boh

See also: boḥ, bóh, bøh, 'boh, and BOH

English

Alternative forms

• bo
• boo

Etymology

Imitative. See boo.

Interjection

boh

1. An exclamation used to startle or frighten.
   • 1829, Walter Scott, Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft, VI:

     We start and are afraid when we hear one cry Boh!

Anagrams

• BHO, HBO, Hob, hob

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Acehnese

Etymology

From Proto-Chamic *bɔh, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *buah, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *buah, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *buah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buaq, from Proto-Austronesian *buaq.

Noun

boh

1. fruit (part of plant)
2. fruit (food)

Classifier

boh

1. Classifier for anything generally concretely big and has volume.

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

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Bouyei

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *boːᴮ (“father”). Cognate with Thai พ่อ (pɔ̂ɔ), Northern Thai ᨻᩴ᩵ᩬ, Southern Thai ผอ, Lao ພໍ່ (phǭ), Lü ᦗᦸᧈ (poa¹), Shan ပေႃႈ (pāu), Aiton ပေႃ (pō), Ahom 𑜆𑜦𑜡 (pō) or 𑜆𑜦𑜨𑜡 (peoā), Zhuang boh, Saek ผ้อ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /po˧/

Noun

boh

1. father

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Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔ/

Interjection

boh

1. indicates disdain, contempt, contradiction or incredulity

   —Éche un gran presidente, non crees? —Boh! Que vai ser!

   —He is a great president, don't you think? —Bah! No way!

References

• Template:R:TILG
• “boh” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Italian

Alternative forms

• bo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbo/
• Rhymes: -o

Interjection

boh

1. dunno, an interjection expressing doubt or indecision

   Puoi pagare il mio biglietto? Boh, devo vedere se ho i soldi. Can you pay for my ticket? I don't know, I'll need to check if I have the money.

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Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bogъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔx/

Noun

boh m (genitive singular boha, nominative plural bohovia, genitive plural bohov, declension pattern of chlap)

1. god

Declension

Declension of boh

	singular	plural
nominative	boh	bohovia
genitive	boha	bohov
dative	bohu, bohovi	bohom
accusative	boha	bohov
vocative	bože	bohovia
locative	bohu, bohovi	bohoch
instrumental	bohom	bohmi

Derived terms

• Boh m
• bohyňa f
• božstvo n
• bôžik m

References

• “boh”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

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Zhuang

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *boːᴮ (“father”). Cognate with Thai พ่อ (pɔ̂ɔ), Northern Thai ᨻᩴ᩵ᩬ, Southern Thai ผอ, Lao ພໍ່ (phǭ), Lü ᦗᦸᧈ (poa¹), Shan ပေႃႈ (pāu), Aiton ပေႃ (pō), Ahom 𑜆𑜦𑜡 (pō) or 𑜆𑜦𑜨𑜡 (peoā), Bouyei boh, Saek ผ้อ.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /po˧/
• Tone numbers: bo⁶
• Hyphenation: boh

Noun

boh (1957–1982 spelling boƅ)

1. father

   Synonyms: (dialectal) dez, (dialectal) baz, (dialectal) baq, (dialectal) dax