bò

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bo"

Emilian

Alternative forms

• bå (Bolognese)

Noun

bò m (plural bō)

1. (Carpi) cattle

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Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French bord.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔ/

Noun

bò

1. side

Preposition

bò

1. by, alongside, near, next to

Derived terms

• kibò

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Mandarin

Romanization

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Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• bó

Etymology

From Old Irish bó, from Proto-Celtic *bāus, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poː/

Noun

bò f (genitive singular bà, plural bà)

1. cow

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bò	bà
Genitive	bà	bò
Dative	boin / bò	bà
Vocative	bhò	bhà

Synonyms

• mart

Derived terms

• bò mhaol odhar agus bò odhar mhaol
• math na bà

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “bò”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bó”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɔ˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɔ˦˩]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɔ˨˩]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *bɔː (“zebu; bovine”).

Noun

(classifier con) bò • (圃, 䊇, 𤙭, 𤞨, 𩟢)

1. a Southern Yellow zebu, as opposed to a trâu (“water buffalo”)

   trâu bò

   water buffaloes and Southern Yellow zebus

   nuôi bò

   to keep Southern Yellow zebus

   chăn bò

   to tend/graze Southern Yellow zebus

   thịt bò

   Southern Yellow beef

2. (by extension) a bovine, typically with horns that do not curve like those of a water buffalo

   bò sữa

   a dairy bovine/cow

3. (informal) a unit for measuring a volume of grain equivalent to the capacity of an empty condensed milk can

   Vay vài bò gạo.

   Lend me some condensed milk cans' worth of rice.

   Synonyms: ống bơ, bơ

Derived terms

Derived terms

• bánh bò
• bò cụng
• bò húc
• bò rừng
• bò sữa
• bò tót

 

Related terms

• bê
• ụm bò

Etymology 2

From Proto-Vietic *bɔː (“to crawl; to drag”).

Verb

bò • (爬, 蜅, 𨁏, 𨄳, 𨆶)

1. to creep; to crawl (move slowly with the abdomen close to the ground)

   rắn bò

   a snake crawls

   lổm ngổm như cua bò

   to swagger as a crab crawls

2. (botany) to creep (to grow across a surface rather than upwards); to climb (to grow upwards by clinging to something)

   Mướp bò lên giàn.

   The loofah climbed the frame.

3. to slowly climb

   Chiếc xe bò lên dốc.

   The car climbed up the hill.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• bò sát
• bò trườn

 

References

"bò" in Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)