bou

See also: Bou

Afrikaans

Etymology

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From Dutch bouwen.

Verb

bou (present bou, present participle bouende, past participle gebou)

1. build

Derived terms

• bouer
• gebou

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Aiwoo

Verb

bou

1. to fear

References

• . Cited in: "Äiwoo" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.

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Aromanian

Etymology

From Latin bōvem, accusative singular of bōs, possibly through a Vulgar Latin root *bovum. Compare Daco-Romanian bou.

Noun

bou m (plural boi)

1. ox

Related terms

• buin
• buits / buici
• buyear

See also

• tavru
• vacã

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Catalan

Etymology

From , from Latin bōvem, accusative singular of bōs, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈbɔw]
• Rhymes: -ɔw

Noun

bou m (plural bous)

1. ox

Derived terms

• ull de bou

Descendants

• Galician: bou

Further reading

• “bou” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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French

Etymology

From Min Nan 武夷 (Bú-î).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bu/

• Audio:

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• Homophone: boue

Noun

bou m (plural bous)

1. type of Chinese tea

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Galician

Etymology

From Catalan bou, idem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbow/

Noun

bou m (plural bous)

1. (fishing) pair trawling
2. (fishing) fisher-boat used for pair trawling

   Se vou a Bueu nun bou, vou. Se non vou nun bou, non vou. [sɪˈβowɐβuˈewnumˈbowˈβow sɪnʊmˈbownum'bownʊm'bow]

   [A Galician tongue-twister]: If I'll go to Bueu in a bou, I'll go; but if I won't go in a bou, I won't go.

See also

• Pair trawling on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• bou (pesca) on the Catalan Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ca

References

• Template:R:DDLG
• Template:R:TILG
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “bou”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Japanese

Romanization

bou

1. Rōmaji transcription of ぼう

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Marshallese

Alternative forms

• boub
• bouk

Pronunciation

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [pˠou]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /pˠewiw/
• Bender phonemes: {bȩwiw}

Noun

bou

1. a dragonfly

References

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

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Old Occitan

Alternative forms

• bueu

Etymology

From Latin bōvem, accusative singular of bōs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔw/

Noun

bou m (oblique plural bous, nominative singular bous, nominative plural bou)

1. ox

Descendants

• Catalan: bou
• Occitan: buòu

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Romanian

Etymology

From Latin bōvem, accusative singular of bōs, possibly through a Vulgar Latin root *bovum. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws.

Noun

bou m (plural boi)

1. ox
2. (colloquial) idiot

   Synonyms: idiot, tâmpit, prost

Declension

Declension of bou

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) bou	boul	(niște) boi	boii
genitive/dative	(unui) bou	boului	(unor) boi	boilor
vocative	boule		boilor

Derived terms

• bouț
• boulean
• boușor

Related terms

• boar
• bovin

See also

• vacă
• taur
• vițel

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Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [buː]
• (Southern Scots) IPA^(key): [bʌu]
• (North Northern Scots) IPA^(key): [puː]

Etymology 1

From Old Norse bú (“farming, a farm, farm stock”).

Noun

bou (plural bous)

1. (agriculture) stock or herd of cattle; farmhouse, village

Derived terms

Derived terms

• bouin (“lease of cattle and land”)
• bouhoose (“cattle shed”)

• bou-stane (“earthfast stone in the foundation of a building”)

Etymology 2

From Old Norse bógr.

Noun

bou (plural bous)

1. (nautical) bow

Etymology 3

From Old English boga, from Proto-Germanic *bugô.

Verb

bou (third-person singular simple present bous, present participle bouin, simple past boued, past participle boued)

1. to bow, bend

Derived terms

Derived terms

• beck an bou (“to bow and scrape, curry favour”)
• bou-backit (“hump-backed”)
• bou-end (“the first net shot after the buoy from a herring-boat”)

• bou-hocht (“bandy-legged”)
• boued twafauld (“bent over”)

Etymology 4

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

bou (plural bous)

1. louse

Alternative forms

• bo

Etymology 5

Noun

bou (plural bous)

1. Alternative form of bo

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan bou.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbou/ [ˈbou̯]

Noun

bou m (uncountable)

1. seine fishing

Noun

bou m (plural boues)

1. boat for seine fishing, seiner