bò

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bo"

Emilian

Alternative forms

• bå (Bolognese)

Noun

bò m (plural bō)

1. (Carpi) cattle

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French bord.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔ/

Noun

bò

1. side
2. half
3. part

Preposition

bò

1. by, alongside, near, next to

Derived terms

• kibò

Related terms

• abò
• bòde
• bòdi
• bòdmè
• debòde

Kashubian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbwɛ/
• Rhymes: -ɛ
• Syllabification: bò

Conjunction

bò

1. because

Further reading

• Stefan Ramułt (1893) “bœ”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), page 10
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “bo”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[1]
• “bò”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Mandarin

Alternative forms

• bo — nonstandard

Romanization

bò (bo⁴, Zhuyin ㄅㄛˋ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 孹
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 挀
3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 播
4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 擘
5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 柏
6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 栢
7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 檗
8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 疈
9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 簸
10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 繴
11. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 薄
12. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 薜
13. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蘖
14. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蘗
15. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 譒／𮷊
16. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 北

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• bó

Etymology

From Old Irish bó, from Proto-Celtic *bāus, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poː/
• (Lewis) IPA^(key): [poː˧], [poː˧˥]

Noun

bò f (dative singular bò or boin, genitive singular bà, plural bà)

1. cow

Declension

Declension of bò

indefinite
	singular	plural
nominative	bò	bà
genitive	bà	bò
dative	bò; boin	bà
definite
	singular	plural
nominative	(a') bhò	(na) bà
genitive	(na) bà	(nam) bò
dative	(a') bhoin; (a') bhò	(na) bà
vocative	bhò	bhà

• Alternative plural: beathaichean (dialectal)

Synonyms

• mart

Derived terms

• bò mhaol odhar agus bò odhar mhaol
• math na bà

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “bò”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[2], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɔ˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɔ˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɔ˨˩]

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Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *bɔː (“zebu; bovine”). Probably ultimately of imitative origin.

Compare Vietnamese ụm bò (“moo”) and items such as Malay lembu, Khmu [Cuang] lmboʔ and Cebuano amba, which are superficially similar but lack straightforward correspondence with the Vietnamese word.

Noun

(classifier con) bò • (𤙭)

1. a Southern Yellow zebu (a bovine of the breed Feng cattle)

   trâu bò ― water buffaloes and Southern Yellow zebus

   nuôi bò ― to keep Southern Yellow zebus

   chăn bò ― to tend/graze Southern Yellow zebus

   thịt bò ― Southern Yellow beef

2. (by extension) any bovine from the subtribe Bovina

   bò sữa ― a dairy bovine; cow

Derived terms

• bánh bò (a kind of sponge cake)
• bò biển
• bò cụng (Red Bull)
• bò đỏ
• bò húc (Red Bull)
• bò kho
• bò rừng (true bison)
• bò sữa (dairy cow)
• bò tót (gaur)
• bò vàng
• bún bò
• cá bò
• da bò
• đầu bò
• đầu bò đầu bướng
• đo bò làm chuồng
• lo bò trắng răng
• mất bò mới lo làm chuồng
• quần bò (jeans)
• roi cặc bò
• xe bò

 

See also

• bê (“calf”)
• ụm bò (“moo”)
• trâu (“buffalo”)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Vietic *bɔː (“to crawl; to drag”).

Verb

bò • (𨁏, 𨄳, 蒲, 𨆶)

1. to creep; to crawl (move slowly with the abdomen close to the ground)

   rắn bò ― a snake crawls

   lổm ngổm như cua bò ― to swagger as a crab crawls

2. (botany) to creep (to grow across a surface rather than upwards); to climb (to grow upwards by clinging to something)

   Mướp bò lên giàn. ― The loofah climbed the frame.

3. to slowly climb

   Chiếc xe bò lên dốc. ― The car climbed up the hill.

Derived terms

• bò lê
• bò lê bò càng
• bò lê bò la
• bò sát (reptile)
• bò trườn (to crawl)
• chưa học bò đã lo học chạy
• cười bò
• cười lăn cười bò
• đói đầu gối phải bò
• kiến bò miệng chén

 

Etymology 3

Compare vò.

Noun

bò

1. (informal) a unit of measurement for grain volume equivalent to the capacity of a condensed milk can

   Synonyms: ống bơ, bơ

   Vay vài bò gạo. ― Lend me some condensed milk cans' worth of rice.

References

"bò" in Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)