bosi
See also: Bosi and Bòsī
Antillean Creole
Etymology
From French bossu.
Adjective
bosi
- hunchbacked
Bau Bidayuh
Etymology
From Malay besi, from Proto-Malayic *bəsi, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *bəsi.
Noun
bosi
- (physics, chemistry, metallurgy) iron (element)
Old Dutch
Etymology
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Adjective
bōsi
- evil
Inflection
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
- gibōsi
Descendants
- Middle Dutch: bôse
- Dutch: boos
Further reading
- “bōsi”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
Old High German
Alternative forms
- pōsi
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *bausuz, *bausiz, *bausijaz.
Adjective
bōsi
- evil
Descendants
- Middle High German: bōse
- Alemannic German: bös
- Swabian: béés, béas
- Bavarian: bees
- Cimbrian: pöoze
- German: böse
- Luxembourgish: béis
- Yiddish: בייז (beyz)
- Alemannic German: bös
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɔ.ɕi/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɔɕi
- Syllabification: bo‧si
Adjective
bosi
- virile nominative/vocative plural of bosy
Sranan Tongo
Etymology
From German Bussi (a colloquial word for 'kiss').
Noun
bosi
- kiss
Verb
bosi
- to kiss
Swahili
Etymology
Borrowed from English boss.
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Noun
bosi (ma class, plural mabosi)
- boss
See also
- bwana
Toba Batak
Alternative forms
- ᯅᯬᯘᯪ
Etymology
From Malay besi, from Proto-Malayic *bəsi, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *bəsi.
Noun
bosi (Batak spelling ᯅᯬᯘᯪ)
- (physics, chemistry, metallurgy) iron (element)
Volapük
Pronoun
bosi
- accusative singular of bos
West Makian
Etymology
Postulated by Voorhoeve to have derived from earlier *obosi, from *ḋobosi, in which case cognate with Ternate hobo (“swollen”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbo.s̪i/
Verb
bosi
- (stative) to be swollen
Conjugation
| Conjugation of bosi (stative verb) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |||
| inclusive | exclusive | |||
| 1st person | tibosi | mibosi | abosi | |
| 2nd person | nibosi | fibosi | ||
| 3rd person | inanimate | ibosi | dibosi | |
| animate | mabosi | |||
| imperative | —, bosi | —, bosi | ||
References
- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours, Pacific linguistics