bo
- you (second person singular).
Kalasha
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Sanskrit बहु (bahu), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰn̥ǵʰús. Cognate with Khowar بو (bo), Hindi बहुत (bahut).
Adverb
[edit]bo
Adjective
[edit]bo
Louisiana Creole
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Inherited from French beau (“handsome, fine, attractive; boyfriend”).
Adjective
[edit]bo m (feminine bèl)
Noun
[edit]bo
- (a) boyfriend
Etymology 2
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare Saint Dominican Creole French bobo, Haitian Creole bo.
Verb
[edit]bo
- (transitive or intransitive) to kiss
Noun
[edit]bo
References
[edit]- Alcée Fortier, Louisiana Folktales
Mandarin
[edit]Romanization
[edit]- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 卜
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 啵
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 噃
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蔔/卜
bo
- Nonstandard spelling of bō.
- Nonstandard spelling of bó.
- Nonstandard spelling of bǒ.
- Nonstandard spelling of bò.
Usage notes
[edit]- Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.
Masurian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Polish bo.
Pronunciation
[edit]Conjunction
[edit]bo
Particle
[edit]bo
Further reading
[edit]- Zofia Stamirowska (1987-2024) “bo”, in Anna Basara, editor, Słownik gwar Ostródzkiego, Warmii i Mazur, volume 1, Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich Wydawnictwo Polskiej Akademii Nauk, →ISBN, pages 195-107
Mawes
[edit]Noun
[edit]bo
Further reading
[edit]- Cornelis L. Voorhoeve, Languages of Irian Jaya Checklist (1975, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics)
- Mawes Swadesh List
Nabak
[edit]Noun
[edit]bo
References
[edit]- Corinna Handschuh, A typology of marked-S languages
Northern Kurdish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -oː
Preposition
[edit]bo
Derived terms
[edit]Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Borrowed from Middle Low German behof (compare with behov).
Noun
[edit]bo (indeclinable) (idiomatic use only)
- (uncountable, usually with ha) a need
- Jeg har bo for en hammer.
- I could use a hammer.
Usage notes
[edit]A noun not commonly used.
Synonyms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]From Danish bo, from Old Norse bú (“settled area, town”) (compare alternative form bu). Akin to bod (“store room, booth”) and the verb bo (“to live”).
Alternative forms
[edit]- bu (Nynorsk also)
Noun
[edit]bo n (definite singular boet, indefinite plural bo, definite plural boa or boene)
- one's home (mainly idiomatic)
- De giftet seg og satte bo.
- They married and settled down/built their home.
- estate
- Å skifte et bo.
- To divide an estate.
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- See combined section below.
Etymology 3
[edit]From Danish bo, from Old Norse búa (“to prepare, finish, make preparations, equip”), cognate with Old English būan, Old Frisian buwa, Old Saxon būan and Old High German būan (whence German bauen).
Alternative forms
[edit]- bu (Nynorsk also)
Verb
[edit]bo (imperative bo, present tense bor, simple past bodde, past participle bodd, present participle boende)
- to live (have permanent residence), stay
- Hvor bor du (hen)?
- Where do you live?
- Jeg vet hvor du bor.
- I know where you live.
- Hvor lenge blir du boende.
- How long will you be staying?
- to be, to dwell, to be in
- Husk at all skjønnhet på jord bor i de evige ord: Jeg elsker deg.(Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson)
- Remember that all beauty on Earth dwells in those eternal words: I love you.
- Du aner ikke hva som virkelig bor i henne.(literally: "you have no idea what really dwells in her")
- You have no idea what she's really like.
Synonyms
[edit]- (to live, have residence): holde hus (holde til huse), holde til husere, kampere, leve, losjere, oppholde seg, residere, tilbringe
- (to dwell in, be in): finnes, rommes, skjule seg, være, være til stede
Derived terms
[edit]- (Noun and verb)
References
[edit]- “bo” in The Ordnett Dictionary
- “bo” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- search on "bo" on Ordtak.no - web site containing quotes and citations
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Low German behof (compare behov).
Noun
[edit]bo (indeclinable) (idiomatic use only)
- (uncountable, usually with ha, uncommon) a need
- Eg har bo for ein hammar.
- I could use a hammer.
Synonyms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “bo” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Czech
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bo.
Pronunciation
[edit]Conjunction
[edit]bo
Descendants
[edit]- Czech: bo
References
[edit]- Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “bo”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění
Old Norse
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- bú (“Old West Norse”)
Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *būą.
Noun
[edit]bo n
- (Old East Norse) dwelling
- Late 10th century, Karlevi Runestone
Old Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bo. First attested in the first half of the 14th century.
Pronunciation
[edit]Conjunction
[edit]bo
- (attested in Greater Poland) because
- 1887, 1889 [1388], Józef Lekszycki, editor, Die ältesten großpolnischen Grodbücher, volume I, number 461, Poznań:
- Czso posual Jacub medzi mnø a medzi Bodzechnø, tho posual po prawe, bosmi tho sandzili
- [Czso pozwał Jakub miedzy mną a miedzy Bodzechną, to pozwał po prawie, bosmy to sądzili]
- c. 1301-1350, Kazania świętokrzyskie[2], Miechów, page br 10:
- Moui... pocazuiø, iz sø gresnicy ctuoracy; bo moui to slouo albo sedøcim, albo spøcim, albo lezøcim, albo uma[rłym]
- [Mowi... pokazuję, iż są grzesznicy cztwioracy; bo mowi to słowo albo siedzącym, albo śpiącym, albo leżącym, albo uma[rłym]]
- 1858 [c. 1408], Wojciech Szurkowski z Ponieca, “Wyroki sądów miejskich czyli ortyle [Urban court rulings i.e. "Ortyls"]”, in Wacław Aleksander Maciejowski, editor, Historia prawodawstw słowiańskich [History of Slavic lawmaking], volume 6, Poniec, page 71:
- Panye woyczye, yusz bo czyą [y] pytham na prawye... yesthly to szlubyenye moczno
- [Panie wojcie, już bo cię [i] pytam na prawie... jestli to ślubienie mocno]
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- Sławski, Franciszek (1958-1965) “bo”, in Jan Safarewicz, Andrzej Siudut, editors, Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), Kraków: Towarzystwo Miłośników Języka Polskiego
- Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “bo”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
- Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “bo”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
- B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “bo”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
Papiamentu
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- abo (synonym)
Etymology
[edit]From Portuguese vós and Spanish vos and Kabuverdianu bo.
Pronoun
[edit]bo
- you (second person singular)
Determiner
[edit]bo
Peranakan Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Hokkien 無/无 (bô, “not”).
Adverb
[edit]bo
- not: negation particle
Derived terms
[edit]Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Polish bo.
Pronunciation
[edit]Conjunction
[edit]bo
- because, for (by or for the cause that)
- or, or else, otherwise
- Synonyms: bo inaczej, inaczej, w przeciwnym razie, w przeciwnym wypadku
- Bo co? ― Or else what?
- Wstawaj już, bo spóźnisz się do szkoły! ― Get up now or you'll be late for school!
- because (as is known, inferred, or determined from the fact that)
- On nie jest miły, bo nie chciał dać mi swoich ciasteczek. ― He isn't nice because he didn't want to give me his cookies.
- (Middle Polish) namely
- Synonym: mianowicie
- (Middle Polish) The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
- also; even
- 1539, W. Wróbel, Żołtarz Dawidów[3], page 82/9:
- Moab y Agarenowie Gebalitowie j Amon y Amalech/ y cżudzoziemci z mieſzkaiącimi w Tirze. [...] Boy Aſſur prziſzedł ſnimi j ſtał ſie na pomoc ſinom Lotowym. [Etenim Assur venit cum illis: facti sunt in adiutorium filiis Loth]
- 1539, W. Wróbel, Żołtarz Dawidów[4], page 88/6:
- [Confitebuntur coeli mirabilia tua domine: etenim veritatem tuam in ecclesia santorum] Będą wyznawać niebioſa czuda twoie miły panie bo y prawdę twoię będę wyſlawiać w zebraniu ſwiętych.
- also; even
- (Middle Polish) The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
Particle
[edit]bo
- emphasizes the statement, usually in phrases of opposite meanings, or introduces a rhetorical question, denying its literal meaning
- (with ale) may very well, but, even though, despite
- Stary, bo stary, ale mocny. ― He very well may be old, but he's still strong.
- Trudno bo trudno, ale robi się łatwiej. ― It may very well be hard, but it's getting easier.
Declension
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Trivia
[edit]According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), bo is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 35 times in scientific texts, 5 times in news, 87 times in essays, 231 times in fiction, and 378 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 736 times, making it the 62nd most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[1]
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- bo in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- bo in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “bo”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
- “BO”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 2016 September 21
- “BO”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 2008 January 14
- Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “bo”, in Słownik języka polskiego
- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “bo”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “bo”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 178
- bo in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego
Romagnol
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Ville Unite):
Noun
[edit]bo m (plural bu) (Ville Unite)
References
[edit]- Ercolani, Libero (1971) Vocabolario Romagnolo-Italiano, Monte di Ravenna, page 51
Silesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Polish bo.
Pronunciation
[edit]Conjunction
[edit]bo
Particle
[edit]bo
- emphasizes the statement, usually in phrases of opposite meanings, or introduces a rhetorical question, denying its literal meaning
Further reading
[edit]Slovene
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]bọ̑
Spanish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Interjection
[edit]bo
Sranan Tongo
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Particle
[edit]bo
- Marker for the irrealis mood.
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]bo
Related terms
[edit]- alenbo (“rainbow”)
Swedish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Old Norse búa, from Proto-Germanic *būaną.
Verb
[edit]bo (present bor, preterite bodde, supine bott, imperative bo)
- (intransitive) live; dwell; reside; to have permanent residence
- Jag vill bo i en stor stad.
- I want to live in a big city.
- 1984, “Zwampen [Svampen] [The mushroom]”, in Lasse Åberg (lyrics), Janne Schaffer (music), Livet i regnskogarna [Life in the rainforests][5], performed by Electric Banana Band:
- Jag gillar inte höghus, sten och lättbetong. Jag trivs inte i stan, för den är grå och trång. Jag vill bo i en svamp, annars får jag kramp (svamp). Det finns hopp för min kropp i en mullig sopp (svamp). Kom ikväll, och var snäll, till min kantarell (svamp). Titta in, och ta ton, i min champinjon (svamp). Jag vill ut i skogen, i luft och rymd och ljus, och sitta framför svampen, och höra tallens sus. Jag vill bo ... [as before]. Tiderna är hårda, livet är en kamp. Det känns mycket bättre, om jag har min svamp. Jag vill bo ... [as before].
- I don't like high-rise, stone and lightweight concrete. I don't like it in the city, because it [the city] is gray and crowded [tight, cramped]. I want to live in a mushroom, otherwise I get cramps (mushroom). There is hope for my body in a chubby bolete (mushroom). Come tonight, and be nice [kind], to my chanterelle (mushroom). Stop by, and sing ["take tone" – start singing or speaking], in my champignon [common mushroom, like a button mushroom] (mushroom). I want to get out in the forest [want out in the forest], in air and space and light, and sit in front of the mushroom, and hear the sighing of the pine. I want to live ... [as before]. [The] times are hard, [the] life is a struggle. It feels much better, if I have my mushroom. I want to live ... [as before].
- 1989, Eva Dahlgren (lyrics and music), “Ängeln i rummet [The angel in the room]”[6]:
- Det bor en ängel i mitt rum. Hon har sitt bo ovanför mitt huvud. Hon gör mej lugn. Och hon viskar till mej allt det jag säger dej.
- There is an angel living in my room [it lives an angel in my room]. She has her dwelling [usually of animals, especially nests] above my head. She puts me at ease [makes me calm]. And she whispers to me all the things that [all that (which)] I say to you.
Conjugation
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
[edit]bo n
- a dwelling (of an animal), especially a bird's nest
- fågelbo
- bird’s nest
- att bygga bo
- to build a nest / to nest ("build nest" – idiomatic phrasing)
- (poetic, extended from sense 1) a home
- sätta bo
- settle down
- 1893, Elias Sehlstedt, Visa[7]:
- Litet bo jag sätta vill / Gård med trädgårdstäppa till, […]
- [a] little home I want to set out / [a] farm with [a] garden plot to it […]
Usage notes
[edit]- The use of "bo" as a shorthand for "bostad" and "boende" (housing) goes back at least to the 1920s, for example in the name of trade expos like "Bygge och Bo" (1925).
Declension
[edit]Declension of bo | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | bo | boet | bon | bona |
Genitive | bos | boets | bons | bonas |
Alternative form for the definite singular: bot/bots.
Declension of bo | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | bo | bon | bor | borna |
Genitive | bos | bons | bors | bornas |
Related terms
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- bo in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- bo in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- bo in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Tày
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA(key): [ɓɔ˧˧]
- (Trùng Khánh) IPA(key): [ɓɔ˦˥]
Noun
[edit]bo
- spathe
- bo mảy ― spathe of bamboo shoots
- bo làng ― spathe of areca palms
References
[edit]- Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary][8][9] (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
Venetian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Vulgar Latin *boem, from Latin bos, bovem.
Noun
[edit]bo m (invariable)
Vietnamese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Chemical element | |
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B | |
Previous: beri (Be) | |
Next: cacbon (C) |
Noun
[edit]bo
Etymology 2
[edit]Verb
[edit]bo
Welsh
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Verb
[edit]bo
Derived terms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
bo | fo | mo | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
West Makian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]bo
References
[edit]- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[10], Pacific linguistics
Xhosa
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]-bo
- Combining stem of bona.
Yale
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]bo
- I (first-person singular personal pronoun)
Zaghawa
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]bo
- bull
- shepherd's crook
- handle (of a tool, etc. - a stick to hold something with)
References
[edit]- Beria-English English-Beria Dictionary [provisional] ADESK, Iriba, Kobe Department, Chad
Zhuang
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Chinese 坡 (pʰuɑ).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /po˨˦/
- Tone numbers: bo1
- Hyphenation: bo
Noun
[edit]bo (Sawndip forms 𡏋 or 圤 or 坡 or 𫭝, 1957–1982 spelling bo)
Zulu
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]-bo
- Combining stem of bona.
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