bọ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bo"

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɔ˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɔ˨˩ʔ]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɔ˨˩˨]

Etymology 1

From a Sino-Tibetan language. Compare Proto-Loloish *bi/bo² (“insect”) (whence Yao'an Lolopo bber).

Noun

(classifier con) bọ • (蜅, 𧌂, 𧏳, 𧐾).

1. insect; bug
2. (Southern Vietnam) guinea pig

   Synonym: chuột lang

Derived terms

Derived terms

• bọ cánh cứng
• bọ chét
• bọ hung
• bọ ngựa
• bọ rùa
• bọ xít
• sâu bọ

 

Etymology 2

From Proto-Vietic *bɔːʔ (“father”).

Noun

bọ

1. (Nghệ An, Hà Tĩnh) father; dad

   Synonyms: ba, bố, cậu, cha, thầy, tía

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Yoruba

Alternative forms

• بوَْ

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔ̀/

Verb

bọ̀

1. (intransitive) to return, to come here, to arrive

   Synonyms: wá, dé

   àkókó ń bọ̀ tí a kò níí jẹun mọ́ ― The time is coming when we shall no longer eat

Derived terms

• bọ̀wá
• káàbọ̀ (“welcome!”)
• àbọ̀ (“arrival”)

Usage notes

• Almost always preceded by the progressive maker 'ń'

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔ̀/

Verb

bọ̀

1. (transitive) to boil

   ó bọ ẹran ― He boiled the meat

2. (intransitive) to become boiled

Derived terms

• bọ̀jinná
• ìbọ̀ (“boiling”)

 

Usage notes

• bọ when followed by a direct object or noun
• (all senses): only used in reference to leafy vegetables or meat, for other foods use sè, for water use hó.

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔ̀/

Verb

bọ̀

1. (transitive) to insert into
2. to wear or put on something

   ó bọ ṣòkòtò rẹ̀ ― He put on his pants

Derived terms

• bọbẹ́rẹ́ (“to thread a needle”)
• gbólóhùn oníbọ̀ (“complex sentence”)
• ìbọpá (“arm band”)
• ìbọ̀sẹ̀ (“socks”)
• ìbọ̀wọ́ (“glove”)

 

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔ̄/

Verb

bọ

1. (transitive, intransitive) to sacrifice, to give an offering or sacrifice

• abọmọlẹ̀
• abọ̀gún (“worshipper of Ogun”)
• abọ̀rìṣà (“orisha practitioner”)
• ẹbọ (“offering, sacrifice”)
• àbọrúbọyè
• òrìṣà àkúnlẹ̀bọ (“revered orisha, ancestor”)

 

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔ́/

Verb

bọ́

1. (intransitive) to fall, to drop, to slip off
2. (intransitive) to escape
3. to come loose
4. (euphemistic) to lose one's life, to die

   ẹ̀míi rẹ̀ẹ́ bọ́ ― She lost her life

Derived terms

• já bọ́
• abọ́máfọ̀ọ́ (“metal or plastic plate”)