bou
Afrikaans
Etymology
Verb
bou (present bou, present participle bouende, past participle gebou)
Derived terms
Aiwoo
Verb
bou
- to fear
References
- Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.
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)
Related terms
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)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “bou” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bu/
- Homophone: boue
Noun
bou m (plural bous)
Japanese
Romanization
bou
Old Occitan
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɔw/
Noun
bou m (oblique plural bous, nominative singular bous, nominative plural bou)
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)
Declension
Synonyms
Derived terms
- bouț
- boulean
- boușor
Related terms
See also
Scots
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Norse bú (“farming, a farm, farm stock”).
Noun
bou (plural bous)
Derived terms
- bouin (“lease of cattle and land”)
- bouhoose (“cattle shed”)
- bou-stane (“earthfast stone in the foundation of a building”)
Etymology 2
Noun
bou (plural bous)
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)
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)
Alternative forms
Etymology 5
Noun
bou (plural bous)
- Alternative form of bo
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bou/, [bou̯]
Noun
bou m (uncountable)
Noun
bou m (plural boues)
- boat for seine fishing, seiner