bosi

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See also: Bosi and Bòsī

Antillean Creole[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From French bossu.

Adjective[edit]

bosi

  1. hunchbacked

Bau Bidayuh[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Malay besi, from Proto-Malayic *bəsi, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *bəsi.

Noun[edit]

bosi

  1. (physics, chemistry, metallurgy) iron (element)

Old Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Adjective[edit]

bōsi

  1. evil

Inflection[edit]

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Middle Dutch: bôse

Further reading[edit]

  • bōsi”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old High German[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *bausuz, *bausiz, *bausijaz.

Adjective[edit]

bōsi

  1. evil

Descendants[edit]

Polish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɔ.ɕi/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔɕi
  • Syllabification: bo‧si

Adjective[edit]

bosi

  1. virile nominative/vocative plural of bosy

Sranan Tongo[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From German Bussi (a colloquial word for 'kiss').

Noun[edit]

bosi

  1. kiss

Verb[edit]

bosi

  1. to kiss

Swahili[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English boss.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bosi (ma class, plural mabosi)

  1. boss

See also[edit]

Toba Batak[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Malay besi, from Proto-Malayic *bəsi, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *bəsi.

Noun[edit]

bosi (Batak spelling ᯅᯬᯘᯪ)

  1. (physics, chemistry, metallurgy) iron (element)

Volapük[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

bosi

  1. accusative singular of bos

West Makian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Postulated by Voorhoeve to have derived from earlier *obosi, from *ḋobosi, in which case cognate with Ternate hobo (swollen).

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

bosi

  1. (stative) to be swollen

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of bosi (stative verb)
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person tibosi mibosi abosi
2nd person nibosi fibosi
3rd person inanimate ibosi dibosi
animate mabosi
imperative —, bosi —, bosi

References[edit]

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[1], Pacific linguistics