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bov

See also: BOV and բով

Translingual

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bov

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Tuwuli.

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Danish

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Etymology

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From 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).

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Noun

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bov c (singular definite boven, plural indefinite bove)

  1. shoulder (of an animal)
  2. bow (front of a boat or ship)

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Declension of bov
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bov boven bove bovene
genitive bovs bovens boves bovenes

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Romani

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Armenian բով (bov).[1][2]

Noun

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bov m (nominative plural bova)

  1. oven, stove

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  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ 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

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  • 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

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Etymology

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From Latin bōs, bovem, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷōws.

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bov m (plural bovs)

  1. ox

Salar

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Etymology

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

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bov (3rd person possessive [please provide], plural [please provide])

  1. mother's brother, maternal uncle

Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Swedish bōve, from Middle Low German bōve, from Proto-Germanic *bō-.

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bov c

  1. (colloquial) criminal, chiefly a thief or a robber

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Declension of bov
nominative genitive
singular indefinite bov bovs
definite boven bovens
plural indefinite bovar bovars
definite bovarna bovarnas

Volapük

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Noun

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bov (nominative plural bovs)

  1. bowl

Declension

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declension of bov
singular plural
nominative bov bovs
genitive bova bovas
dative bove boves
accusative bovi bovis
vocative 1 o bov! o bovs!
predicative 2 bovu bovus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only
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