bou
( international standards ) ISO 639-3 language code forBondei . FromDutch bouwen , fromMiddle Dutch bouwen , fromOld Dutch buwan , fromProto-Germanic *būaną .
bou (present bou ,present participle bouende ,past participle gebou )
tobuild bou (uncountable )
building ,construction ( activity of building ) structure bou
tofear Ross, M. & Næss, Å. (2007 ), “An Oceanic origin for Äiwoo, the language of the Reef Islands?”, inOceanic Linguistics , volume46 , number 2 . Cited in: "Äiwoo " in Greenhill, S.J.,Blust, R. , &Gray, R.D. (2008).The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics .Evolutionary Bioinformatics , 4:271–283.FromLatin bōvem , accusative singular ofbōs , possibly through aVulgar Latin root*bovum . Compare Daco-Romanian bou .
bou m (plural boi ,definite singular boulu )
ox Inherited fromLatin bovem .
bou m (plural bous )
ox bullock ,steer theedible crab (Cancer pagurus )Synonym: bou de mar FromAncient Greek βόλος ( bólos ) .
bou m (uncountable )
seine fishingFromHokkien 武夷 ( Bú-î ) . CompareEnglish bohea .
bou m (plural bous )
bohea ( type ofChinese tea fromFujian ) Douglas, Carstairs (1873 ), “bú-î”, inChinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, With the Principal Variations of the Chang-chew and Chin-chew Dialects. (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co.,page162 ;New Edition, With Corrections by the Author. ,Thomas Barclay ,Lîm Iàn-sîn 林燕臣 , London: Publishing Office of the Presbyterian Church of England,1899 ,page162 FromCatalan bou , idem.
bou m (plural bous )
( fishing ) pair trawling ( fishing ) trawler used for pair trawlingSe vou a Bueu nunbou , vou. Se non vou nunbou , non vou. [sɪˈβowɐβuˈewnumˈbowˈβow sɪnʊmˈbownum'bownʊm'bow] [A Galician tongue-twister]: If I'll go to Bueu in abou , I'll go; but if I won't go in abou , I won't go. Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández , editor (2006–2013 ), “bou ”, inDicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language ] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández ,Ernesto Xosé González Seoane ,María Álvarez de la Granja , editors (2003–2018 ), “bou ”, inTesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco , editor (2014–2024 ), “bou ”, inTesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega ,→ISSN bou
Rōmaji transcription ofぼう bou
adragonfly FromLatin bovem .[ 1]
bou m
ox Atasanov, Petar (1990 ),Le mégléno-roumain de nos jours: Une approche linguistique , Hamburg: Buske IPA (key ) : ( before 13th CE ) /ˈbou̯/ bou m or n
alternative form ofbū Declension ofbou (strong masculine without umlaut )
Declension ofbou (strong neuter with null plural )
FromMiddle High German wō ,wā ,wār , fromOld High German hwār , fromProto-West Germanic *hwār , fromProto-Germanic *hwar ( “ where ” ) . Cognate withGerman wo ,English where .
bou
where FromLatin bōvem , accusative singular ofbōs .
bou m (oblique plural bous ,nominative singular bous ,nominative plural bou )
ox bou
tobark Perangin Angin, Dalan Mehuli (2023 ),Kamus Pagu-Indonesia-Inggris , Jakarta: Penerbit BRIN Inherited fromLatin bōvem , accusative singular ofbōs , possibly through aVulgar Latin root*bovum . CompareAromanian bou .
bou m (plural boi )
ox ( colloquial ) idiot Synonyms: idiot ,tâmpit ,prost FromOld Norse bú ( “ farming, a farm, farm stock ” ) .
bou (plural bous )
( agriculture ) stock orherd of cattle;farmhouse ,village bou-stane ( “ earthfast stone in the foundation of a building ” ) bouhoose ( “ cattle shed ” ) bouin ( “ lease of cattle and land ” ) FromOld Norse bógr .
bou (plural bous )
( nautical ) bow FromMiddle English bowe , fromOld English boga , fromProto-West Germanic *bogō .
bou (third-person singular simple present bous ,present participle bouin ,simple past and past participle boued )
tobow ,bend (Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium .)
bou (plural bous )
louse bou (plural bous )
alternative form ofbo Borrowed fromCatalan bou .Doublet ofbuey andbife .
IPA (key ) : /ˈbou/ [ˈbou̯] Rhymes:-ou Syllabification:bou bou m (uncountable )
seine fishing bou m (plural boues )
boat for seine fishing,seiner Likely to ultimately be fromProto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian [Term?] , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahu ,*bahuq ; compareProto-Oceanic *bou ( “ smell, odor ” ) .
bou
anodor , anunpleasant smell bou
( stative ) tosmell bad , tostink Rika Hayami-Allen (2001 ),A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia , University of Pittsburgh