boh

See also: Appendix:Variations of "boh"

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-Chamic *buah, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *buah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buaq, from Proto-Austronesian *buaq.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bɔh/

Noun

boh

1. fruit (part of plant)
2. fruit (food)

Classifier

boh

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

References

• 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

• “bo (interx.)” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “boh” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Italian

Alternative forms

• bo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbo/, which may be followed by [h] or [ʔ] or trigger syntactic gemination.
• Rhymes: -o
• Hyphenation: boh

Interjection

boh

1. used to express doubt or indecision; dunno

   Puoi pagare il mio biglietto? / Boh, devo vedere se ho i soldi.

   Can you pay for my ticket? / I dunno, I'll need to see if I have money.

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bogъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔx/

Noun

boh m anim (genitive singular boha, nominative plural bohovia, genitive plural bohov, declension pattern of chlap)

1. god

Declension

Declension of boh

	singular	plural
nominative	boh	bohovia
genitive	boha	bohov
dative	bohu, bohovi	bohom
accusative	boha	bohov
vocative	bože	bohovia
locative	bohu, bohovi	bohoch
instrumental	bohom	bohmi

Derived terms

• Boh m
• bohyňa f
• božstvo n
• bôžik m

References

• “boh”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Western Cham

Etymology

From Proto-Chamic *bɔh, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *buah, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *buah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buaq, from Proto-Austronesian *buaq. Cognate with Eastern Cham baoh.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔh/

Noun

boh

1. fruit (part of plant)
2. fruit (food)

Classifier

boh

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

Zhuang

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), Bouyei boh, Saek ผ้อ.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /po˧/
• Tone numbers: bo⁶
• Hyphenation: boh

Noun

boh (Sawndip forms 𠇑 or 佈 or 扶 or 仆 or 卜 or 𭶺 or ⿱父坡, 1957–1982 spelling boƅ)

1. father

   Synonyms: (dialectal) dez, (dialectal) baz, (dialectal) baq, (dialectal) dax