bov
Danish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse bógr (“shoulder”), from Proto-Germanic *bōguz (“arm; shoulder”). Cognate with English bough (“branch”), German Bug (“animal shoulder; ship bow”), and Dutch boeg (“ship bow”). In the maritime sense, the Danish word is influenced by Dutch (like English bow).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbov c (singular definite boven, plural indefinite bove)
Inflection
editRomani
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Old Armenian բով (bov).[1][2]
Noun
editbov m (nominative plural bova)
References
edit- ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “բով”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 474a
- ^ Boretzky, Norbert, Igla, Birgit (1994) “bov”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 35
Further reading
edit- Paspati, Alexandre G. (1870) “bov”, in Études sur les Tchinghianés; ou, Bohémiens de l'Empire ottoman (in French), Constantinople: Impr. A. Koroméla, page 187
- Marcel Courthiade (2009) “o bov, -es- m. -a, -en-”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 91
Romansch
editEtymology
editFrom Latin bōs, bovem, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷōws.
Noun
editbov m (plural bovs)
Salar
editEtymology
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
editbov (3rd person possessive [please provide], plural [please provide])
Swedish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Swedish bōve, from Middle Low German bōve, from Proto-Germanic *bō-.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbov c
- (colloquial) criminal, chiefly a thief or a robber
Declension
editDeclension of bov | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | bov | boven | bovar | bovarna |
Genitive | bovs | bovens | bovars | bovarnas |
Volapük
editPronunciation
editNoun
editbov (nominative plural bovs)
Declension
edit- Danish terms inherited from Old Norse
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- rm:Cattle
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