bouais

Norman

Alternative forms

• bwee (Sark)

Etymology

Inherited from Old French bois, from Early Medieval Latin boscus, borrowed from Frankish *busk, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz.

Pronunciation

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Noun

bouais m (plural bouais)

1. wood
   • 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore‎^[1], page 516:

     I' n'y a bouais dont nou n'fait buche.

     There is no wood but what will serve for firing.

2. (Jersey) tree

Derived terms

• blianc-bouais (“abele, white poplar”)
• bouais d'coing (“quince tree”)
• bouais d'liet (“bedstead”)
• bouais'sie (“copse”)
• cllôture d'bouais (“fence”)
• p'liche dé bouais (“bark”)
• tchulyi en bouais (“wooden spoon”)
• trie d'bouais (“woodlouse”)
• vèrt-bouais (“spindle tree”)
• vipéthe à bouais (“goat moth”)