bosi

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

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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-Germanic *bausuz, *bausiz, *bausijaz.

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 German Bussi (a colloquial word for 'kiss').

Noun

bosi

  1. kiss

Verb

bosi

  1. to kiss

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from English boss.

Pronunciation
  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

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
  • IPA(key): /ˈbo.s̪i/

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, Pacific linguistics
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