bou

See also Bou

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch bouwen.

Verb

bou (past participle gebou)

1. build

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Aromanian

Etymology

From Latin bōs, bovem. Compare Daco-Romanian bou.

Noun

bou m

1. ox

See also

• tavru
• vacã

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin bōs, bovem.

Noun

bou m (plural bous)

1. ox

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /bu/

Etymology

From Mandarin.

Noun

bou m (plural bous)

1. type of Chinese tea

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Old Provençal

Etymology

From Latin bos, bovem.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /bɔw/

Noun

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

1. ox

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Romanian

Etymology

From Latin bōs, bovem, possibly through a popular root *bovum. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws.

Noun

bou m (plural boi)

1. ox

Declension

declension of bou

	singular		plural
gender m	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	un bou	boul	niște boi	boii
genitive/dative	unui bou	boului	unor boi	boilor

Related terms

• boar

See also

• vacă
• taur
• vițel

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Scots

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: [bu:]
• (Southern Scots) IPA: [bʌu]

Noun

bou (plural bous)

1. (agriculture) stock or herd of cattle; farmhouse, village

Derived terms

Derived terms

bouin (“lease of cattle and land”) bouhoose (“cattle shed”)

bou-stane (“earthfast stone in the foundation of a building”)

Etymology 2

From Old Norse bógr.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [bu:]
• (Southern Scots) IPA: [bʌu]
• (North Northern Scots) IPA: [pu:]

Noun

bou (plural bous)

1. (nautical) bow

Etymology 3

From Old English boga, from Proto-Germanic *bugô.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [bu:]
• (Southern Scots) IPA: [bʌu]
• (North Northern Scots) IPA: [pu:]

Verb

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

1. to bow, bend

Derived terms

Derived terms

beck an bou (“to bow and scrape, curry favour”) bou-backit (“hump-backed”) bou-end (“the first net shot after the buoy from a herring-boat”)

bou-hocht (“bandy-legged”) boued twafauld (“bent over”)

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• IPA: [bu:]

Noun

bou (plural bous)

1. louse

Alternative forms

• bo

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

• IPA: [bu:]

Noun

bou (plural bous)

1. Alternative form of bo.