bos

See also: Bos, bô, bõs, boš, boș, boş, bo's, Bos., and Boś

Translingual

Symbol

bos

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Bosnian.

English

Noun

bos

1. plural of bo

Anagrams

• OSB, SOB, sob, SBO, obs, BSO, obs., Obs, OBs

Afrikaans

Etymology

Inherited from Dutch bos, from Middle Dutch bosch, from Old Dutch *busc, from Proto-West Germanic *busk, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔs/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

bos (plural bosse, diminutive bossie)

1. wood, forest
2. bush, shrub
3. bunch, bundle, sheaf, bouquet

   Hy het vir my 'n bossie blomme gegee.

   He gave me a bunch/bouquet of flowers.

Derived terms

• bosbedryf
• bosbeheer
• bosbestuur
• bosbewaring
• bosbewoner
• boskraai
• bosveld
• boswagter
• boswerker
• kankerbos
• renosterbos

Aragonese

Pronoun

bos

1. Superseded spelling of vos.

Cornish

Alternative forms

• bones

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *butā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to be”).

Pronunciation

• (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔːz/
• (Revived Late Cornish) IPA^(key): (verbal noun) /ˈboːz/, (long forms, e.g. ero'ma, ere'vy) /ˈɛrɐ/, (preterite) /ˈbiː/

Verb

bos (irregular)

1. to be
2. (Revived Late Cornish, future, preterite or conditional tenses) to have; to get

   My a veu own.

   I was frightened.

   (literally, “I had fright.”)

   Nei via pris da rag an hern.

   We would get a good price for the pilchards.

   Termyn aral hwei vedh moy.

   Another time you will have more.

Conjugation

  Standard Cornish

	Indicative							Subjunctive		Imperative
	Present (short)	Present (long)	Future- Habitual	Imperfect (short)	Imperfect (long)	Preterite	Conditional	Present- future	Imperfect
1s	ov vy, oma	esof vy, eroma	bedhaf vy	en vy	esen vy, eren vy	beuv vy	bien vy	biv vy, byma	ben vy	-
2s	os jy, osta	esos jy, esta	bedhyth jy, bedhys jy	es jy	eses jy, eres jy	beus jy, beusta	bies jy	by jy, bosta	bes jy, besta	bëdh, bÿdh
3s	yw ev, ywa	yma ev, usy ev, eus	bëdh ev, bÿdh ev	o ev	esa ev, eja ev, era ev	beu ev	bia ev	bo ev	be ev	bedhes
1p	on ny	eson ny, eron ny	bedhyn ny	en ny	esen ny, eren ny	beun ny	bien ny	bon ny	ben ny	bedhyn
2p	owgh why	esowgh, erowgh why	bedhowgh why	ewgh why	esewgh why, erewgh why	bewgh why	biewgh why	bowgh why	bewgh why	bedhowgh
3p	yns y	ymowns y, ymôns y, usons y	bedhons y	êns y	esens y, erens y	bowns y	biens y	bowns y	bêns y	bedhens
Present participle: ow pos, ow pones

  Standard Written Form (Middle Cornish)

	Indicative							Subjunctive		Imperative
	Present (short)	Present (long)	Future- Habitual	Imperfect (short)	Imperfect (long)	Preterite	Conditional	Present- future	Imperfect
1s	ov vy, o'ma	esov vy	bydhav vy	en vy	esen vy	beuv vy	bien vy	biv vy, bon vy	ben vy	-
2s	os jy, os ta	esos jy, es ta	bydhydh jy	es jy	eses jy	beus jy	bies jy	bi jy, bos jy	bes jy	bydh
3s	yw ev	yma ev, usi ev, eus	bydh ev	o ev	esa ev	beu ev	bia ev	bo ev	be ev	bedhes
1p	on ni	eson ni	bydhyn ni	en ni	esen ni	beun ni	bien ni	byn ni, bon ni	ben ni	bedhyn
2p	owgh hwi	esowgh hwi	bydhowgh hwi	ewgh hwi	esewgh hwi	bewgh hwi	biewgh hwi	bowgh hwi	bewgh hwi	bedhowgh
3p	yns i	ymons i, usons i	bydhons i	ens i	esens i	bons i	biens i	bons i	bens i	bedhens
0	or	eder	bedher	os	eses	beus	bies	ber	bes	-
Present participle: ow pos Verbal adjective: (not used)

  Standard Written Form (Revived Late Cornish)

	Indicative							Subjunctive		Imperative
	Present (short)	Present (long)	Future- Habitual	Imperfect (short)1	Imperfect (long)1	Preterite	Conditional	Present- future	Imperfect2
1s	om, o'ma, o'vy	erom, ero'ma, ero'vy	bedham, bedha'ma, bedha'vy	om, o'ma, o'vy	ere'vy	beu'ma, beu'vy	biem, bie'vy	bon, bo'ma, bo'vy	be'vy	-
2s	os, o'chy, os ta	ero'chy, es'ta	bedhys, bedhys ta	os, o'chy, os ta	ere'chy, es'ta	beus ta, beu'chy	bies, bie'chy	bos, bo'ta, bo'chy	bes, bes ta	bedh
3s	ew, ewa (m.)	ma, eus, uji	bedh, bedha (m.)	o	era	beu	bia	bo	be	bedhes, bedhens
1p	on, o'nei	ero'nei	bedhyn	o'nei	ere'nei	beu'nei	bie'nei	bon, bo'nei	ben, be'nei	bedhyn
2p	o'hwei	ero'hwei	bedho'hwei	o'hwei	ere'hwei	bo'hwei, bew', be'hwei	bie'hwi	bow', bo'hwi	bew', bew'hwei	bedhow', bedhew'
3p	ens, en'jei	mons, mon'jei, ma jei, ujons, ujon'jei	bedhons, bedh anjei	o'njei, o anjei	eren'jei, era anjei	bon'jei, beu anjei	biens, bia anjei	bons, bo anjei	bens, be anjei	bedhens
0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Present participle: o pos Verbal adjective: (not used)

¹ The Revived Late Cornish short forms for the imperfect tense are often identical to those used in the present tense. In the long forms, many imperfect and present tense forms in Revived Late Cornish may be distinguished in writing, but they are often pronounced identically.

² The imperfect subjunctive has been replaced by the present-future subjunctive. Words such as mar (“if”) that trigger the imperfect subjunctive are used with other tenses:
• (present): mar th'ew da genow' gosowes "if you like to listen"
• (conditional): mar kressa an den gweles "if the man saw"

Orthography note: The apologetic apostrophe is used in Standard Written Form to indicate a contraction or a dropped consonant, but in practice is either dropped or replaced with a space — although usually not after th (“preverbal particle used to mark affirmative verb in a main clause”).

Mutation

Mutation of bos

unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed	mixed after 'th
bos	vos	unchanged	pos	fos	vos

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbos]

Adjective

bos

1. (literary) short masculine singular of bosý

   Synonym: bosky

Derived terms

• na boso

Related terms

• bosý

Further reading

• “bos”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “bos”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Dalmatian

Etymology 1

Possibly from Latin buxus (“box tree”).

Noun

bos m

1. oak tree

Etymology 2

Unknown.

Noun

bos m

1. thigh, hind quarters

Danish

Noun

bos n

1. indefinite genitive singular of bo

Dutch

een bos (n, a forest)

Alternative forms

• bosch (obsolete)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch bosch, from Old Dutch *busc, from Proto-West Germanic *busk, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔs/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: bos
• Rhymes: -ɔs

Noun

bos n (plural bossen, diminutive bosje n)

1. wood, forest

   Zij ging wandelen in de bossen.

   She went walking in the woods.

2. (Suriname) jungle, tropical rainforest
   • 2013, Scrappy W (lyrics and music), “Super Saamaka”:

     Ik woon in de stad en ik kom uit het bos / Toerisme gestudeerd en ik ben tevens kok / Mensen vinden me tof, grof, onbeschoft / en respect voor mijn buurvrouw want die noemt me os

     I live in the city and I'm from the jungle / Studied tourism and I am also a cook / People think I am harsh, rude, uncouth / and respect for my neighbour because she calls me an ox

Noun

bos m (plural bossen, diminutive bosje n)

1. bouquet, cluster, bunch

   Hij bracht een bosje bloemen mee.

   He brought me a bouquet of flowers.

Derived terms

• bebossen
• biesbos
• bos hout voor de deur
• bosbedrijf
• bosbeheer
• bosbes
• bosbewaring
• bosbewoner
• bosbouw
• bosbrand
• boshoen
• bosjavaan
• boskalkoen
• boskoe
• boskonijn
• bosland
• bosloos
• bosmarmot
• bosmier
• bosneger
• bospaardenstaart
• bospolitie
• bosrand
• bosrietzanger
• bosruiter
• bosspitsmuis
• bosui
• bosuil
• bosvogel
• boswachter
• boswezen
• dennenbos
• door de bomen het bos niet meer zien
• geriefbos
• herbebossen
• loofbos
• miltvuurbos
• naaldbos
• oerbos
• ontbossen
• ooibos
• pestbos
• rabattenbos
• rooibos
• schaambos
• takkenbos

(toponyms):

• Adriaan Tripbos
• Ballastplaatbos
• Bedumerbos
• Beijumerbos
• Bellingwolderbos
• Beusebos
• Bevrijdingsbos
• Blijhamsterbos
• Corversbos
• Diemerbos
• Dingebos
• Donkere Bos
• Dr. Hommesbos
• Drevenbos
• Formerumerbos
• Haarsterbos
• Hollumerbos
• Hoornerbos
• Horstenerbos
• Huisweersterbos
• Kweekbos
• Kwelbos
• Lauwersoogbos
• Marnebos
• Meebos
• Middelstumerbos
• Nanninga's Bos
• Nesserbos
• Nieuwe Schanskerbos
• Noordlaarderbos
• Oostbos
• Pekelder Bos
• Quintusbos
• Roelagerbos
• Scharlakenbos
• Schinkelbos
• Steendamsterbos
• Telegraafbos
• Tempelbos
• Ten Boersterbos
• Vierhuizerbos
• Vledderbos
• Vlinderbalgbos
• W.H. Vliegenbos
• Wagenborgerbos
• Warffumerbos
• Winschoterbos
• Zuidwalbos

Descendants

• Afrikaans: bos
• Berbice Creole Dutch: bosi
• Negerhollands: boesch, bosch
• → Aukan: bosu
• → Caribbean Javanese: bos (bunch, bundle)
• → English: bush
  • → Dutch: bush, bushbush
• →? Guyanese Creole English: bush
• → Indonesian: bos
• → Papiamentu: bòshi, bosji (from the diminutive)
• → Sranan Tongo: bosu (bunch, bundle)
• → Sranan Tongo: busi (forest)
  • → Caribbean Javanese: busi
  • → Kwinti: busi
  • → Ndyuka-Trio Pidgin: busi

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin buxus, from Ancient Greek πύξος (púxos).

Noun

bos m (plural bos)

1. box (tree)
2. boxwood

Galician

Adjective

bos

1. masculine plural of bo

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese vos. Cognate with Kabuverdianu bo.

Pronoun

bos

1. you (plural second person)

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɔs]
• Hyphenation: bos

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Dutch bos, from Middle Dutch bosch, from Old Dutch *busc, from Proto-West Germanic *busk, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz.

Noun

bos (plural bos-bos)

1. cluster, bunch.

Etymology 2

From English boss, from Dutch baas, from Middle Dutch baes (“master of a household, friend”), from Old Dutch *baso (“uncle, kinsman”), from Proto-Germanic *baswô, masculine form of Proto-Germanic *baswǭ (“father's sister, aunt, cousin”). Cognate with Middle Low German bās (“supervisor, foreman”), Old Frisian bas (“master”) > Saterland Frisian Boas (“boss”), Old High German basa (“father's sister, cousin”) > German Base (“aunt, cousin”). Doublet of bas.

Noun

bos (plural)

1. boss, leader, head

   Synonyms: bas, mandor, pemborong, pembesar, kepala

Further reading

• “bos” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Irish

Alternative forms

• bas

Etymology

From Old Irish bas, bos (“palm”), from Proto-Celtic *bostā (“palm, fist”) (compare Breton boz (“hollow of the hand”)), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷosto-, *gʷosdʰo- (“branch”).

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠʌsˠ/

Noun

bos f (genitive singular boise, nominative plural bosa)

1. (anatomy) palm of the hand

   Synonym: dearna

2. (hurling) the flattened, curved end of a hurley

Declension

Declension of bos (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative bos bosa vocative a bhos a bhosa genitive boise bos dative bois bosa forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an bhos na bosa genitive na boise na mbos dative leis an mbois don bhois leis na bosa

• Dual: dhá bhois

Derived terms

• boiseog

Descendants

• → Yola: baush, bash

Mutation

Mutated forms of bos

radical	lenition	eclipsis
bos	bhos	mbos

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bos”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Karakalpak

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *boĺ.

Adjective

bos

1. empty

References

• N. A. Baskakov, editor (1958), “бос”, in Karakalpaksko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Karakalpak-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: Akademija Nauk Uzbekskoj SSR, →ISBN

Kristang

Etymology

From Portuguese vós (“ye”), from Old Galician-Portuguese vos, from Latin vōs (“ye”).

Pronoun

bos

1. you; thou (second-person singular personal pronoun)

See also

Kristang personal pronouns (edit)
Person	Singular	Plural
First	yo	nus
Second	bos	bolotu
Third	eli	olotu

Ladino

Noun

bos f (plural bozes)

1. Alternative form of boz

Latin

bōs (a bull)

Alternative forms

• bovis, bus (rare)

Etymology

Irregular, for the expected **vōs/**ūs, accusative **vom, oblique stem **vov-, from Proto-Italic *gʷōs, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws, which also gave Ancient Greek βοῦς (boûs), Sanskrit गो (go) (nominative singular gaúḥ), and English cow.

Most likely a borrowing from Sabellic (Oscan-Umbrian), attested as Umbrian bum (acc.sg.), bue (abl.sg.), buo (gen.pl.), buf (acc.pl.) all spelling /bō-/. This was likely motivated by the fact that the expected form would have produced an undesirable homonymic clash: with vōs (“you”) in the nominative and with ovis (“sheep”) in the oblique. It's unclear whether the borrowing included the entire paradigm, or just the initial consonant.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /boːs/, [boːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /bos/, [bɔs]

Noun

bōs m or f (genitive bovis); irregular, third declension

1. head of cattle (cow, bull, steer, or ox)
   • c. 98 CE, Tacitus, Germania 18:

     Hoc iuncti boves, hoc paratus equus, hoc data arma denuntiant.

     The yoked oxen, the harnessed steed, the gift of arms, proclaim this fact.

Declension

Third-declension noun (irregular).

	singular	plural
nominative	bōs	bovēs
genitive	bovis	boum bovum boverum
dative	bovī	bōbus būbus bovibus
accusative	bovem	bovēs
ablative	bove bovīd1	bōbus būbus bovibus
vocative	bōs	bovēs

¹Old Latin.

• The medial /w/ is often found spelled ⟨B⟩, normally not spelled in the form boum, and is sometimes lost in the forms bo(v)e and bo(v)ēs.

Synonyms

• cornigera n pl
• iūmentum (when used to pull carts); armentum (when used to pull plows)

Hypernyms

• iūmenta (when used to pull carts); armenta (when used to pull plows)

Hyponyms

• taurus m
• vacca f
• vitulus m

Derived terms

• boārius
• bovārius
• bovātim
• bovicīdium
• bovīlla
• bovīllus
• bovīnor
• bovīnus
• būbalus
• būbīle
• Būbōna
• bubsequa
• būbula
• bubulcārius
• bubulcitō
• bubulcus
• būbulīnus
• būbulus
• būcaeda
• būcētum
• būcina
• būcula
• būculus
• Lūca bōs

Related terms

• Bosforus
• Bosphorus
• Bosporus

Descendants

• Balkan-Romance:
  • Aromanian: bou
  • Megleno-Romanian: bou
  • Romanian: bou
• Dalmatian:
  • bu
• Italo-Romance:
  • Corsican: boiu
  • Italian: bove, bue
  • Sicilian: voi
• Padanian:
  • Emilian: beu, bò
  • Friulian: bo
  • Ligurian: beu
  • Lombard: beu, bò, (alpine) beuiv
  • Piedmontese: beu, bò
  • Romagnol: bò, bo
  • Romansch: bov
  • Venetan: bo
• Northern Gallo-Romance:
  • Bourguignon: beu
  • Franco-Provençal: bôf

    Bressan: bœuf

    Savoyard: buef

  • Old French: buef
    • French: bœuf
    • → English: beef
      • → Portuguese: bife
      • → Spanish: bife
• Southern Gallo-Romance:
  • Aragonese: bue, uei, buei
  • Catalan: bou
  • Old Occitan: bou, bueu
    • Auvergnat: beu, bueu
    • Gascon: buèu, bueu, beu, bieu, büu
    • Languedocien: buòu, biòu
    • Provençal: buou, bou
    • Vivaro-Alpine: buou
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Old Leonese: buee
    • Asturian: bue, güe, buoi, buei, güei
    • Leonese: bué, boi, buei, güé, güei
    • Mirandese: bui
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: boi
    • Fala: boi
    • Galician: boi
    • Portuguese: boi
  • Old Spanish: buey
    • Ladino: buey
    • Spanish: buey
• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian: boe, foe, voe (Logudorese-Nuorese), boi (Campidanese), boi, boe (Logudorese-Nuorese) (Campidanese)
• Borrowings:
  • → Esperanto: bovo

References

• “bōs” in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “bōs”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 74

Further reading

• “bos”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “bos”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "bos", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• bos in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “On Latin bōs”, in laohutiger.wordpress.com, 2012 January 2, retrieved 2021-06-16

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• (rubbish): bøss, boss
• (straw): bys

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Compare Swedish boss with the same meaning.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boːs/

Noun

bos n (definite singular boset, uncountable)

1. (Western and Southern Norway) garbage, rubbish, waste

   Synonyms: avfall, søppel

2. straw for or from a strawbed

Further reading

• “bos” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Frisian

Ēn bōs.

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *bans, from Proto-Germanic *bansaz (“stall”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to bind”). Cognates include Old English *bōs, Old Saxon *bōs and Old Norse báss.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈboːs/

Noun

bōs m

1. stall, byre

Descendants

• Saterland Frisian: Buus
• West Frisian: bús

References

• Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN

Romanian

Noun

bos m (plural boși)

1. Alternative form of boss

Declension

Declension of bos

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	bos	bosul		boși	boșii
genitive-dative	bos	bosului		boși	boșilor
vocative	bosule			boșilor

Sardinian

Alternative forms

• vos

Etymology

From Latin vōs, from Proto-Italic *wōs, from the oblique case forms of Proto-Indo-European *yū́ (“you”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbos/

Pronoun

bos (possessive bostru)

1. you (plural), ye

   Synonyms: bois, bosateros

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bosъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bôːs/

Adjective

bȏs (Cyrillic spelling бо̑с, definite bȏsī)

1. barefoot

Declension

indefinite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		bos	bosa	boso
genitive		bosa	bose	bosa
dative		bosu	bosoj	bosu
accusative	inanimate animate	bos bosa	bosu	boso
vocative		bos	bosa	boso
locative		bosu	bosoj	bosu
instrumental		bosim	bosom	bosim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		bosi	bose	bosa
genitive		bosih	bosih	bosih
dative		bosim(a)	bosim(a)	bosim(a)
accusative		bose	bose	bosa
vocative		bosi	bose	bosa
locative		bosim(a)	bosim(a)	bosim(a)
instrumental		bosim(a)	bosim(a)	bosim(a)

definite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		bosi	bosa	boso
genitive		bosog(a)	bose	bosog(a)
dative		bosom(u/e)	bosoj	bosom(u/e)
accusative	inanimate animate	bosi bosog(a)	bosu	boso
vocative		bosi	bosa	boso
locative		bosom(e/u)	bosoj	bosom(e/u)
instrumental		bosim	bosom	bosim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		bosi	bose	bosa
genitive		bosih	bosih	bosih
dative		bosim(a)	bosim(a)	bosim(a)
accusative		bose	bose	bosa
vocative		bosi	bose	bosa
locative		bosim(a)	bosim(a)	bosim(a)
instrumental		bosim(a)	bosim(a)	bosim(a)

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bosъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bóːs/, /bɔ́s/

Adjective

bȍs or bòs (not comparable)

1. barefoot

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Hard
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nom. sing.	bós	bósa	bóso
singular
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	bós ind bósi def	bósa	bóso
genitive	bósega	bóse	bósega
dative	bósemu	bósi	bósemu
accusative	nominativeinan or genitiveanim	bóso	bóso
locative	bósem	bósi	bósem
instrumental	bósim	bóso	bósim
dual
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	bósa	bósi	bósi
genitive	bósih	bósih	bósih
dative	bósima	bósima	bósima
accusative	bósa	bósi	bósi
locative	bósih	bósih	bósih
instrumental	bósima	bósima	bósima
plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	bósi	bóse	bósa
genitive	bósih	bósih	bósih
dative	bósim	bósim	bósim
accusative	bóse	bóse	bósa
locative	bósih	bósih	bósih
instrumental	bósimi	bósimi	bósimi

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Hard
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nom. sing.	bòs	bôsa	bôso
singular
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	bòs ind bôsi def	bôsa	bôso
genitive	bôsega	bôse	bôsega
dative	bôsemu	bôsi	bôsemu
accusative	nominativeinan or genitiveanim	bôso	bôso
locative	bôsem	bôsi	bôsem
instrumental	bôsim	bôso	bôsim
dual
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	bôsa	bôsi	bôsi
genitive	bôsih	bôsih	bôsih
dative	bôsima	bôsima	bôsima
accusative	bôsa	bôsi	bôsi
locative	bôsih	bôsih	bôsih
instrumental	bôsima	bôsima	bôsima
plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	bôsi	bôse	bôsa
genitive	bôsih	bôsih	bôsih
dative	bôsim	bôsim	bôsim
accusative	bôse	bôse	bôsa
locative	bôsih	bôsih	bôsih
instrumental	bôsimi	bôsimi	bôsimi

Further reading

• “bos”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

Swedish

Noun

bos

1. indefinite genitive singular of bo

Verb

bos

1. passive infinitive of bo
2. present passive of bo

Synonyms

• bebos

Anagrams

• obs

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• boss

Etymology

Borrowed from English boss.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbos/ [ˈbos]
• Rhymes: -os
• Syllabification: bos

Noun

bos (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜐ᜔) (colloquial)

1. boss, chief, head

   Synonyms: hepe, puno

2. a male term of address

Derived terms

• bosing

Further reading

• “boss”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English boss.

Noun

bos

1. boss, overseer, master
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:26:

     Bihain God i tok olsem, “Nau yumi wokim ol manmeri bai ol i kamap olsem yumi yet. Bai yumi putim ol i stap bos bilong ol pis na ol pisin na bilong olgeta kain animal na bilong olgeta samting bilong graun.”

     →New International Version translation

Synonyms

• masta

Related terms

• bosim

Volapük

Pronoun

bos

1. something

Declension

Declension of bos

	singular	plural
nominative	bos	boss
genitive	bosa	bosas
dative	bose	boses
accusative	bosi	bosis