bov

See also: BOV

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse bógr (“shoulder”). In the sense bow from Dutch boeg.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bɔv/, [b̥ɒwˀ]

Noun

bov c (singular definite boven, plural indefinite bove)

  1. shoulder (of an animal)
  2. bow (front of a boat or ship)

Inflection
Declension of bov
common
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bov boven bove bovene
genitive bovs bovens boves bovenes

Romani

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Armenian բով (bov)[1]

Noun

bov

  1. oven, stove[2]

References
  1. Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “բով”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 474a
  2. Paspati, Alexandre G. (1870), “bov”, in Études sur les Tchinghianés; ou, Bohémiens de l'Empire ottoman (in French), Constantinople: Impr. A. Koroméla, page 187

Romansch

Etymology

From Latin bōs, bovem, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷōws.

Noun

bov m (plural bovs)

  1. ox

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish bōve, from Middle Low German bōve, from Proto-Germanic *bō-.

Noun

bov c

  1. criminal, chiefly a thief or a robber

Declension
Declension of bov 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative bov boven bovar bovarna
Genitive bovs bovens bovars bovarnas

Volapük

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bov/

Noun

bov (plural bovs)

  1. bowl

Declension
declension of bov
singular plural
nominative bov bovs
genitive bova bovas
dative bove boves
accusative bovi bovis
vocative 1 o bov! o bovs!
predicative 2 bovu bovus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in some later, non-classical Volapük only
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