bovo

From Latin bōs, bovis, Ancient Greek βοῦς (boûs), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷōws.

• IPA^(key): [ˈbovo]

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• Rhymes: -ovo
• Hyphenation: bo‧vo

bovo (accusative singular bovon, plural bovoj, accusative plural bovojn)

1. a head of cattle (a cow, bull, steer, etc.) (archaic English neat).

   Kiom da bovoj la ranĉisto forvendos?

   How many cattle will the rancher sell off?

• mamulo (“mammal”)

• bovido (“calf”)
• bovino (“cow”)
• okso (“ox”)
• taŭro (“uncastrated bull”) (neologism)
• virbovo (“bull”) (idiomatic)

• bovaĵo (“beef”)
• bovidaĵo (“veal”)

• bovaro (“herd of cattle”)

• bova (“bovine”)
• bovejo (“corral; cattle shed; cattle stall”)
• bovino (“cow”)
• bovisto (“cowhand, cowboy or cowgirl”)
• gruntbovo (“yak”)

From Latin balbus (“stammering”). Doublet of balb.

bovo (feminine bova, masculine plural bovos, feminine plural boves)

1. (Valencia) foolish

bovo m (plural bovos, feminine bova)

1. (Valencia) fool, simpleton

• bovada

bovo m (plural bovos)

1. (Valencia) red gurnard

   Synonym: rafet

• “bovo” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “bovo” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Borrowed from Esperanto bovo, Ancient Greek βοῦς (boûs), English beef, French boeuf, Italian bove, Spanish buey, from Latin bōs, bovis, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷōws.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbo.vo/

bovo (plural bovi)

1. beef
2. cow
3. bull
4. ox

• (cow): bovino
• (bull): bovulo
• (beef): bovulokarno, bovokarno

• bovino
• bovulo
• bovyuno
• bovi
• bovyunulo
• bovyunino
• bovala

Uncertain.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔ.vo/
• Rhymes: -ɔvo
• Hyphenation: bò‧vo

bovo m (plural bovi)

1. a kind of small merchant sailing ship

• bovo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

From Latin balbus (“stuttering”), influenced by sound symbolism. Compare Spanish bobo.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbovo/

bovo (Latin spelling, feminine bova)

1. foolish, stupid, idiotic

bovo m (Latin spelling, plural bovos, feminine bova)

1. fool, idiot

• bovedad