bou

See also: Bou

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch bouwen, from Middle Dutch bouwen, from Old Dutch buwan, from Proto-Germanic *būaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bœu̯/

• Audio:

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Verb

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

1. to build

Derived terms

• bouer
• gebou

Noun

bou (uncountable)

1. building, construction (activity of building)
2. structure

Äiwoo

Verb

bou

1. to fear

References

• Ross, M. & Næss, Å. (2007), “An Oceanic origin for Äiwoo, the language of the Reef Islands?”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 46, number 2. 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.

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, definite singular boulu)

1. ox

Related terms

• buin
• buits / buici
• buyear

See also

• tavru
• vacã

Catalan

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Valencia):

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• Rhymes: -ɔw

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin bovem.

Noun

bou m (plural bous)

1. ox
2. bullock, steer
3. the edible crab (Cancer pagurus)

   Synonym: bou de mar

Derived terms

• bovada
• bovatge
• bover
• passar bou per bèstia grossa
• ull de bou

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek βόλος (bólos).

Noun

bou m (uncountable)

1. seine fishing

Derived terms

• bover

Descendants

• → Galician: bou

Further reading

• “bou”, 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
• “bou” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

From Hokkien 武夷 (Bú-î). Compare English bohea.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bu/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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• Homophone: boue

Noun

bou m (plural bous)

1. bohea (type of Chinese tea from Fujian)

Further reading

• Douglas, Carstairs (1873), “bú-î”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, With the Principal Variations of the Chang-chew and Chin-chew Dialects. (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 162; New Edition, With Corrections by the Author., Thomas Barclay, Lîm Iàn-sîn 林燕臣, London: Publishing Office of the Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 162

Galician

Etymology

From Catalan bou, idem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbow/

Noun

bou m (plural bous)

1. (fishing) pair trawling
2. (fishing) trawler 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

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “bou”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “bou”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• 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

Japanese

Romanization

bou

1. Rōmaji transcription of ぼう

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