bohío
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish bohío, Taíno *bohi (“house, dwelling”) (compare Lokono bohy (“house”)). From the Taíno term used by the natives of Hispaniola and other Caribbean islands, as recorded by Spanish colonizers.
Noun
[edit]bohío (plural bohíos)
- hut (a small timber dwelling with thatched roof)
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]bohío m (plural bohíos)
Descendants
[edit]- → English: bohío
Further reading
[edit]- “bohío”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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