boye
Middle English
Alternative forms
- boi, bey, bay, bye
Etymology
From Old English *bōia, from Proto-Germanic *bōjô.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɔi̯(ə)/
Noun
boye (plural boyes)
- servant, attendant (especially if young)
- commoner, peon (person of low rank)
- scoundrel, villain
- boy (male child)
Descendants
- English: boy
- Scots: boy
- Yola: bye, buye
References
- “boie, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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Noun
boye
- a stone
References
- 1839, George Grey, Vocabulary of the Aboriginal Language of Western Australia (Perth gazette and Western Australian journal)
Spanish
Verb
boye
- inflection of boyar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Zazaki
Etymology
Borrowed from Turkish boya.
Noun
boye ?
- color
- paint (substance)