# boh
## English
### Alternative forms

* bo, boo

### Etymology

Imitative. See boo.

### Interjection

boh
* An exclamation used to startle or frighten.
** 1830, Walter Scott, “Letter VI”, in Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft, […], London: John Murray, […], →OCLC, page 179:In our childhood, our mothers' maids have so terrified us with an ugly devil having horns on his head, […] whereby we start and are afraid when we hear one cry, Boh!

### See also

* boh liao
* tio boh

### Anagrams

* BHO, HBO, Hob, hob

## Acehnese
### Etymology

From Proto-Chamic *bɔh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buaq, from Proto-Austronesian *buaq.

### Pronunciation

IPA: /bɔh/

### Noun

boh
* fruit

### Classifier

boh
* Classifier for anything generally concretely big and has volume.

### References

* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*buaq”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
* 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

## Bouyei
### Etymology

From Proto-Tai *boːᴮ (“father”). Cognate with Thai พ่อ (pɔ̂ɔ), Northern Thai ᨻᩬᩴ᩵, Southern Thai ผอ, Lao ພໍ່ (phǭ), Lü ᦗᦸᧈ (poa¹), Shan ပေႃႈ (pāu), Aiton ပေႃ (pō), Ahom 𑜆𑜦𑜡 (pō) or 𑜆𑜨𑜦𑜡 (pwō), Zhuang boh, Saek ผ้อ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /po˧/

### Noun

boh
* father

## Galician
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbɔ/

### Interjection

boh
* indicates disdain, contempt, contradiction or incredulity
    —Éche un gran presidente, non crees? —Boh! Que vai ser!—He is a great president, don't you think? —Bah! No way!

### References

* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “bo (interx.)”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “boh”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Italian
### Alternative forms

* bo (nonstandard)
* bho (nonstandard, proscribed)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbo], [ˈboh], [ˈboʔ], [(m̩)bɤ᷄(ʷ)(ⁿ)(ʊ̯(ⁿ))ʔ(ː)(h̩)]
** may trigger doubling in a following word
* Rhymes: -o
* Hyphenation: boh

### Interjection

boh
* used to express doubt or indecision; dunno, idk (in spoken and written language)
    Puoi pagare il mio biglietto? / Boh, devo vedere se ho i soldi.Can you pay for my ticket? / I dunno, I'll need to see if I have money.
    Se po fa? / bohIs it allowed? / idk
    Sai che nja pozzo fa più? / boh e che te devo diYou know that I can't handle this anymore? / And what do you expect me to tell you?

### References

* ↑ boh in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

## Old English
### Noun

bōh m
* Alternative form of bōg

## Slovak
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bogъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [bɔx]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

boh m pers (genitive singular boha, nominative plural bohovia, genitive plural bohov, declension pattern of chlap)
* god

#### Derived terms

* Boh m
* bohyňa f
* božstvo n
* bôžik m

### References

* “boh”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

## Western Cham
### Etymology

From Proto-Chamic *bɔh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buaq, from Proto-Austronesian *buaq. Cognate with Eastern Cham baoh.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bɔh/

### Noun

boh
* fruit (part of plant)

### Classifier

boh
* Classifier for anything generally concretely big that has volume.

### References

* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*buaq”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

## Zhuang
### Etymology

From Proto-Tai *boːᴮ (“father”). Cognate with Thai พ่อ (pɔ̂ɔ), Northern Thai ᨻᩬᩴ᩵, Southern Thai ผอ, Lao ພໍ່ (phǭ), Lü ᦗᦸᧈ (poa¹), Shan ပေႃႈ (pāu), Aiton ပေႃ (pō), Ahom 𑜆𑜦𑜡 (pō) or 𑜆𑜨𑜦𑜡 (pwō), Bouyei boh, Saek ผ้อ.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Zhuang) IPA: /po˧/
* Tone numbers: bo$^6$
* Hyphenation: boh

### Noun

boh (Sawndip forms 𠇑 or 佈 or 扶 or 仆 or 卜 or 𭶺 or ⿱父坡, 1957–1982 spelling boƅ)
* father
    Synonyms: (dialectal) dez, (dialectal) baz, (dialectal) baq, (dialectal) dax