boa

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See also: Boa, boà, bõa, and bō-á

English[edit]

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Boa constrictor
Feather boa

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English boa, from Latin boa (“large snake”), a species of serpent mentioned in Pliny's Naturalis Historia (Natural History). The scarf was named attributively, for its resemblance to the snake when worn.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbəʊ.ə/, (obsolete) /bɔː/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈboʊ.ə/
  • Rhymes: -əʊə

Noun[edit]

boa (plural boas)

  1. Any of a group of large American snakes, of the genus Boa, subfamily Boinae, or family Boidae, including the boa constrictor and the emperor boa of Mexico.
  2. (plural "boas") A type of long scarf; typically made from synthetic or real feathers (or occasionally fur), and usually worn by being draped across the shoulders with the ends hanging low, sometimes also with a loop around the neck.

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Catalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin boa (“large snake”). Doublet of boà.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

boa f (plural boes)

  1. boa (snake)
  2. scaly dragonfish (Stomias boa boa)
    Synonym: boa marina

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Danish[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Latin boa (“large snake”).

Noun[edit]

boa c (singular definite boaen, plural indefinite boaer)

  1. boa (snake)
  2. boa (item of clothing)

Declension[edit]

Declension of boa
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative boa boaen boaer boaerne
genitive boas boaens boaers boaernes

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Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Dutch boa, from Latin boa. The use for scarf derived from French boa.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

boa m (plural boa's, diminutive boaatje n)

  1. boa, snake of the genus Boa
  2. fur or plumed scarf, boa

Descendants[edit]

  • → Indonesian: boa

Esperanto[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From bo- +‎ -a.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈboa]
  • Rhymes: -oa
  • Hyphenation: bo‧a

Adjective[edit]

boa (accusative singular boan, plural boaj, accusative plural boajn)

  1. Related by marriage (rarely used; bo- is usually a prefix).

Fala[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Galician-Portuguese voda (“wedding”), from Latin vōta (“vows”).

Alternative forms[edit]

  • boda (Lagarteiru, Valverdeñu)

Noun[edit]

boa f (plural boas)

  1. (Mañegu) wedding

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish boa, from Latin boa.

Noun[edit]

boa f (plural boas)

  1. boa

Etymology 3[edit]

Adjective[edit]

boa

  1. feminine singular of bo (“good”)

References[edit]

  • Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu [Fala Dictionary]‎[2], CIDLeS, →ISBN, page 67

Finnish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin boa.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈbo.ɑ/, [ˈbo̞.ɑ̝]
  • IPA(key): /ˈboːɑ/, [ˈbo̞ːɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -o.ɑ
  • Syllabification(key): bo‧a

Noun[edit]

boa

  1. boa (snake)

Declension[edit]

Inflection of boa (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative boa boat
genitive boan boien
partitive boaa boia
illative boaan boiin
singular plural
nominative boa boat
accusative nom. boa boat
gen. boan
genitive boan boien
boainrare
partitive boaa boia
inessive boassa boissa
elative boasta boista
illative boaan boiin
adessive boalla boilla
ablative boalta boilta
allative boalle boille
essive boana boina
translative boaksi boiksi
instructive — boin
abessive boatta boitta
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of boa (type koira)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative boani boani
accusative nom. boani boani
gen. boani
genitive boani boieni
boainirare
partitive boaani boiani
inessive boassani boissani
elative boastani boistani
illative boaani boiini
adessive boallani boillani
ablative boaltani boiltani
allative boalleni boilleni
essive boanani boinani
translative boakseni boikseni
instructive — —
abessive boattani boittani
comitative — boineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative boasi boasi
accusative nom. boasi boasi
gen. boasi
genitive boasi boiesi
boaisirare
partitive boaasi boiasi
inessive boassasi boissasi
elative boastasi boistasi
illative boaasi boiisi
adessive boallasi boillasi
ablative boaltasi boiltasi
allative boallesi boillesi
essive boanasi boinasi
translative boaksesi boiksesi
instructive — —
abessive boattasi boittasi
comitative — boinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative boamme boamme
accusative nom. boamme boamme
gen. boamme
genitive boamme boiemme
boaimmerare
partitive boaamme boiamme
inessive boassamme boissamme
elative boastamme boistamme
illative boaamme boiimme
adessive boallamme boillamme
ablative boaltamme boiltamme
allative boallemme boillemme
essive boanamme boinamme
translative boaksemme boiksemme
instructive — —
abessive boattamme boittamme
comitative — boinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative boanne boanne
accusative nom. boanne boanne
gen. boanne
genitive boanne boienne
boainnerare
partitive boaanne boianne
inessive boassanne boissanne
elative boastanne boistanne
illative boaanne boiinne
adessive boallanne boillanne
ablative boaltanne boiltanne
allative boallenne boillenne
essive boananne boinanne
translative boaksenne boiksenne
instructive — —
abessive boattanne boittanne
comitative — boinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative boansa boansa
accusative nom. boansa boansa
gen. boansa
genitive boansa boiensa
boainsarare
partitive boaansa boiaan
boiansa
inessive boassaan
boassansa 		boissaan
boissansa
elative boastaan
boastansa 		boistaan
boistansa
illative boaansa boiinsa
adessive boallaan
boallansa 		boillaan
boillansa
ablative boaltaan
boaltansa 		boiltaan
boiltansa
allative boalleen
boallensa 		boilleen
boillensa
essive boanaan
boanansa 		boinaan
boinansa
translative boakseen
boaksensa 		boikseen
boiksensa
instructive — —
abessive boattaan
boattansa 		boittaan
boittansa
comitative — boineen
boinensa

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin boa (“large snake”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

boa m (plural boas)

  1. boa (snake)
  2. boa (scarf)

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Further reading[edit]

Galician[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Latin boa (“large snake”).

Noun[edit]

boa f (plural boas)

  1. boa (snake)
  2. boa (scarf)

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective[edit]

boa

  1. feminine singular of bo

Further reading[edit]

Indonesian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Dutch boa, from Middle Dutch boa, from Latin boa.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈboa̯]
  • Hyphenation: boa

Noun[edit]

boa (first-person possessive boaku, second-person possessive boamu, third-person possessive boanya)

  1. boa, snake of the genus Boa
  2. fur or plumed scarf, boa

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Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin boa.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɔ.a/
  • Rhymes: -ɔa
  • Hyphenation: bò‧a

Noun[edit]

boa m (invariable)

  1. boa (snake)
  2. boa (scarf)

Noun[edit]

boa f (plural boe)

  1. buoy

Katembri[edit]

Noun[edit]

boa

  1. moon

References[edit]

  • Čestmír Loukotka, ‎Johannes Wilbert (editor), Classification of South American Indian Languages (1968, Los Angeles: Latin American Studies Center, University of California), page(s) 88-89

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

First mentioned by Pliny, of unknown origin. Folk etymology connected it to Ancient Greek βοῦς (boûs, “ox”).[1]

Noun[edit]

boa f (genitive boae); first declension

  1. A large snake native to Roman Italy.
  2. A disease, the measles or smallpox.

Declension[edit]

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative boa boae
Genitive boae boārum
Dative boae boīs
Accusative boam boās
Ablative boā boīs
Vocative boa boae

Verb[edit]

boā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of boō

References[edit]

  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “boa”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Lindu[edit]

Noun[edit]

boa

  1. lie; falsehood

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Noun[edit]

boa m (definite singular boaen, indefinite plural boaer, definite plural boaene)

  1. boa

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Noun[edit]

boa m (definite singular boaen, indefinite plural boaer or boaar, definite plural boaene or boaane)

  1. boa

Polish[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French boa, from Latin boa.[1] First attested in 1836.[2]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

boa m anim (indeclinable)

  1. boa (snake)
    duży boa ― a large boa
    niewielki boa ― a small boa
    kilkumetrowy boa ― a boa a few meters long
    wygłodzony boa ― a starving boa
    wąż boa ― a boa snake
    cielsko boa ― a boa carcass

Noun[edit]

boa n (indeclinable)

  1. boa
    futrzane boa ― a furry boa
    pierzaste boa ― a feather boa
    puchowe boa ― a down boa
    wyłysiałe boa ― a featherless boa
    boa z piór ― a boa made of feathers
    boa ze strusich piór ― a boa made of ostrich feathers
    szal z boa ― a scarf and boa
    poprawiać boa ― a to fix a boa
    włożyć na szyję boa ― to wrap a boa around one's neck
    owinięty boa ― wrapped in a boa

Derived terms[edit]

noun

References[edit]

  1. ^ Mirosław Bańko; Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. ^ Kurjer Warszawski‎[1], issue R.16, nr 328, 1836, page 1612

Further reading[edit]

  • boa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • boa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

 

  • Hyphenation: bo‧a

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Galician-Portuguese bõa, from Latin bona, feminine of bonus (“good”). Cognate with Galician boa.

Adjective[edit]

boa

  1. feminine singular of bom
Derived terms[edit]

Noun[edit]

boa f (plural boas)

  1. an interesting story, joke or news

Interjection[edit]

boa!

  1. good one!, well done!, all right! (expresses approval, applause or admiration)

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from New Latin Boa, from Latin boa (“large Italian snake species”).

Noun[edit]

boa f (plural boas)

  1. boa (any snake of the Boa genus)
    Synonym: jiboia

Further reading[edit]

  • “boa” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French boa.

Noun[edit]

boa m (uncountable)

  1. boa constrictor

Declension[edit]

declension of boa (singular only)
singular
m gender indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) boa boaul
genitive/dative (unui) boa boaului
vocative boaule

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin boa.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈboa/ [ˈbo.a]
  • Audio (Spain)(file)
  • Rhymes: -oa
  • Syllabification: bo‧a

Noun[edit]

boa f (plural boas)

  1. boa (snake)
  2. boa (scarf made from feathers)

Further reading[edit]

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin boa.

Noun[edit]

boa c

  1. boa (snake)
  2. boa (scarf)

Declension[edit]

Declension of boa 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative boa boan boor boorna
Genitive boas boans boors boornas

Vietnamese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From French pourboire (“tip”, literally “for-drink”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

boa

  1. to leave a tip; to give gratuity
    tiền boa ― a tip

Anagrams[edit]

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