boia
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Catalan[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Borrowed from Old French buie.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
boia f (plural boies)
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “boia” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Etymology 2[edit]
Verb[edit]
boia
- inflection of boiar:
Chibcha[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
boia
Finnish[edit]
Noun[edit]
boia
Galician[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Old French buie, from Frankish *baukn, from Proto-Germanic *baukną (“sign”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
boia f (plural boias)
Derived terms[edit]
- aboiar (“to float”)
Further reading[edit]
- “boia” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
- “boia” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “boia” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “boia” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Guinea-Bissau Creole[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Portuguese boiar. Cognate with Kabuverdianu bóia.
Verb[edit]
boia
- to float (in the water)
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
boia m (invariable)
- executioner
- hangman (word game)
- villain, scoundrel
- 1995, Niccolò Ammaniti, Rane e girini:
- Non erano soltanto motociclisti di periferia, ma boia insensibili assetati del suo sangue.
- They weren't just bikers from the outskirts, but ruthless executioners thirsty for his blood.
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- boia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams[edit]
Kabuverdianu[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Portuguese boiar.
Verb[edit]
boia
References[edit]
- Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN
- Veiga, Manuel (2012) Dicionário Caboverdiano-Português, Instituto da Biblioteca Nacional e do Livro
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek βοείη (boeíē, “ox hide”), from βοῦς (boûs).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈbo.i.a/, [ˈboiä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈbo.i.a/, [ˈbɔːiä]
Noun[edit]
boia f (genitive boiae); first declension
Declension[edit]
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | boia | boiae |
| Genitive | boiae | boiārum |
| Dative | boiae | boiīs |
| Accusative | boiam | boiās |
| Ablative | boiā | boiīs |
| Vocative | boia | boiae |
References[edit]
- ^ Ayto, Word Origins
Further reading[edit]
- boia 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)
Portuguese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -ɔjɐ
- Hyphenation: boi‧a
Etymology 1[edit]
Borrowed from Old French buie, boye, boue, from Frankish *baukn.
Alternative forms[edit]
Noun[edit]
boia f (plural boias)
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → Swahili: boya
Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb[edit]
boia
- inflection of boiar:
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بویا (boya).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
boia f (plural boiele)
Declension[edit]
Declension of boia
Further reading[edit]
- boia in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
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