боов

Mongolian

Pronunciation

(Ulaanbaatar) IPA^(key): /pɔːw/, [pɔ̙ːw̜]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Chinese 餑餑 (bōbo).

Noun

боов • (boov) (Mongolian spelling ᠪᠣᠣᠪᠤ (boobu)); (hidden-n declension )

cake, cookie (any sweet pastry whether crisp or chewy)

(colloquial) penis

Synonyms

(penis): шодой (šodoj), гуур (guur), бомбоо (bomboo)

Hypernyms

(penis): бэлэг эрхтэн (beleg erhten, “genitals”)

Hyponyms

(cookie):
- боорцог (boortsog), еэвэн (jeeven)
- ул боов (ul boov)/хэвийн боов (hevijn boov)
- нарийн боов (narijn boov, “confectionery”)

See also

Category:Mongolian Desserts

Verb

боов • (boov)

terminative tense in -в (-v) of боох (booh, “to tie”)

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