bò
See also: Appendix:Variations of "bo"
Emilian
Alternative forms
- bå (Bolognese)
Noun
bò m (plural bō)
- (Carpi) cattle
Haitian Creole
Etymology
From French bord.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɔ/
Noun
bò
- side
Preposition
bò
- by, alongside, near, next to
Derived terms
- kibò
Mandarin
Alternative forms
- bo (nonstandard)
Romanization
bò (bo4, Zhuyin ㄅㄛˋ)
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 孹.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 挀.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 播.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 擘.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 柏.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 栢.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 檗.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 疈.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 簸.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 繴.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 薄.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 薜.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蘖.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蘗.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 譒.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 北.
Scottish Gaelic
Alternative forms
- bó
Etymology
From Old Irish bó, from Proto-Celtic *bāus, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /poː/
Noun
bò f (genitive singular bà, plural bà)
- cow
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | bò | bà |
| Genitive | bà | bò |
| Dative | boin / bò | bà |
| Vocative | bhò | bhà |
Synonyms
- mart
Derived terms
- bò mhaol odhar agus bò odhar mhaol
- math na bà
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911), “bò”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “bó”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓɔ˨˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓɔ˦˩]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɓɔ˨˩]
Audio (Hồ Chí Minh City) (file)
Etymology 1
From Proto-Vietic *bɔː (“zebu; bovine”). Probably ultimately of imitative origin.
Compare Vietnamese ụm bò (“moo”) and items such as Malay lembu, Khmu [Cuang] lmboʔ and Cebuano amba, which are superficially similar but lack straightforward correspondence with the Vietnamese word.
Noun
(classifier con) bò • (𤞨 - 𩟢, 𤙭, 䊇)
- (zoology) a Southern Yellow zebu (a bovine of the breed Feng cattle)
- trâu bò ― water buffaloes and Southern Yellow zebus
- nuôi bò ― to keep Southern Yellow zebus
- chăn bò ― to tend/graze Southern Yellow zebus
- thịt bò ― Southern Yellow beef
- (zoology, by extension) any bovine from the subtribe Bovina
- bò sữa ― a dairy bovine; cow
Derived terms
- bánh bò (a kind of sponge cake)
- bò biển
- bò cụng (Red Bull)
- bò húc (Red Bull)
- bò kho
- bò rừng (true bison)
- bò sữa (dairy cow)
- bò tót (gaur)
- bún bò
- cá bò
- da bò
- đầu bò
- đầu bò đầu bướng
- đo bò làm chuồng
- lo bò trắng răng
- mất bò mới lo làm chuồng
- quần bò (jeans)
- roi cặc bò
- xe bò
See also
- bê (“calf”)
- ụm bò (“moo”)
- trâu (“buffalo”)
Etymology 2
From Proto-Vietic *bɔː (“to crawl; to drag”).
Verb
bò • (𨁏 - 𨄳, 𨆶, 蜅, 爬)
- to creep; to crawl (move slowly with the abdomen close to the ground)
- rắn bò ― a snake crawls
- lổm ngổm như cua bò ― to swagger as a crab crawls
- (botany) to creep (to grow across a surface rather than upwards); to climb (to grow upwards by clinging to something)
- Mướp bò lên giàn. ― The loofah climbed the frame.
- to slowly climb
- Chiếc xe bò lên dốc. ― The car climbed up the hill.
Derived terms
- bò lê
- bò lê bò càng
- bò lê bò la
- bò sát (reptile)
- bò trườn (to crawl)
- chưa học bò đã lo học chạy
- đói đầu gối phải bò
- kiến bò miệng chén
Etymology 3
Compare vò.
Noun
bò
- (informal) a unit of measurement for grain volume equivalent to the capacity of a condensed milk can
- Vay vài bò gạo. ― Lend me some condensed milk cans' worth of rice.
- Synonyms: ống bơ, bơ
References
"bò" in Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)