# bò
## Emilian
### Alternative forms

* bå (Bolognese)

### Noun

bò m (plural bō)
* (Carpi) cattle

## Haitian Creole
### Etymology

From French bord.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bɔ/

### Noun

bò
* side
* half
* part

### Preposition

bò
* by, alongside, near, next to

#### Derived terms

* kibò

#### Related terms

* abò
* bòde
* bòdi
* bòdmè
* debòde

## Kashubian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbwɛ/
* Rhymes: -ɛ
* Syllabification: bò

### Conjunction

bò
* because

### Further reading

* Stefan Ramułt (1893) “bœ”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), page 10
* Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “bo”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎
* “bò”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

## Mandarin
### Alternative forms

* bo — nonstandard

### Romanization

bò (bo$^4$, Zhuyin ㄅㄛˋ)
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 孹
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 挀
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 播
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 擘
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 柏
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 栢
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 檗
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 疈
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 簸
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 繴
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 薄
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 薜
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蘖
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蘗
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 譒 / 𮷊
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 北

## Scottish Gaelic
### Alternative forms

* bó (superseded)

### Etymology

From Old Irish bó, from Proto-Celtic *bāus, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /poː/
* (Lewis) IPA: [poː˧], [poː˧˥]

### Noun

bò f (dative singular bò or boin, genitive singular bà, plural bà)
* cow

#### Usage notes

* The plural forms of bò are rarely used. The collective term crodh (“cattle”) is generally used; in South Uist and Barra, beathaichean (“animals; beasts”) is also common.

#### Synonyms

* mart

#### Derived terms

* bò mhaol odhar agus bò odhar mhaol
* math na bà

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bó”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap

### Further reading

* Edward Dwelly (1911) “bò”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN

## Vietnamese
### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [ʔɓɔ˨˩]
* (Huế) IPA: [ʔɓɔ˦˩]
* (Saigon) IPA: [ʔɓɔ˨˩]
* Audio (Saigon):(file)

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *bɔː (“zebu; bovine”). Probably ultimately of imitative origin.
Compare Vietnamese ụm bò (“moo”) and items such as Malay lembu, Khmu [Cuang] lmboʔ and Cebuano amba, which are superficially similar but lack straightforward correspondence with the Vietnamese word.

#### Noun

(classifier con) bò • (𤙭)
* bovine
    nuôi bò ― to keep cows
    chăn bò ― to graze the cows
    thịt bò ― beef
    bò vàng phương Nam ― Southern Yellow cattle
    bò sữa ― dairy cow

##### Derived terms

* bánh bò (a kind of sponge cake)
* bò biển
* bò cụng (Red Bull)
* bò đỏ
* bò húc (Red Bull)
* bò kho
* bò rừng (true bison)
* bò sữa (dairy cow)
* bò tót (gaur)
* bò vàng
* bún bò
* cá bò
* da bò
* đầu bò
* đầu bò đầu bướng
* đo bò làm chuồng
* lo bò trắng răng
* mất bò mới lo làm chuồng
* quần bò (jeans)
* roi cặc bò
* trâu bò (water buffaloes and bovines)
* xe bò

##### See also

* bê (“calf”)
* ụm bò (“moo”)
* trâu (“buffalo”)

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Vietic *bɔː (“to crawl; to drag”).

#### Verb

bò • (𨁏, 𨄳, 蒲, 𨆶)
* to creep; to crawl (move slowly with the abdomen close to the ground)
    rắn bò ― a snake crawls
    lổm ngổm như cua bò ― to swagger as a crab crawls
* (botany) to creep (to grow across a surface rather than upwards); to climb (to grow upwards by clinging to something)
    Mướp bò lên giàn. ― The loofah climbed the frame.
* to slowly climb
    Chiếc xe bò lên dốc. ― The car climbed up the hill.

##### Derived terms

* bò lê
* bò lê bò càng
* bò lê bò la
* bò sát (reptile)
* bò trườn (to crawl)
* chưa học bò đã lo học chạy
* cười bò
* cười lăn cười bò
* đói đầu gối phải bò
* kiến bò miệng chén

### Etymology 3

Compare vò.

#### Noun

bò
* (informal) a unit of measurement for grain volume equivalent to the capacity of a condensed milk can
    Synonyms: ống bơ, bơ
    Vay vài bò gạo. ― Lend me some condensed milk cans' worth of rice.

### References

"bò" in Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)