boga

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See also boğa, Boğa, and bȫga

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Crimean Gothic [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Proto-Germanic *bugô.

Noun [edit]

boga

  1. bow, arc
    • 1562, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq:
      Boga. Arcus.

Finnish [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From English bogue

Noun [edit]

boga

  1. bogue, Boops boops

Declension [edit]


Icelandic [edit]

Verb [edit]

boga weak verb (third person singular past indicative bogaði, supine bogað)

  1. to flow

Conjugation [edit]

Usage notes [edit]

  • The verb að boga is used almost exclusively of sweat.

Irish [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: [bˠɔɡə]

Adjective [edit]

boga

  1. Plural form of bog

Mutation [edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
boga bhoga mboga
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Italian [edit]

Noun [edit]

boga f (plural boghe)

  1. boxfish

Lower Sorbian [edit]

Noun [edit]

boga m

  1. genitive singular form of bog
  2. accusative singular form of bog
  3. nominative dual form of bog

Old English [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Proto-Germanic *bugô. Cognate with Old Frisian boga, Old Saxon bogo, Dutch boog, Old High German bogo (German Bogen), Old Norse bogi (Swedish båge).

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /ˈboɣɑ/

Noun [edit]

boga m (nominative plural bogan)

  1. Something bent or curved, especially a bow
    hie leton garas fleogan, bogan wæron bysige: they let arrows fly, bows were busy. (Battle of Maldon)

Descendants [edit]


Old Irish [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Old Norse bogi.

Noun [edit]

boga m

  1. (archery) bow
  2. bow, curve

Derived terms [edit]

Descendants [edit]


Spanish [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Latin bōca, from Ancient Greek βῶκα, accusative of βῶξ, from βοῦς (ox) + ὤψ (eye, view).

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /ˈboɡa/

Noun [edit]

boga f (plural bogas)

  1. a species of ray-finned fish, Leporinus obtusidens