boh

See also: boḥ, bóh, bøh, 'boh, and BOH

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Imitative. See boo.

Interjection

boh

  1. An exclamation used to startle or frighten.
    • 1829, Walter Scott, Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft, VI:
      We start and are afraid when we hear one cry Boh!

Anagrams


Acehnese

Etymology

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

Noun

boh

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

Classifier

boh

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

References


Bouyei

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *boːᴮ (father). Cognate with Thai พ่อ (pɔ̂ɔ), Northern Thai ᨻᩴ᩵ᩬ, Lao ພໍ່ (phǭ), ᦗᦸᧈ (poa1), Shan ပေႃႈ (pōa), Ahom 𑜆𑜦𑜡 (poo) or 𑜆𑜦𑜨𑜡 (peoaa), Zhuang boh or box.

Noun

boh

  1. father

Galician

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɔ/

Interjection

boh

  1. indicates disdain, contempt, contradiction or incredulity
    —Éche un gran presidente. —Boh! Que vai ser!
    —He is a great president, you know? —Bah! No way!

References


Italian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbo/
  • Rhymes: -o

Interjection

boh

  1. dunno, an interjection expressing doubt or indecision
    Puoi pagare il mio biglietto? Boh, devo vedere se ho i soldi. Can you pay for my ticket? I don't know, I'll need to check if I have the money.

Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bogъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɔx/

Noun

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

  1. god

Declension

Derived terms

References

  • boh in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Zhuang

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *boːᴮ (father). Cognate with Thai พ่อ (pɔ̂ɔ), Northern Thai ᨻᩴ᩵ᩬ, Lao ພໍ່ (phǭ), ᦗᦸᧈ (poa1), Shan ပေႃႈ (pōa), Ahom 𑜆𑜦𑜡 (poo) or 𑜆𑜦𑜨𑜡 (peoaa), Bouyei boh.

Pronunciation

Noun

boh (old orthography boƅ, Sawndip forms 𠇑, , , , , 𭶺)

  1. father
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