# boi
## English
### Etymology

From boy.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (US):(file)

### Noun

boi (plural bois or boiz)
* (countable, originally Internet slang) Alternative spelling of boy
** 2000 September 24, Liz Almond, “(ot) the boi is gone...”, in alt.music.placebo‎ (Usenet), retrieved 2008 March 9:The boi who has been my best friend, the cause of my pain, but never quite my lover is gone....I'm sitting here in his Radiohead "don't tell me what kind of day to have" tee (it smells like him) listening to WYIN, and trying not to cry.
** 2003, Molly-Ann Leikin, How to Be a Hit Songwriter: Polishing and Marketing Your Lyrics and Music‎, →ISBN, page 48:And finally, in “Sk8er Boi,” Avril Lavigne tells us in her first two lines about the conflicts between the male and female by saying, “He was a boi, she was a girl, can I make it any more obvious.”
** 2004 August 5, "Zonee", “Ungratefull fucking pizza boi....”, in alt.pizza.delivery.drivers‎ (Usenet), retrieved 2008 March 9:I inadvertently gave the afro-american delivery boi a $5 tip probably due to the fact that I had pickled a few brain cells.
** 2022, “Bois Lie”, in Love Sux, performed by Avril Lavigne:Bois lie, I can too / Revenge is my sweet tooth
* (BDSM, especially in roleplay) A male bottom (i.e. submissive partner), defined not by junior age, but by his obedient role and submission to the dominant "top".
** 2002 March 14, “"MR MARKS"|STRICT DAD FOR BAD BOYS IN PORTLAND OREGON”, in alt.personals.spanking.punishment‎ (Usenet):boi will be treated as a boi at all times and will find himself the recepitent of many bare bottom spankings, private and in front of Daddies friends.
** 2004, Kelly A. Morris, Things - Now, Then & Strange‎, →ISBN, page 178:You, tattooed, butch boi with experience and a leash.
** 2007, Will Kane, Forbidden Fruit: Psalms of a Black Master‎, →ISBN, page 273:I fucked the boi that way. His ass had never known how good a man's dick feels when it's deep inside […]
* (LGBTQ) A lesbian who adopts a boyish appearance.
** 2004 January 2, Ariel Levy, “Where the Bois Are”, in New York Magazine‎:Most bois are in their twenties and have come of age in a time when women’s and gay rights seem like more of a given and less of an urgent struggle than they did to lesbians ten or twenty or more years older.
* (neologism) A trans boy or trans man.
** 2016, Cindy I-Fen Cheng, The Routledge Handbook of Asian American Studies:For example, “queer” would include self-identified lesbians and gays who also have sex with the “opposite sex,” sexual practices and relationships that include kink, s/m, polyamory, and pansexuality, gender play and fuck including femmes and those feminine of center, butches and those masculine of center, queens, femboys, gurls, bois, sissies, tomboys, crossdressers, drag queens and kings, and genderfluid people.

#### Derived terms

* boi pussy
* fuckboi
* sadboi
* softboi
* houseboi
* femboi
* good boi
* longboi

### See also

* gurl
* araca-boi (separate etymology)

### Anagrams

* Bio, IBO, IOB, Ibo, bio, bio-, bio., obi

## Chibcha
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /βoi/

### Noun

boi
* blanket, cape; Long garment that covers most of the body.

### References

* Gómez Aldana D. F., Análisis morfológico del Vocabulario 158 de la Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia. Grupo de Investigación Muysccubun. 2013.

## Cimbrian
### Alternative forms

* bain

### Etymology

From Middle High German wīn, from Old High German wīn, from Proto-West Germanic *wīn, from Proto-Germanic *wīną, from Latin vīnum. Cognate with German Wein, English wine.

### Noun

boi m
* (Luserna) wine

#### Derived terms

* bòivarbe

### References

* Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

## Galician
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese boi, from Latin bovem (“cow, bull”) (probably through a Vulgar Latin form *boem). Compare Portuguese boi.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈboj/ [ˈboj]
* Rhymes: -oj

### Noun

boi m (plural bois)
* ox; sometimes bull
    Synonym: almallo
** 1291, E. Cal Pardo, editor, Colección diplomática medieval do arquivo da catedral de Mondoñedo. Transcrición íntegra dos documentos, Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 78:cen carros de pan entre trigo et centeo et vi armentios et iiii bois et ii uacas et La roxellos entre cabras et ouellasa hundred carts of grain, wheat and rye; and 6 cattle, 4 oxen and 2 cows; and 50 kids, sheep and goats
* steer
* brown crab (Cancer pagurus)
    Synonyms: boi de mar, esqueiro, noca

#### Derived terms

* andar ao boi
* se non é vaca é boi

### See also

* touro

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “boi”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “boi”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “boi”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “boi”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “boi”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
* “boi”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## Garo
### Etymology

Borrowed from Bengali বই (boi).

### Noun

boi
* book

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Dutch boy, from English boy.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈboi]
* Hyphenation: boi

### Noun

boi (plural boi-boi)
* (colloquial) A male servant.

### Further reading

* “boi” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Jingpho
### Etymology

Borrowed from Burmese ပွဲစား (pwai:ca:).

### Noun

boi
* loan

### References

* Kurabe, Keita (2016 December 31) “Phonology of Burmese loanwords in Jinghpaw”, in Kyoto University Linguistic Research‎, volume 35, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 91–128

## Louisiana Creole
### Etymology

From French boire (“to drink”), compare Haitian Creole bwè.

### Verb

boi
* to drink

### References

* Alcée Fortier, Louisiana Folktales

## Malay
### Etymology

From Hokkien 梅 (bôe).

### Noun

boi (Jawi spelling بوي, plural boi-boi, informal 1st possessive boiku, 2nd possessive boimu, 3rd possessive boinya)
* Chinese plum

## Mansaka
### Etymology

From buhi.

### Adjective

boi
* live

## Middle Irish
### Verb

boi
* Alternative spelling of boí

## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Etymology

* PIE word
* *gʷṓws
Inherited from Latin bovem (“cow, bull”) (probably through a Vulgar Latin form *boem). Cognate with Old Spanish buey and Old French buef.

### Noun

boi m (plural bois)
* ox

#### Derived terms

* olho de boi

#### Descendants

* Fala: boi
* Galician: boi
* Portuguese: boi

### Further reading

* Universo Cantigas - "boi"

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbɔ.i/
* Rhymes: -ɔi
* Syllabification: bo‧i

### Noun

boi f
* inflection of boja:
** genitive/dative/locative singular
** genitive plural

### Verb

boi
* third-person singular present of bać

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* boy (obsolete)

### Etymology

* PIE word
* *gʷṓws
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese boi, from Latin bovem (“cow, bull”) (probably through a Vulgar Latin form *boem), accusative of bōs, itself a borrowing from some Osco-Umbrian language dialect, from Proto-Italic *gʷōs, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws. Compare Galician boi. Doublet of bife.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈboj/ [ˈboɪ̯]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈboj/
* (São Miguel, Azores) IPA: /ˈbø/
* Audio (Portugal):(file)
* Rhymes: -oj
* Hyphenation: boi

### Noun

boi m (plural bois, feminine vaca, feminine plural vacas)
* ox
** 1974, “Urubu tá com raiva do boi”, performed by Baiano e os Novos Caetanos:Urubu tá com raiva do boi / E eu já sei que ele tem razão / É que o urubu tá querendo comer / Mas o boi não quer morrer / Não tem alimentaçãoThe vulture is angry at the ox / And I already know he's right / It's just that the vulture wanna dine / But the ox dun' wanna die / Ain't no food
* (derogatory) corpulent person
* (Brazil, derogatory, figurative) cuckold (man married to an unfaithful wife)
    Synonym: corno
* (Pernambuco, derogatory) ugly person
* (Northeast Brazil, colloquial) menstruation

#### Derived terms

* aboiar
* boi bento
* boi de piranha
* boi de sela
* boi preto
* boi-cavalo
* boi-corneta
* boi-marinho
* boiada
* boiadeiro
* boieiro
* bois da quarta
* boizinho
* história para boi dormir
* não ver um boi
* peixe-boi
* se não é boi, é vaca

#### Related terms

* bazuca
* Beócia
* beócio
* bife
* Boeiro
* Bootes / Boota
* bovicídio
* bovídeo
* bovino
* bucéfalo
* bucólico
* buglossa
* bulimia
* bustrofédon
* butiráceo
* butiroso
* buzina
* caubói / cobói
* cauboiada / coboiada
* hecatombe

#### Further reading

* “boi”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “boi”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “boi”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025

## Romanian
### Alternative forms

* бой (boi) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /boj/

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بوی (boy).

#### Noun

boi n (plural boiuri)
* stature, appearance, mien, habitus

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

Back-formation of boia.

#### Verb

a boi (third-person singular present boiește, past participle boit) 4th conjugation
* (transitive) to paint
    Synonyms: colora, vopsi
* (reflexive, with accusative, derogatory) to put on make-up
    Synonyms: se farda, se sulimeni
* (transitive) to fool
    Synonyms: înșela, păcăli

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

boi m
* plural of bou

## Sardinian
### Alternative forms

* boe, bove

### Etymology

From Latin bōs (“cow, bull”). Compare Italian bue.

### Noun

boi m
* (Campidanese) ox
* (Campidanese) any head of cattle

## Sranan Tongo
### Alternative forms

* boy (unofficial)

### Etymology

From English boy.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /boi̯/

### Noun

boi
* boy
* son
    Synonym: manpikin
* (colloquial) thing (compare similar use of English guy)

## Swahili
### Etymology

Borrowed from English boy.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Noun

boi class V (plural maboi class VI)
* houseboy

## Tày
### Pronunciation

* (Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA: [ɓɔj˧˧]
* (Trùng Khánh) IPA: [ɓɔj˦˥]

### Verb

boi
* to shake object inside a hole
    Synonyms: bứt, vặt, bút
    boi khỉ xu ― to pick one's ear

### References

* Léopold Michel Cadière (1910) Dictionnaire Tày-Annamite-Français [Tày-Vietnamese-French Dictionary]‎ (in French), Hanoi: Impressions d'Extrême-Orient

## Ternate
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbo.i]

### Verb

boi
* (transitive) to throw away, throw out

#### Conjugation
## Welsh
### Etymology

From English boy.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bɔi̯/
* Rhymes: -ɔi̯

### Noun

boi m (plural bois)
* (South Wales, colloquial) guy, lad, bloke, chap, dude, fella
    Synonym: bachan
* (colloquial, used in the vocative) A term of address for a male. mate, dude, man
    Synonyms: achan, mêt

#### Usage notes

This is an informal term for a man, the standard term for which is dyn (“boy”). It can also be used in the vocative to address a male.

### Mutation

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

### Further reading

* R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “boi”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

## Zhuang
### Etymology

From Chinese 杯 (MC pwoj).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Zhuang) IPA: /poːi˨˦/
* Tone numbers: boi$^1$
* Hyphenation: boi

### Noun

boi (Sawndip form 盃, 1957–1982 spelling boi)
* drinkware; cup; glass; mug
    Synonym: cenj

### Classifier

boi (1957–1982 spelling boi)
* cup of; cupful of