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boa

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

See also:Appendix:Variations of "boa"

Translingual

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Etymology

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Abbreviation ofEnglishBora.

Symbol

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boa

(international standards)ISO 639-3 language code forBora.

English

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EnglishWikipedia has an article on:

boa

Wikipedia

Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishboa, fromLatinboa(“large snake”), a species of serpent mentioned in Pliny'sNaturalis Historia (Natural History). The scarf was named attributively, for its resemblance to the snake when worn.

Pronunciation

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(UK)IPA^(key): /ˈbəʊ.ə/,(obsolete)/bɔː/
Audio(Southern England): (file)
(US)IPA^(key): /ˈboʊ.ə/
Rhymes:-əʊə

Noun

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boa (pluralboasor(obsolete)boæ)

Any of a group of largeAmerican snakes, of the genusBoa, subfamilyBoinae, or familyBoidae, including theboa constrictor and theemperor boa of Mexico.
A type of longscarf; typically made from synthetic or realfeathers (or occasionallyfur), and usually worn by beingdraped across the shoulders with the ends hanging low, sometimes also with a loop around the neck.
- 1831,L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVIII, inRomance and Reality. […], volume I, London:Henry Colburn andRichard Bentley, […],→OCLC,page220:
  Do not take up yourboa as if it were the rope with which you meant to hang yourself; nor wrap your shawl round you as if it were your shroud.

Derived terms

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Translations

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snake

Albanian:boa (sq) m
Arabic:بُوَاء(buwāʔ)
Basque:boa (eu)
Catalan:boa (ca) f
Chamicuro:akumawa,kasesepi
Chinese:
Mandarin:蚺 (zh)(rán)
Czech:hroznýš (cs) m
Danish:boa (da) c
Dutch:boa (nl) m
Esperanto:boao
Finnish:boa (fi)(genus Boa);boakäärme (fi),jättiläiskäärme(family Boidae)
French:boa (fr) m
Galician:boa (gl) f
German:Boa (de) f
Greek:βόας (el) m(vóas)
Hindi:अजगर (hi) m(ajgar)
Ingrian:udava
Italian:boa (it) m
Japanese:ボア (ja)(boa)
Kazakh:жалғанаяқты(jalğanaäqty)
Korean:보아(boa),왕뱀(wangbaem)
Kyrgyz:боа (ky)(boa),удав (ky)(udav)
Macedonian:бо́а f(bóa),зми́ски цар m(zmíski car),у́дав m(údav)
Manx:aarnieu traastagh m
Maori:poa
Mon:ကၠန် (mnw)
Pali:ajagara m
Polish:boa (pl) m
Portuguese:jiboia (pt) f,boa (pt) f
Romanian:boa (ro)
Russian:бо́а (ru) m(bóa),уда́в (ru) m(udáv)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic:удав m
Roman:udav (sh) m
Spanish:boa (es) f
Ukrainian:уда́в m(udáv)

scarf

Afrikaans:boa
Albanian:boa (sq)
Basque:lepoko
Catalan:boà (ca) m
Danish:boa (da) c
Dutch:boa (nl) m
Finnish:höyhenhuivi,puuhka (fi)
French:boa (fr) m
Galician:boa (gl) f
Italian:boa (it) m
Polish:boa (pl) n
Russian:горже́тка (ru) f(goržétka),бо́а (ru) m(bóa)
Tuvan:богаа(bogaa)

Anagrams

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Åbo,bao,AOB,oba,Abo,ABO,BAO,a.o.b.,Oba.,OAB,Bao,abo,OBA,A/B/O

Albanian

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IPA^(key): /ˈboa/
Rhymes:-oa

Noun

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boa f (pluralboa, definiteboa, definite pluralboat)

boa (Boa)
boa mbytëse,boa shtrënguese ―Boa constrictor
boa e gomës ―Charina bottae
boa e rërës ―Eryx conicus,E. johnii

References

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FGJSSH (1980), page 159b: “bóa”
Mann (1948), page 33a: “boa, ja”
Lloshi (2010), page 39b: “boa”

Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromLatinboa(“large snake”).Doublet ofboà.

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)[ˈbɔ.ə]
IPA^(key): (Valencia)[ˈbo.a]

Noun

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boa f (pluralboes)

boa(snake)
scaly dragonfish (Stomias boa boa)
Synonym:boa marina

Derived terms

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boa constrictora

Danish

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DanishWikipedia has an article on:

boa

Wikipedia^da

Etymology

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FromLatinboa(“large snake”).

Noun

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boa c (singular definiteboaen,plural indefiniteboaer)

boa(snake)
boa(item of clothing)

Declension

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Declension ofboa
common gender	singular		plural
common gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	boa	boaen	boaer	boaerne
genitive	boas	boaens	boaers	boaernes

Synonyms

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boaslange

Derived terms

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References

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“boa” inDen Danske Ordbog

Dutch

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Dutchboa, fromLatinboa. The use for scarf is asemantic loan fromFrenchboa.

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /ˈboː.aː/
Audio: (file)
Hyphenation:boa
Rhymes:-oːaː

Noun

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boa m (pluralboa's,diminutiveboaatje n)

boa(snake of the genusBoa)
fur or plumedscarf, boa

Derived terms

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regenboogboa

Descendants

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→ Indonesian:boa

References

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van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “boa”, inEtymologiebank, Meertens Institute

Esperanto

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Etymology

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Frombo- +‎-a.

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /ˈboa/
Rhymes:-oa
Hyphenation: bo‧a

Adjective

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boa (accusative singularboan,pluralboaj,accusative pluralboajn)

Related bymarriage (rarely used;bo- is usually a prefix).

Fala

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Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /ˈboa/
Rhymes:-oa
Syllabification:bo‧a

Etymology 1

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FromOld Galician-Portuguesevoda(“wedding”), fromLatinvōta(“vows”).

Alternative forms

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boda(Lagarteiru, Valverdeñu)

Noun

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boa f (pluralboas)

(Mañegu)wedding

Etymology 2

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Borrowed fromSpanishboa, fromLatinboa.

Noun

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boa f (pluralboas)

Etymology 3

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Adjective

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boa

feminine singular ofbo(“good”)

References

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Valeš, Miroslav (2021),Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎^[2], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published2022,→ISBN, page67

Finnish

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Etymology

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FromLatinboa.

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /ˈbo.ɑ/,[ˈbo̞.ɑ̝]
IPA^(key): /ˈboː.ɑ/,[ˈbo̞ː.ɑ̝]
Rhymes:-o.ɑ
Syllabification^(key):bo‧a
Hyphenation^(key):boa

Noun

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boa

boa(snake)

Declension

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Inflection ofboa (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative		boa	boat
genitive		boan	boien
partitive		boaa	boia
illative		boaan	boiin
		singular	plural
nominative		boa	boat
accusative	nom.	boa	boat
accusative	gen.	boan	boat
genitive		boan	boien boain^rare
partitive		boaa	boia
inessive		boassa	boissa
elative		boasta	boista
illative		boaan	boiin
adessive		boalla	boilla
ablative		boalta	boilta
allative		boalle	boille
essive		boana	boina
translative		boaksi	boiksi
abessive		boatta	boitta
instructive		—	boin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms ofboa(Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		boani	boani
accusative	nom.	boani	boani
accusative	gen.	boani	boani
genitive		boani	boieni boaini^rare
partitive		boaani	boiani
inessive		boassani	boissani
elative		boastani	boistani
illative		boaani	boiini
adessive		boallani	boillani
ablative		boaltani	boiltani
allative		boalleni	boilleni
essive		boanani	boinani
translative		boakseni	boikseni
abessive		boattani	boittani
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	boineni

second-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		boasi	boasi
accusative	nom.	boasi	boasi
accusative	gen.	boasi	boasi
genitive		boasi	boiesi boaisi^rare
partitive		boaasi	boiasi
inessive		boassasi	boissasi
elative		boastasi	boistasi
illative		boaasi	boiisi
adessive		boallasi	boillasi
ablative		boaltasi	boiltasi
allative		boallesi	boillesi
essive		boanasi	boinasi
translative		boaksesi	boiksesi
abessive		boattasi	boittasi
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	boinesi

first-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		boamme	boamme
accusative	nom.	boamme	boamme
accusative	gen.	boamme	boamme
genitive		boamme	boiemme boaimme^rare
partitive		boaamme	boiamme
inessive		boassamme	boissamme
elative		boastamme	boistamme
illative		boaamme	boiimme
adessive		boallamme	boillamme
ablative		boaltamme	boiltamme
allative		boallemme	boillemme
essive		boanamme	boinamme
translative		boaksemme	boiksemme
abessive		boattamme	boittamme
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	boinemme

second-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		boanne	boanne
accusative	nom.	boanne	boanne
accusative	gen.	boanne	boanne
genitive		boanne	boienne boainne^rare
partitive		boaanne	boianne
inessive		boassanne	boissanne
elative		boastanne	boistanne
illative		boaanne	boiinne
adessive		boallanne	boillanne
ablative		boaltanne	boiltanne
allative		boallenne	boillenne
essive		boananne	boinanne
translative		boaksenne	boiksenne
abessive		boattanne	boittanne
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	boinenne

third-person possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		boansa	boansa
accusative	nom.	boansa	boansa
accusative	gen.	boansa	boansa
genitive		boansa	boiensa boainsa^rare
partitive		boaansa	boiaan boiansa
inessive		boassaan boassansa	boissaan boissansa
elative		boastaan boastansa	boistaan boistansa
illative		boaansa	boiinsa
adessive		boallaan boallansa	boillaan boillansa
ablative		boaltaan boaltansa	boiltaan boiltansa
allative		boalleen boallensa	boilleen boillensa
essive		boanaan boanansa	boinaan boinansa
translative		boakseen boaksensa	boikseen boiksensa
abessive		boattaan boattansa	boittaan boittansa
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	boineen boinensa

Derived terms

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compounds

Anagrams

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French

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Etymology

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FromLatinboa(“large snake”).

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /bɔ.a/
Audio: (file)
Audio(France (Lyon)): (file)

Noun

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boa m (pluralboas)

boa(snake)
boa(scarf)

Derived terms

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boa constricteur

Galician

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Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /ˈboa/[ˈbo.ɐ]
Rhymes:-oa
Hyphenation:bo‧a

Etymology 1

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FromLatinboa(“large snake”).

Noun

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boa f (pluralboas)

boa(snake)
boa(scarf)

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.

Adjective

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boa

feminine singular ofbo

Indonesian

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IndonesianWikipedia has an article on:

boa

Wikipedia^id

Etymology

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FromDutchboa, fromMiddle Dutchboa, fromLatinboa.

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): [ˈboa̯]
Hyphenation:boa

Noun

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boa (pluralboa-boa)

boa, snake of the genusBoa
fur or plumedscarf, boa

Italian

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Etymology

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FromLatinboa.

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /ˈbɔ.a/^[1]
Rhymes:-ɔa
Hyphenation:bò‧a

Noun

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boa m (invariable)

boa(snake)
boa(scarf)

Noun

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boa f (pluralboe)

buoy

References

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^boa inLuciano Canepari,Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Katembri

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Noun

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boa

moon

References

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Čestmír Loukotka, ‎Johannes Wilbert (editor),Classification of South American Indian Languages (1968, Los Angeles: Latin American Studies Center, University of California), page(s) 88-89

Latin

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Etymology 1

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First mentioned by Pliny, of unknown origin. Folk etymology connected it toAncient Greekβοῦς(boûs,“ox”).^[1]

Noun

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boa f (genitiveboae);first declension

A large snake native to Roman Italy.
A disease, themeasles orsmallpox.

Declension

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First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	boa	boae
genitive	boae	boārum
dative	boae	boīs
accusative	boam	boās
ablative	boā	boīs
vocative	boa	boae

Descendants

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→ Middle Dutch:boa
- Dutch:boa
  - → Indonesian:boa
→ Middle English:boa
- English:boa
→ Middle French:boa
- French:boa

Etymology 2

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Verb

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boā

second-person singular present active imperative ofboō

References

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“boa”, inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879),A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
"boa", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’sGlossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

^Douglas Harper (2001–2025), “boa”, inOnline Etymology Dictionary.

Lindu

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Noun

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boa

lie;falsehood

Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

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boa m (definite singularboaen,indefinite pluralboaer,definite pluralboaene)

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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boa m (definite singularboaen,indefinite pluralboaerorboaar,definite pluralboaeneorboaane)

Polish

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PolishWikipedia has an article on:

boa

Wikipedia^pl

boasense 1

Etymology

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Borrowed fromFrenchboa.^[1] First attested in 1836.^[2]

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /ˈbɔ.a/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes:-ɔa
Syllabification:bo‧a

Noun

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boa m animal (indeclinable)

boa(any snake of the genusBoa)
dużyboa ―a largeboa
niewielkiboa ―a smallboa
kilkumetrowyboa ―aboa a few meters long
wygłodzonyboa ―a starvingboa
wążboa ―aboa snake
cielskoboa ―aboa carcass

Derived terms

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nouns

boa dusiciel

Noun

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boa n (indeclinable)

boa(type of long scarf; typically made from synthetic or real feathers (or occasionally fur), and usually worn by being draped across the shoulders with the ends hanging low, sometimes also with a loop around the neck)
futrzaneboa ―a furryboa
pierzasteboa ―a featherboa
puchoweboa ―a downboa
wyłysiałeboa ―a featherlessboa
boa z piór ―aboa made of feathers
boa ze strusich piór ―aboa made of ostrich feathers
szal zboa ―aboa scarf
poprawiaćboa ―to fix aboa
włożyć na szyjęboa ―to wrap aboa around one's neck
owiniętyboa ―wrapped in aboa