bosi

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See also: Bosi, and Bòsī

Antillean Creole

Etymology

From French bossu.

Adjective

bosi

  1. hunchbacked

Bau Bidayuh

Etymology

From Malay besi, from Proto-Malayic *bəsi, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *bəsi.

Noun

bosi

  1. (physics, chemistry, metallurgy) iron (element)

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *bausī

Adjective

bōsi

  1. evil

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle Dutch: bôse

Further reading

  • bōsi”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old High German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *bausī

Adjective

bōsi

  1. evil

Descendants

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɔ.ɕi/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔɕi
  • Syllabification: bo‧si

Adjective

bosi

  1. virile nominative/vocative plural of bosy

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English buss,[1] of uncertain origin. Compare southern German Bussi which may or may not be related.

Noun

bosi

  1. kiss

Verb

bosi

  1. to kiss

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Echteld, Johannes J. M. (1962) The English Words in Sranan (Negro-English of Surinam)[1], USA: J.B. Wolters Groningen, page 63

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from English boss.

Pronunciation

Noun

bosi (ma class, plural mabosi)

  1. boss

See also

Toba Batak

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Malay besi, from Proto-Malayic *bəsi, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *bəsi.

Noun

bosi (Batak spelling ᯅᯬᯘᯪ)

  1. (physics, chemistry, metallurgy) iron (element)

Volapük

Pronoun

bosi

  1. accusative singular of bos

West Makian

Etymology

Postulated by Voorhoeve to have derived from earlier *obosi, from *ḋobosi, in which case cognate with Ternate hobo (swollen).

Pronunciation

Verb

bosi

  1. (stative) to be swollen

Conjugation

Conjugation of bosi (stative verb)
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person tibosi mibosi abosi
2nd person nibosi fibosi
3rd person inanimate ibosi dibosi
animate mabosi
imperative —, bosi —, bosi

References

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[2], Pacific linguistics