bói
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "boi"
Lingala
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *bʊ̀jíkɪ̀.
Pronunciation
Noun
bói class 14
Related terms
Macanese
Etymology
Borrowed from English boy. Semantically unrelated to Portuguese boy.
Noun
bói
- waiter
- Chomâ bói trazê café co lête
- Ask the waiter to bring coffee with milk
Usage notes
- Also used in restaurants as an interjection to attract the attention of a waiter.
See also
References
Portuguese
Noun
bói m (plural bóis)
- Alternative spelling of boy
Vietnamese
Etymology
Perhaps from Proto-Mon-Khmer *pul ~ *puul ~ *puəl and cognate with Tho [Cuối Chăm] pɒːl³, Koho pôl and Khmer បូល (boul).
Pronunciation
Verb
- to tell fortunes, to divine, to take an augury
Derived terms
Derived terms
Categories:
- Lingala terms inherited from Proto-Bantu
- Lingala terms derived from Proto-Bantu
- Lingala lemmas
- Lingala nouns
- Lingala class 14 nouns
- Macanese terms borrowed from English
- Macanese terms derived from English
- Macanese lemmas
- Macanese nouns
- Macanese terms with usage examples
- mzs:Occupations
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- Vietnamese terms inherited from Proto-Mon-Khmer
- Vietnamese terms derived from Proto-Mon-Khmer
- Vietnamese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Vietnamese lemmas
- Vietnamese verbs