bô

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bo"

Albanian

Alternative forms

• (Tosk, Standard) bërë
• (Gheg dialects) bân, bôn, bâ

Participle

bô

1. participle of bâj (Gheg active variant of Standard Albanian bëj)
2. participle of bâhna (Gheg mediopassive variant of Standard Albanian bëhem)
3. participle of bôna (Gheg aorist variant of Standard Albanian bëra)

French

Adjective

bô

1. (Internet) Alternative spelling of beau

Hokkien

For pronunciation and definitions of bô – see 無 (“to not have something; there is not ...; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 無).

Khalaj

Perso-Arabic		بوْ

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bū (“this”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bo(ˑ)], [boː], [bʊ̞(ː)], [bʊ]
• (Mansûrâbâdî) IPA^(key): [boˑ]
• (Talxâbî) IPA^(key): [bʊ̞ˑ]
• (Xaltâbâdî) IPA^(key): [boː]
• (Xarrâbî) IPA^(key): [bo(ˑ)], [boː], [bʊ̞]

Pronoun

bô (definite accusative mûnı, plural bullar)

1. this

References

• Doerfer, Gerhard (1980) Wörterbuch des Chaladsch (Dialekt von Charrab) [Khalaj dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó
• Doerfer, Gerhard (1987) Lexik und Sprachgeographie des Chaladsch [Lexicon and Language Geography of Khalaj] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, →ISBN

Macanese

Etymology

Possibly from Portuguese boa.

Adjective

bô

1. Alternative form of bôm: good

   Vai panhâ, quiança! Bô-quiança, azinha vai panhâ!

   Go get it, child! Good child, get it quick!

Usage notes

• Not very commonly used compared to bôm, except sometimes before nouns that had been feminine in Portuguese (such as quiança above), or more commonly in fixed phrases such as bô-nôte.

References

• https://belamaquista.wordpress.com/2017/06/01/quianca/

Vietnamese

Etymology

From French pot.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓo˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓow˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɓow˧˧]

Noun

(classifier cái) bô

1. a potty (children's chamberpot)

Noun

bô

1. Alternative form of pô (“exhaust pipe”)