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bosi

See also: Bosi and Bòsī

Antillean Creole

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Etymology

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From French bossu.

Adjective

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bosi

  1. hunchbacked

Bau Bidayuh

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Etymology

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

Noun

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bosi

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

Old Dutch

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *bausī

Adjective

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bōsi

  1. evil

Inflection

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This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Middle Dutch: bôse

Further reading

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  • “bōsi”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old High German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *bausī

Adjective

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bōsi

  1. evil

Descendants

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Polish

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Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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bosi

  1. virile nominative/vocative plural of bosy

Sranan Tongo

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Etymology

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

Noun

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bosi

  1. kiss

Verb

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bosi

  1. to kiss

Descendants

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References

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

Swahili

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English boss.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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bosi (ma class, plural mabosi)

  1. boss

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Toba Batak

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Noun

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bosi (Batak spelling ᯅᯬᯘᯪ)

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

Volapük

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Pronoun

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bosi

  1. accusative singular of bos

West Makian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Verb

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bosi

  1. (stative) to be swollen

Conjugation

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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

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