boia

Borrowed from Old French buie.

boia f (plural boies)

1. buoy

• “boia” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

boia

1. Partitive plural form of boa.

Borrowed from Old French buie, from Frankish *baukan, from Proto-Germanic *baukną (“sign”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔja̝/

boia f (plural boias)

1. buoy, floater

• aboiar (“to float”)

• “boia” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
• “boia” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “boia” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “boia” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

From Portuguese boiar. Cognates with Kabuverdianu bóia.

boia

1. to float (in the water)

From Latin boia.

boia f (plural boia)

1. executioner
2. hangman (word game)
3. villain, scoundrel
   • 1995 Niccolò Ammaniti, Rane e girini:

     Non erano soltanto motociclisti di periferia, ma boia insensibili assetati del suo sangue.

     They weren't just bikers from the outskirts, but ruthless executioners thirsty for his blood.

• baio

From Ancient Greek βοείη (boeíē, “ox hide”), from βοῦς (boûs).[1]

boia

1. fetter

• boia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

• bóia (superseded)

Borrowed from Old French buie, boye, boue, from Frankish *baukan.

boia f (plural boias)

1. float; buoy
2. (informal) meal

• boiar

boia

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of boiar

   Ele boia.

   He floats.

2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of boiar

   Tu aí, boia sozinho.

   You there, float by yourself.

From Ottoman Turkish بویا‎ (boya).

boia

1. paint