bọ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bo"

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓɔ˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓɔ˨˩ʔ]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɓɔ˨˩˨]
  • (file)

Etymology 1

From a Sino-Tibetan language. Compare Proto-Loloish *bi/bo² (insect) (whence Yao'an Lolopo bber).

Alternative forms

  • (Southern Vietnam)

Noun

(classifier con) bọ • (, 𧌂, 𧏳, 𧐾).

  1. insect; bug
  2. (Southern Vietnam) guinea pig
    Synonym: chuột lang
Derived terms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Vietic *bɔːʔ (father).

Noun

bọ

  1. (Nghệ An, Hà Tĩnh, Quảng Bình, Quảng Trị) father; dad
    Synonyms: ba, bố, cậu, cha, thầy, tía

Yoruba

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɔ̀/

Verb

bọ̀

  1. (intransitive) to return, to come here, to arrive
    Synonyms: ,
    àkókó ń bọ̀ tí a kò níí jẹun mọ́The time is coming when we shall no longer eat
Usage notes
  • Almost always preceded by the progressive maker 'ń'
Derived terms
  • bọ̀wá
  • káàbọ̀ (welcome!)
  • àbọ̀ (arrival)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɔ̀/

Verb

bọ̀

  1. (transitive) to boil
    ó bọ ẹranHe boiled the meat
  2. (intransitive) to become boiled
Usage notes
  • bọ when followed by a direct object or noun
  • (all senses): only used in reference to leafy vegetables or meat, for other foods use , for water use .
Derived terms
  • bọ̀jinná
  • ìbọ̀ (boiling)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɔ̀/

Verb

bọ̀

  1. (transitive) to insert into
  2. to wear or put on something
    ó bọ ṣòkòtò rẹ̀He put on his pants
Usage notes
  • bọ when followed by a direct object or noun
Derived terms
  • bọbẹ́rẹ́ (to thread a needle)
  • gbólóhùn oníbọ̀ (complex sentence)
  • ìbọpá (arm band)
  • ìbọ̀sẹ̀ (socks)
  • ìbọ̀wọ́ (glove)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɔ̄/

Verb

bọ

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to sacrifice, to give an offering or sacrifice
  • abọmọlẹ̀
  • abọ̀gún (worshipper of Ogun)
  • abọ̀rìṣà (orisha practitioner)
  • ẹbọ (offering, sacrifice)
  • àbọrúbọyè
  • òrìṣà àkúnlẹ̀bọ (revered orisha, ancestor)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɔ́/

Verb

bọ́

  1. (intransitive) to fall, to drop, to slip off
  2. (intransitive) to escape
  3. to come loose
  4. (euphemistic) to lose one's life, to die
    ẹ̀míi rẹ̀ẹ́ bọ́She lost her life
Derived terms
  • já bọ́
  • abọ́máfọ̀ọ́ (metal or plastic plate)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɔ̀/

Verb

bọ̀

  1. to thatch
    Synonym: ṣẹ́
    Wọ́n ti bọlé yẹn tánThey've finished thatching that house
Usage notes
  • bọ when followed by a direct object or noun
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