bosi

See also: Bosi and Bòsī

Antillean Creole

Etymology

From French bossu.

Adjective

bosi

1. hunchbacked

Bau Bidayuh

Etymology

From Malay besi, from Proto-Malayic *bəsi, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *bəsi.

Noun

bosi

1. (physics, chemistry, metallurgy) iron (element)

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *bausī

Adjective

bōsi

1. evil

Inflection

Declension of bōsi (ja-stem)

strong declension
case	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
nominative	bōsi	bōsi	bōsi	bōsa, bōse
accusative	bōsen	bōsa	bōsi	bōsa, bōse
genitive	bōses	bōsero	bōses	bōsero
dative	bōsin, bōsemo	bōsero	bōsin, bōsemo	bōson
weak declension
case	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
nominative	bōso	bōsa	bōsa	bōson
accusative	bōson	bōson	bōsa	bōson
genitive	bōsin	bōson	bōsin	bōsono
dative	bōsin	bōson	bōsin	bōson

Derived terms

• gibōsi

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: bôse
  • Dutch: boos
    • Afrikaans: boos

Further reading

• “bōsi”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old High German

Alternative forms

• pōsi

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *bausī

Adjective

bōsi

1. evil

Descendants

• Middle High German: bōse
  • Alemannic German: bös
    • Swabian: béés, béas
  • Bavarian: bees
    • Cimbrian: pöoze
  • German: böse
  • Luxembourgish: béis
  • Yiddish: בייז (beyz)

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔ.ɕi/

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• Rhymes: -ɔɕi
• Syllabification: bo‧si

Adjective

bosi

1. virile nominative/vocative plural of bosy

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English buss, of uncertain origin. Compare southern German Bussi which may or may not be related.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bosi/, [bʊ̞si], [bɔ̝si]

Noun

bosi

1. kiss

Verb

bosi

1. to kiss

Descendants

• Aukan: bosi
• Saramaccan: bósi

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from English boss.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

bosi class V (plural mabosi class VI)

1. boss

See also

• bwana

Toba Batak

Alternative forms

• ᯅᯬᯘᯪ

Etymology

From Malay besi, from Proto-Malayic *bəsi, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *bəsi.

Noun

bosi (Batak spelling ᯅᯬᯘᯪ)

1. (physics, chemistry, metallurgy) iron (element)

Volapük

Pronoun

bosi

1. accusative singular of bos

West Makian

Etymology

Postulated by Voorhoeve to have derived from earlier *obosi, from *ḋobosi, in which case cognate with Ternate hobo (“swollen”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbo.s̪i/

Verb

bosi

1. (stative) to be swollen

Conjugation

Conjugation of bosi (stative verb)

		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		tibosi	mibosi	abosi
2nd person		nibosi	fibosi
3rd person	inanimate	ibosi	dibosi
	animate	mabosi
imperative		—, bosi	—, bosi

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982), The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[2], Pacific linguistics