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bou

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Afrikaans

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bœu̯/
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Verb

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

  1. to build

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Noun

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bou (uncountable)

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

Äiwoo

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bou

  1. to fear

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Aromanian

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Etymology

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

Noun

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bou m (plural boi, definite singular boulu)

  1. ox
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Catalan

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Latin bovem.

Noun

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bou m (plural bous)

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

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From Ancient Greek βόλος (bólos).

Noun

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bou m (uncountable)

  1. seine fishing
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Descendants
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  • → Galician: bou

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French

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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bou m (plural bous)

  1. type of Chinese tea

Galician

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Etymology

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From Catalan bou, idem.

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Noun

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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]
    [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.

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Japanese

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Romanization

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bou

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ぼう

Marshallese

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Noun

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bou

  1. a dragonfly

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Megleno-Romanian

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Etymology

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From Latin bovem.[1]

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bou m

  1. ox

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  • Atasanov, Petar (1990) Le mégléno-roumain de nos jours: Une approche linguistique, Hamburg: Buske
  1. ^ https://www.dex.ro/bou

Mòcheno

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Etymology

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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

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bou

  1. where

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Old Occitan

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Etymology

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From Latin bōvem, accusative singular of bōs.

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Noun

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

  1. ox

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Romanian

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Alternative forms

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

Etymology

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

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Noun

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bou m (plural boi)

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

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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative bou boul boi boii
genitive-dative bou boului boi boilor
vocative boule boilor

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Scots

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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bou (plural bous)

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

Etymology 2

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From Old Norse bógr.

Noun

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bou (plural bous)

  1. (nautical) bow

Etymology 3

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

Verb

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

  1. to bow, bend
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Etymology 4

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

Noun

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bou (plural bous)

  1. louse
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Etymology 5

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Noun

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bou (plural bous)

  1. Alternative form of bo

Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Catalan bou. Doublet of buey and bife.

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Noun

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bou m (uncountable)

  1. seine fishing

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bou m (plural boues)

  1. boat for seine fishing, seiner

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Ternate

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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bou

  1. an odor, an unpleasant smell

Verb

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bou

  1. (stative) to smell bad, to stink

Conjugation

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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

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