boga

See also: bogá, boğa, böga, Boğa, Boga, and бога

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English

Noun

boga (plural bogas)

1. Haemulon vittatum, a species of grunt.

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈbɔ.ɣə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈbɔ.ɣa]

Etymology 1

Noun

boga f (plural bogues)

1. edge, border, limit

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin bōca, from Ancient Greek βῶξ (bôx), accusative of βῶξ (bôx), a contracted form of βόαξ (bóax), from βοῦς (boûs, “ox”) + ὤψ (ṓps, “eye”).

Alternative forms

• voga

Noun

boga f (plural bogues)

1. a bogue (Boops boops), an Atlantic seabreams

Derived terms

• boga-ravell

Etymology 3

Inherited from Latin buda, a borrowing from a Berber language of North Africa.

Alternative forms

• bova

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈbɔ.ɣə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈbɔ.ɣa]

Noun

boga f (plural bogues)

1. cattail

Further reading

• “boga”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “boga”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Crimean Gothic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bugô.

Noun

boga

1. bow (weapon)
   • 1562, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, (Please provide the book title or journal name):

     Boga. Arcus.

     Bow (Latin arcus)

Finnish

Etymology

From English bogue.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈboɡɑ/, [ˈbo̞ɡɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -oɡɑ
• Syllabification^(key): bo‧ga
• Hyphenation^(key): bo‧ga

Noun

boga

1. bogue (Boops boops)

Declension

Inflection of boga (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative		boga	bogat
genitive		bogan	bogien
partitive		bogaa	bogia
illative		bogaan	bogiin
		singular	plural
nominative		boga	bogat
accusative	nom.	boga	bogat
	gen.	bogan
genitive		bogan	bogien bogain rare
partitive		bogaa	bogia
inessive		bogassa	bogissa
elative		bogasta	bogista
illative		bogaan	bogiin
adessive		bogalla	bogilla
ablative		bogalta	bogilta
allative		bogalle	bogille
essive		bogana	bogina
translative		bogaksi	bogiksi
abessive		bogatta	bogitta
instructive		—	bogin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of boga (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative bogani bogani accusative nom. bogani bogani gen. bogani genitive bogani bogieni bogaini rare partitive bogaani bogiani inessive bogassani bogissani elative bogastani bogistani illative bogaani bogiini adessive bogallani bogillani ablative bogaltani bogiltani allative bogalleni bogilleni essive boganani boginani translative bogakseni bogikseni abessive bogattani bogittani instructive — — comitative — bogineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative bogasi bogasi accusative nom. bogasi bogasi gen. bogasi genitive bogasi bogiesi bogaisi rare partitive bogaasi bogiasi inessive bogassasi bogissasi elative bogastasi bogistasi illative bogaasi bogiisi adessive bogallasi bogillasi ablative bogaltasi bogiltasi allative bogallesi bogillesi essive boganasi boginasi translative bogaksesi bogiksesi abessive bogattasi bogittasi instructive — — comitative — boginesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative bogamme bogamme accusative nom. bogamme bogamme gen. bogamme genitive bogamme bogiemme bogaimme rare partitive bogaamme bogiamme inessive bogassamme bogissamme elative bogastamme bogistamme illative bogaamme bogiimme adessive bogallamme bogillamme ablative bogaltamme bogiltamme allative bogallemme bogillemme essive boganamme boginamme translative bogaksemme bogiksemme abessive bogattamme bogittamme instructive — — comitative — boginemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative boganne boganne accusative nom. boganne boganne gen. boganne genitive boganne bogienne bogainne rare partitive bogaanne bogianne inessive bogassanne bogissanne elative bogastanne bogistanne illative bogaanne bogiinne adessive bogallanne bogillanne ablative bogaltanne bogiltanne allative bogallenne bogillenne essive bogananne boginanne translative bogaksenne bogiksenne abessive bogattanne bogittanne instructive — — comitative — boginenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative bogansa bogansa accusative nom. bogansa bogansa gen. bogansa genitive bogansa bogiensa bogainsa rare partitive bogaansa bogiaan bogiansa inessive bogassaan bogassansa bogissaan bogissansa elative bogastaan bogastansa bogistaan bogistansa illative bogaansa bogiinsa adessive bogallaan bogallansa bogillaan bogillansa ablative bogaltaan bogaltansa bogiltaan bogiltansa allative bogalleen bogallensa bogilleen bogillensa essive boganaan boganansa boginaan boginansa translative bogakseen bogaksensa bogikseen bogiksensa abessive bogattaan bogattansa bogittaan bogittansa instructive — — comitative — bogineen boginensa

Galician

Etymology 1

From Late Latin bōca, from Ancient Greek βῶκα (bôka), accusative of βῶξ (bôx), a contracted form of βόαξ (bóax), from βοῦς (boûs, “ox”) + ὤψ (ṓps, “eye”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔɣa̝/

Noun

boga m (plural bogas)

1. bogue (Boops boops)
   • 1555, Hernán Núñez, Refranes en Romance:

     A cabeça do budio, ante ti a põ, y a da boga, ante tua sogra

     The head of the wrasse she places before you, and that of the bogue, before your mother-in-law

2. northern straight-mouth nase (Pseudochondrostoma duriense)

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *baugaz (“ring”). Compare Asturian boga, Occitan bauc.

Noun

boga m (plural bogas)

1. trip hammer's clamp

References

• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “boga”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “boga”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “boga”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “boga”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔːɣa

Etymology 1

Verb

boga (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative bogaði, supine bogað)

1. to flow

Usage notes

• The verb að boga is used almost exclusively of sweat.

Conjugation

boga – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að boga
supine sagnbót		bogað
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		bogandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	boga	bogaði		bogi	bogaði
	þú	bogar	bogaðir		bogir	bogaðir
	hann, hún, það	bogar	bogaði		bogi	bogaði
plural	við	bogum	boguðum		bogum	boguðum
	þið	bogið	boguðuð		bogið	boguðuð
	þeir, þær, þau	boga	boguðu		bogi	boguðu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	boga (þú), bogaðu
plural	þið	bogið (þið), bogiði1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

Etymology 2

Noun

boga

1. inflection of bogi:
   1. indefinite accusative singular
   2. indefinite accusative plural
   3. indefinite dative singular
   4. indefinite genitive singular
   5. indefinite genitive plural

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦧꦺꦴꦒ (boga, “food”), from Old Javanese bhoga (“enjoyment, eating; any object of enjoyment, food; profit, utility, pleasure”), from Sanskrit भोग (bhoga, “eating”). Compare Malay boga (“favourite”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈboɡa]
• Hyphenation: bo‧ga

Noun

boga (plural boga-boga)

1. food

   Synonyms: makanan, masakan, hidangan, santapan

Derived terms

• berboga
• jasa boga

Further reading

• “boga”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbˠɔɡə/

Adjective

boga

1. nominative/vocative/dative/strong genitive plural of bog

Mutation

Mutated forms of boga

radical	lenition	eclipsis
boga	bhoga	mboga

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin bōca, from Ancient Greek βῶκα (bôka), from βοῦς (boûs, “ox”) + ὤψ (ṓps, “eye, view”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔ.ɡa/
• Rhymes: -ɔɡa
• Hyphenation: bò‧ga

Noun

boga f (plural boghe)

1. bogue (Boops boops)

   Synonym: vopa

2. boxfish (Ostraciidae)

Descendants

• → Tunisian Arabic: بوقة (būga, “bogue, Boops boops”)

Further reading

• boga in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• Boops boops on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it

Javanese

Romanization

boga

1. romanization of ꦧꦺꦴꦒ

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔɡa/

Noun

boga

1. inflection of bog:
   1. genitive/accusative singular
   2. nominative dual

Malay

Etymology

From Sanskrit भोग (bhoga).

Noun

boga (Jawi spelling بوݢ, plural boga-boga or boga²)

1. favourite

Further reading

• "boga" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Middle Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse bogi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈboɣə/

Noun

boga m

1. (archery) bow
2. bow, curve

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• bogatóir

Descendants

• Irish: bogha
• Manx: bow
• Scottish Gaelic: bogha

Mutation

Mutation of boga

radical	lenition	nasalization
boga	boga pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/	mboga

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Middle Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “boga”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *bogō.

Related to Old Frisian boga, Old Saxon bogo, Old Dutch *bogo, Old High German bogo, and Old Norse bogi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbo.ɡɑ/, [ˈbo.ɣɑ]
• Rhymes: -o.ɡɑ

Noun

boga m

1. bow (weapon)
   • hīe lēton gāras flēogan, bogan wǣron bisiġe ― they let arrows fly, bows were busy. (Battle of Maldon)
2. arch

Declension

Weak:

	singular	plural
nominative	boga	bogan
accusative	bogan	bogan
genitive	bogan	bogena
dative	bogan	bogum

Derived terms

• elnboga
• reġnboga
• stānboga

Related terms

• bēag
• bīeġan
• bīeġels
• bōg
• būgan
• byġe
• byht
• ġebīeġednes

Descendants

• Middle English: bowe, boue, boghe, boȝe
  • English: bow
  • Scots: bow
  • → Middle Welsh: bwa
    • Welsh: bwa
• → Welsh: bwa

Old Norse

Noun

boga

1. inflection of bogi:
   1. accusative/dative/genitive singular
   2. accusative/genitive plural

Phuthi

Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *-bonga.

Verb

-boga

1. to thank
2. to praise

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Polish

Etymology

Genitive singular of bóg.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔ.ɡa/

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Kuyavia) IPA^(key): [ˈbɔ.ɡa]

• Rhymes: -ɔɡa
• Syllabification: bo‧ga
• Homophone: Boga

Interjection

boga

1. (Kuyavia) expresses surprise or disdain; for the love of God

   Synonyms: bogać, loboga, kata, katać

Noun

boga m pers

1. genitive/accusative singular of bóg

Further reading

• Oskar Kolberg (1867), “boga”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 268

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin bōca, from Ancient Greek βῶκα (bôka), accusative of βῶξ (bôx), a contracted form of βόαξ (bóax), from βοῦς (boûs, “ox”) + ὤψ (ṓps, “eye”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔ.ɡɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔ.ɡɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔ.ɡa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔ.ɡɐ/ [ˈbɔ.ɣɐ]

• Rhymes: -ɔɡɐ
• Hyphenation: bo‧ga

Noun

boga m (plural bogas)

1. common designation, extended to different species of teleost fish from the Sparidae family of seabreams and porgies.
2. Iberian nase (Pseudochondrostoma polylepis)
3. bogue (Boops boops)
4. (Brazil) Megaleporinus conirostris (syn. Leporinus conirostris)
5. (Brazil) Schizodon fasciatus
6. (Brazil) Trichomycterus rivulatus
7. (vulgar) anus

Further reading

• “boga”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “boga”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Rohingya

Alternative forms

• 𐴁𐴡𐴒𐴝 (boga) — Hanifi Rohingya script

Noun

boga (Hanifi spelling 𐴁𐴡𐴒𐴝)

1. egret

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈboɡa/ [ˈbo.ɣ̞a]

• Audio (Spain):

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• Rhymes: -oɡa
• Syllabification: bo‧ga

Etymology 1

Inherited from Late Latin bōca, from Ancient Greek βῶκα (bôka), accusative of βῶξ (bôx), a contracted form of βόαξ (bóax), from βοῦς (boûs, “ox”) + ὤψ (ṓps, “eye”).

Noun

boga f (plural bogas)

1. any of species Leporinus obtusidens of ray-finned fish (characin)

Etymology 2

Deverbal from bogar (“to row”).

Noun

boga f (plural bogas)

1. rowing

   Synonym: remo

Noun

boga m or f by sense (plural bogas)

1. rower

   Synonyms: bogador, remero, remador

Etymology 3

Borrowed from French vogue.

Alternative forms

• voga

Noun

boga f (plural bogas)

1. vogue

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

boga

1. inflection of bogar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “boga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• en boga / en voga | FundéuRAE
• «en boga», no «en voga» | Fundéu Guzmán Ariza

Sundanese

Sundanese register set
lemes	{{{le}}}
lemes ka sorangan	gaduh
lemes ka batur	kagungan
loma	boga
cohag	{{{co}}}

Etymology

Ultimately from Sanskrit भोग (bhoga, “enjoyment, eating”). cf. Pali bhoga (“possession”).

Verb

boga (Sundanese script ᮘᮧᮌ)

1. to have; to possess or to own

   Synonyms: gaduh, kagungan

   Si Kabayan boga properti

   Kabayan has a property

Adjective

boga (Sundanese script ᮘᮧᮌ)

1. affluent; rich

   Didoakeun sing jadi jalma boga

   [I] pray that you become a rich person

Further reading

• "boga" in Maman Sumantri; Atjep Djamaludin; Achmad Patoni; R.H. Moch. Koerdie; M.O. Koesman; Epa Sjafei Adisastra. (1985), Kamus Sunda-Indonesia [Sundanese-Indonesian Dictionary] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Department of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

boga class V (plural maboga class VI)

1. pumpkin or squash

   Synonym: malenge