Boa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "boa"

Translingual

Boa constrictor

Etymology

From Latin boa (“a large snake”).

Proper noun

Boa f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Boidae – boa constrictors.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Reptilia – class; Diapsida - subclass; Lepidosauromorpha - infraclass; Lepidosauria - superorder; Squamata - order; Serpentes - order; Booidea - superfamily; Boidae - family; Boinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Boa constrictor - sole species

Further reading

• Boa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Boa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Boa on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

English

Noun

Boa (plural Boas or Boa)

1. A member of a Bwa-speaking ethnic group of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

   Synonym: Ababua

Bavarian

Alternative forms

• Baa (East Central Bavarian, Vienna, Southern Bavarian, Carinthia)
• Boan (Southern Bavarian, Tyrol)

Etymology

From Middle High German bein, from Old High German bein, from Proto-West Germanic *bain, from Proto-Germanic *bainą. Compare German Bein and Gebeine, Dutch been, English bone, Danish ben.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈb̥ɔɐ̯/

Noun

Boa n (plural Boana, diminutive Boanl or Boanerl) (West Central Bavarian)

1. (anatomy) bone

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin boa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈboːa/

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Noun

Boa f (genitive Boa, plural Boas)

1. boa

Declension

Declension of Boa [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Boa	die	Boas
genitive	einer	der	Boa	der	Boas
dative	einer	der	Boa	den	Boas
accusative	eine	die	Boa	die	Boas

Plautdietsch

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German bar, bāre, from Old Saxon bero, from Proto-West Germanic *berō (“bear”). Cognate with Dutch beer, German Bär, English bear, Icelandic björn.

Noun

Boa m (plural Boaren or Boare)

1. bear

Etymology 2

From Low German bohren, from Middle Low German bōren, from Old Saxon borōn, from Proto-Germanic *burōną (“to bore”).

Compare Dutch boor, English bore.

Noun

Boa n (plural Boasch)

1. drill
2. auger