boa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "boa"

Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of English Bora.

Symbol

boa

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Bora.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Bora terms

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:

boa

Wikipedia

Etymology

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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbəʊ.ə/, (obsolete) /bɔː/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈboʊ.ə/
• Rhymes: -əʊə

Noun

boa (plural boas or (obsolete) boæ)

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. 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.
   • 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVIII, in Romance and Reality. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 220:

     Do not take up your boa as if it were the rope with which you meant to hang yourself; nor wrap your shawl round you as if it were your shroud.

Derived terms

• banana boa
• boaed
• emerald tree boa
• feather boa
• northern eyelash boa
• rainbow boa
• rosy boa
• rubber boa
• sand boa
• tree boa
• water boa

Translations

snake

Albanian: boa (sq) m Arabic: بُوَاء (buwāʔ) Basque: boa (eu) Catalan: boa (ca) f Chamicuro: akumawa, kasesepi Chinese: Mandarin: 蚺 (zh) (rán) Czech: hroznýš (cs) m Danish: boa (da) c Dutch: boa (nl) m Esperanto: boao Finnish: boa (fi) (genus Boa); boakäärme (fi), jättiläiskäärme (family Boidae) French: boa (fr) m Galician: boa (gl) f German: Boa (de) f Greek: βόας (el) m (vóas) Hindi: अजगर (hi) m (ajgar) Ingrian: udava Italian: boa (it) m Japanese: ボア (ja) (boa) Kazakh: жалғанаяқты (jalğanaäqty) Korean: 보아 (boa), 왕뱀 (wangbaem) Kyrgyz: боа (ky) (boa), удав (ky) (udav) Macedonian: бо́а f (bóa), зми́ски цар m (zmíski car), у́дав m (údav) Manx: aarnieu traastagh m Maori: poa Mon: ကၠန် (mnw) Pali: ajagara m Polish: boa (pl) m Portuguese: jiboia (pt) f, boa (pt) f Romanian: boa (ro) Russian: бо́а (ru) m (bóa), уда́в (ru) m (udáv) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: удав m Roman: udav (sh) m Spanish: boa (es) f Ukrainian: уда́в m (udáv)

scarf

Afrikaans: boa Albanian: boa (sq) Basque: lepoko Catalan: boà (ca) m Danish: boa (da) c Dutch: boa (nl) m Finnish: höyhenhuivi, puuhka (fi) French: boa (fr) m Galician: boa (gl) f Italian: boa (it) m Polish: boa (pl) n Russian: горже́тка (ru) f (goržétka), бо́а (ru) m (bóa) Tuvan: богаа (bogaa)

See also

• Boidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Boa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Anagrams

• Åbo, bao, AOB, oba, Abo, ABO, BAO, a.o.b., Oba., OAB, Bao, abo, OBA, A/B/O

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈbɔ.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈbo.a]

Noun

boa f (plural boes)

1. boa (snake)
2. scaly dragonfish (Stomias boa boa)

   Synonym: boa marina

Derived terms

• boa constrictora

Further reading

• “boa”, 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
• “boa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “boa” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “boa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Danish

Danish Wikipedia has an article on:

boa

Wikipedia ^da

Etymology

From Latin boa (“large snake”).

Noun

boa c (singular definite boaen, plural indefinite boaer)

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

Declension

Declension of boa

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	boa	boaen	boaer	boaerne
genitive	boas	boaens	boaers	boaernes

Synonyms

• boaslange

Derived terms

• boaslange
• fjerboa
• kongeboa

References

• “boa” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈboː.aː/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: boa
• Rhymes: -oːaː

Noun

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

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

Descendants

• → Indonesian: boa

Esperanto

Etymology

From bo- +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈboa/
• Rhymes: -oa
• Hyphenation: bo‧a

Adjective

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

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

Fala

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈboa/
• Rhymes: -oa
• Syllabification: bo‧a

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• boda (Lagarteiru, Valverdeñu)

Noun

boa f (plural boas)

1. (Mañegu) wedding

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish boa, from Latin boa.

Noun

boa f (plural boas)

1. boa

Etymology 3

Adjective

boa

1. feminine singular of bo (“good”)

References

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021), Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎, 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Finnish

Etymology

From Latin boa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbo.ɑ/, [ˈbo̞.ɑ̝]
• IPA^(key): /ˈboː.ɑ/, [ˈbo̞ː.ɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -o.ɑ
• Syllabification^(key): bo‧a
• Hyphenation^(key): boa

Noun

boa

1. boa (snake)

Declension

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 boain rare
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
abessive		boatta	boitta
instructive		—	boin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

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

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative boani boani accusative nom. boani boani gen. boani genitive boani boieni boaini rare 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 abessive boattani boittani instructive — — comitative — boineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative boasi boasi accusative nom. boasi boasi gen. boasi genitive boasi boiesi boaisi rare 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 abessive boattasi boittasi instructive — — comitative — boinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative boamme boamme accusative nom. boamme boamme gen. boamme genitive boamme boiemme boaimme rare 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 abessive boattamme boittamme instructive — — comitative — boinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative boanne boanne accusative nom. boanne boanne gen. boanne genitive boanne boienne boainne rare 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 abessive boattanne boittanne instructive — — comitative — boinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative boansa boansa accusative nom. boansa boansa gen. boansa genitive boansa boiensa boainsa rare 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 abessive boattaan boattansa boittaan boittansa instructive — — comitative — boineen boinensa

Derived terms

compounds

• boakäärme
• kuningasboa
• smaragdipuuboa

Further reading

• “boa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

Anagrams

• abo

French

Etymology

From Latin boa (“large snake”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔ.a/

• Audio:

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• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Noun

boa m (plural boas)

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

Derived terms

• boa constricteur

Further reading

• “boa”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈboa/ [ˈbo.ɐ]
• Rhymes: -oa
• Hyphenation: bo‧a

Etymology 1

From Latin boa (“large snake”).

Noun

boa f (plural boas)

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

boa

1. feminine singular of bo

Further reading

• “boa”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Indonesian

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:

boa

Wikipedia ^id

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

boa (plural boa-boa)

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

Further reading

• “boa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.