boh

See also: Appendix:Variations of "boh"

Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of English Boma, North.

Symbol

boh

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

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of North Boma terms

English

Alternative forms

• bo, boo

Etymology

Imitative. See boo.

Interjection

boh

1. An exclamation used to startle or frighten.
   • 1830, Walter Scott, “Letter VI”, in Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft, […], London: John Murray, […], →OCLC, page 179:

     In our childhood, our mothers' maids have so terrified us with an ugly devil having horns on his head, […] whereby we start and are afraid when we hear one cry, Boh!

See also

• boh liao
• tio boh

Anagrams

• BHO, HBO, Hob, hob

Acehnese

Etymology

From Proto-Chamic *bɔh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buaq, from Proto-Austronesian *buaq.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔh/

Noun

boh

1. fruit

Classifier

boh

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

References

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*buaq”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Bouyei

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /po˧/

Noun

boh

1. father

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

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “bo (interx.)”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “boh”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN