boko

See also: Boko, bòkò, bōkō, and bɔkɔ

English

Etymology

Circa 1820. Multiple potential origins:

From beak (“nose”)[1][2]
From French beaucoup (“very much”)[1][2]
Blend of beak (“nose”) +‎ coconut[1]
From boke (“point; thrust”)[2]
From poke, as in poke one's nose into[2]

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbəʊ.kəʊ/
(US) enPR: bōʹkō, IPA^(key): /ˈboʊ.koʊ/
Rhymes: -əʊkəʊ

Noun

boko (plural bokos)

(dated, West Midlands, originally boxing) The nose.
- 1943, Johns, W[illiam] E[arl], Biggles Fails to Return, page 115:
  […] the way he hid the Pernod card and bumped me on the boko when I tried to have a dekko at it proves that.
- 1965, The Illustrated Weekly of India, volume 86, number 1, page 41:
  He sang Landor's lines in a quavering falsetto, then broke raucously into the schoolboy battle-cry of "Hit him on the boko, hit him on the boko, Jericho!"
- 2012, Wood, Mary Dobbs, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Inventing My Childhood, page 45:
  He let out a yell, his eyes watering from the punch on the boko.

Synonyms

See Thesaurus:nose

References

Eric Partridge (2003) Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang‎, Routledge, →ISBN, page 474
David Crystal (2014) Words in Time and Place‎, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 26

Anagrams

Koob, book, kobo

Esperanto

Etymology

From German Bock, English buck. Doublet of buĉi.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈboko]
Rhymes: -oko
Hyphenation: bo‧ko

Noun

boko (accusative singular bokon, plural bokoj, accusative plural bokojn)

(neologism) buck (male deer, goat, or other ruminant)[1]

References

Sennacieca Asocio Tutmonda (1970) Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto (in Esperanto), 3 edition, Paris, published 1987, →ISBN, page 116: “bok/o Ⓝ Virseksulo de remaĉuloj, precipe de kaproj aŭ cervoj.”

Farefare

Etymology

Compare Moore boko (“hole”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bò.kò/

Noun

boko (plural bogro)

hole

French

Etymology

From a word in the Boko language.

Noun

boko m (uncountable)

Boko language
Synonym: boo

Gothic

Romanization

bōkō

Romanization of 𐌱𐍉𐌺𐍉

Hausa

Etymology

Often stated to be borrowed from English book, but Paul Newman disputes this, stating that "boko is an indigenous Hausa word originally connoting sham, fraud, deceit, or lack of authenticity. When the British colonial government imposed secular schools in northern Nigeria at the beginning of the 20th century, boko was applied in a pejorative sense to this new system. By semantic extension, boko came to acquire its current meaning of Hausa written in Roman script and Western education in general."[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bóː.kòː/
- (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [bóː.kʷòː]

Noun

bōkṑ m (possessed form bōkòn)

fraud, deceit, trick
a mock or imitation version of something real
Western education
Boko alphabet (Latin script used to write Hausa)

References

Newman, Paul. 2013. The etymology of Hausa boko. Mega-Chad Miscellaneous Publications, pp. 1-13.http://hdl.handle.net/2022/20965

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian bocca, Spanish boca, from Latin bucca.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈboko/

Noun

boko (plural boki)

(anatomy) mouth
opening, entrance
Synonym: enireyo
(geography) mouth (of a river or stream)
Synonym: fluvioboko

Derived terms

bokedo (“mouthful”)
boketo

Japanese

Romanization

boko

Rōmaji transcription of ぼこ

Mansaka

Etymology

From buku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buku.

Noun

boko

knot

Moore

Etymology

Compare Farefare boko (“hole”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bò.kó/

Noun

boko (plural bogdo)

hole
pothole

Ternate

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈbo.ko]

Noun

boko

a kind of large drum

References

Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

[Routledge-1] Eric Partridge (2003) Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang‎, Routledge, →ISBN, page 474

[Oxford-2] David Crystal (2014) Words in Time and Place‎, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 26

[PIV-3] Sennacieca Asocio Tutmonda (1970) Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto (in Esperanto), 3 edition, Paris, published 1987, →ISBN, page 116: “bok/o Ⓝ Virseksulo de remaĉuloj, precipe de kaproj aŭ cervoj.”

[4] Newman, Paul. 2013. The etymology of Hausa boko. Mega-Chad Miscellaneous Publications, pp. 1-13.http://hdl.handle.net/2022/20965

单词	boko
释义	boko See also: Boko, bòkò, bōkō, and bɔkɔ English Etymology Circa 1820. Multiple potential origins: From beak (“nose”)[1][2] From French beaucoup (“very much”)[1][2] Blend of beak (“nose”) +‎ coconut[1] From boke (“point; thrust”)[2] From poke, as in poke one's nose into[2] Pronunciation (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbəʊ.kəʊ/ (US) enPR: bōʹkō, IPA^(key): /ˈboʊ.koʊ/ Rhymes: -əʊkəʊ Noun boko (plural bokos) (dated, West Midlands, originally boxing) The nose. 1943, Johns, W[illiam] E[arl], Biggles Fails to Return, page 115: […] the way he hid the Pernod card and bumped me on the boko when I tried to have a dekko at it proves that. 1965, The Illustrated Weekly of India, volume 86, number 1, page 41: He sang Landor's lines in a quavering falsetto, then broke raucously into the schoolboy battle-cry of "Hit him on the boko, hit him on the boko, Jericho!" 2012, Wood, Mary Dobbs, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Inventing My Childhood, page 45: He let out a yell, his eyes watering from the punch on the boko. Synonyms See Thesaurus:nose See also Boko Haram References Eric Partridge (2003) Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang‎, Routledge, →ISBN, page 474 David Crystal (2014) Words in Time and Place‎, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 26 Anagrams Koob, book, kobo Esperanto Etymology From German Bock, English buck. Doublet of buĉi. Pronunciation IPA^(key): [ˈboko] Rhymes: -oko Hyphenation: bo‧ko Noun boko (accusative singular bokon, plural bokoj, accusative plural bokojn) (neologism) buck (male deer, goat, or other ruminant)[1] References Sennacieca Asocio Tutmonda (1970) Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto (in Esperanto), 3 edition, Paris, published 1987, →ISBN, page 116: “bok/o Ⓝ Virseksulo de remaĉuloj, precipe de kaproj aŭ cervoj.” Farefare Etymology Compare Moore boko (“hole”) Pronunciation IPA^(key): /bò.kò/ Noun boko (plural bogro) hole French Etymology From a word in the Boko language. Noun boko m (uncountable) Boko language Synonym: boo Gothic Romanization bōkō Romanization of 𐌱𐍉𐌺𐍉 Hausa Etymology Often stated to be borrowed from English book, but Paul Newman disputes this, stating that "boko is an indigenous Hausa word originally connoting sham, fraud, deceit, or lack of authenticity. When the British colonial government imposed secular schools in northern Nigeria at the beginning of the 20th century, boko was applied in a pejorative sense to this new system. By semantic extension, boko came to acquire its current meaning of Hausa written in Roman script and Western education in general."[1] Pronunciation IPA^(key): /bóː.kòː/ (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [bóː.kʷòː] Noun bōkṑ m (possessed form bōkòn) fraud, deceit, trick a mock or imitation version of something real Western education Boko alphabet (Latin script used to write Hausa) References Newman, Paul. 2013. The etymology of Hausa boko. Mega-Chad Miscellaneous Publications, pp. 1-13.http://hdl.handle.net/2022/20965 Ido Etymology Borrowed from Italian bocca, Spanish boca, from Latin bucca. Pronunciation IPA^(key): /ˈboko/ Noun boko (plural boki) (anatomy) mouth opening, entrance Synonym: enireyo (geography) mouth (of a river or stream) Synonym: fluvioboko Derived terms bokedo (“mouthful”) boketo Japanese Romanization boko Rōmaji transcription of ぼこ Mansaka Etymology From buku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian buku. Noun boko* knot Moore Etymology Compare Farefare boko (“hole”) Pronunciation IPA^(key): /bò.kó/ Noun boko (plural bogdo) hole pothole Ternate Pronunciation IPA^(key): [ˈbo.ko] Noun boko a kind of large drum References Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
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