bou

See also: Bou

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch bouwen.

Verb

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

  1. build

Derived terms

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)

  1. ox

See also

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan bou, from Latin bōvem, accusative singular of bōs, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws.

Pronunciation

Noun

bou m (plural bous)

  1. ox

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

French

Etymology

From Min Nan 武夷 (Bú-î).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bu/
  • Audio(file)
  • Homophone: boue

Noun

bou m (plural bous)

  1. type of Chinese tea

Galician

Etymology

From Catalan bou, idem.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbow/

Noun

bou m (plural bous)

  1. (fishing) pair trawling
  2. (fishing) fisher-boat used for pair trawling
    Se vou a Bueu nun bou, vou. Se non vou nun bou, non vou. [sɪˈβowɐβuˈewnumˈbowˈβow sɪnʊmˈbownum'bownʊm'bow]
    [A Galician tongue-twister]: 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.

See also

References

Japanese

Romanization

bou

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ぼう

Old Occitan

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin bōvem, accusative singular of bōs.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bɔw/

Noun

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

  1. ox

Descendants

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin bōvem, accusative singular of bōs, possibly through a Vulgar Latin root *bovum. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws.

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
  • bouț
  • boulean
  • boușor

See also

Scots

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [buː]
  • (Southern Scots) IPA(key): [bʌu]
  • (North Northern Scots) IPA(key): [puː]

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 Old English boga, from Proto-Germanic *bugô.

Verb

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

  1. to bow, bend
Derived terms
Derived terms
  • beck an bou (“to bow and scrape, curry favour”)
  • bou-backit (“hump-backed”)
  • bou-end (“the first net shot after the buoy from a herring-boat”)
  • bou-hocht (“bandy-legged”)
  • boued twafauld (“bent over”)

Etymology 4

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.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bou/, [bou̯]

Noun

bou m (uncountable)

  1. seine fishing

Noun

bou m (plural boues)

  1. boat for seine fishing, seiner
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