boh

See also: Appendix:Variations of "boh"

English

Alternative forms

• bo, boo

Etymology

Imitative. See boo.

Interjection

boh

1. An exclamation used to startle or frighten.
   • 1830, Walter Scott, “Letter VI”, in Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft, […], London: John Murray, […], →OCLC, page 179:

     In our childhood, our mothers' maids have so terrified us with an ugly devil having horns on his head, […] whereby we start and are afraid when we hear one cry, Boh!

See also

• boh liao
• tio boh

Anagrams

• BHO, HBO, Hob, hob

Acehnese

Etymology

From Proto-Chamic *bɔh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buaq, from Proto-Austronesian *buaq.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bɔh/

Noun

boh

1. fruit

Classifier

boh

1. Classifier for anything generally concretely big and has volume.

References

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*buaq”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Bouyei

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *boːᴮ (“father”). Cognate with Thai พ่อ (pɔ̂ɔ), Northern Thai ᨻᩬᩴ᩵, Southern Thai ผอ, Lao ພໍ່ (phǭ), Lü ᦗᦸᧈ (poa¹), Shan ပေႃႈ (pāu), Aiton ပေႃ (pō), Ahom 𑜆𑜦𑜡 (pō) or 𑜆𑜨𑜦𑜡 (pwō), Zhuang boh, Saek ผ้อ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /po˧/

Noun

boh

1. father

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔ/

Interjection

boh

1. indicates disdain, contempt, contradiction or incredulity

   —Éche un gran presidente, non crees? —Boh! Que vai ser!

   —He is a great president, don't you think? —Bah! No way!

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “bo (interx.)”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “boh”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Italian

Alternative forms

• bo (nonstandard)
• bho (nonstandard, proscribed)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbo], [ˈboh], [ˈboʔ], [(m̩)bɤ᷄(ʷ)(ⁿ)(ʊ̯(ⁿ))ʔ(ː)(h̩)]
  • may trigger doubling in a following word
• Rhymes: -o
• Hyphenation: boh

Interjection

boh

1. used to express doubt or indecision; dunno, idk (in spoken and written language)

   Puoi pagare il mio biglietto? / Boh, devo vedere se ho i soldi.

   Can you pay for my ticket? / I dunno, I'll need to see if I have money.

   Se po fa? / boh

   Is it allowed? / idk

   Sai che nja pozzo fa più? / boh e che te devo di

   You know that I can't handle this anymore? / And what do you expect me to tell you?

Old English

Noun

bōh m

1. Alternative form of bōg

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bogъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɔx]

• Audio:

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Noun

boh m pers (genitive singular boha, nominative plural bohovia, genitive plural bohov, declension pattern of chlap)

1. god

Declension

Declension of boh

	singular	plural
nominative	boh	bohovia
genitive	boha	bohov
dative	bohu, bohovi	bohom
accusative	boha	bohov
vocative	bože	bohovia
locative	bohu, bohovi	bohoch
instrumental	bohom	bohmi

Derived terms

• Boh m
• bohyňa f
• božstvo n
• bôžik m

References

• “boh”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Western Cham

Etymology

From Proto-Chamic *bɔh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buaq, from Proto-Austronesian *buaq. Cognate with Eastern Cham baoh.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔh/

Noun

boh

1. fruit (part of plant)

Classifier

boh

1. Classifier for anything generally concretely big that has volume.

References

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*buaq”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Zhuang

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *boːᴮ (“father”). Cognate with Thai พ่อ (pɔ̂ɔ), Northern Thai ᨻᩬᩴ᩵, Southern Thai ผอ, Lao ພໍ່ (phǭ), Lü ᦗᦸᧈ (poa¹), Shan ပေႃႈ (pāu), Aiton ပေႃ (pō), Ahom 𑜆𑜦𑜡 (pō) or 𑜆𑜨𑜦𑜡 (pwō), Bouyei boh, Saek ผ้อ.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /po˧/
• Tone numbers: bo⁶
• Hyphenation: boh

Noun

boh (Sawndip forms 𠇑 or 佈 or 扶 or 仆 or 卜 or 𭶺 or ⿱父坡, 1957–1982 spelling boƅ)

1. father

   Synonyms: (dialectal) dez, (dialectal) baz, (dialectal) baq, (dialectal) dax