bọ

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɔ˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɔ˨˩ʔ]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɔ˨˩˨]

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From a Sino-Tibetan language. Compare Proto-Loloish *bi/bo² (“insect”) (whence Yao'an Lolopo bber).

• (Southern Vietnam) bù

(classifier con) bọ • (蜅, 𧌂, 𧏳, 𧐾).

1. insect; bug

   Synonym: côn trùng

2. (uncommon) maggot

   Synonym: giòi

   Near-synonyms: hua, tửa

3. (Southern Vietnam) guinea pig

   Synonym: chuột lang

From Proto-Vietic *bɔːʔ (“father”).

bọ

1. (North Central Vietnam) father; dad

   Synonyms: ba, bố, cậu, cha, thầy, tía

   Chú ni giống con bọ hung! ― You look so much like my son! (literally, “You bloke here awfully like [this dear old] dad’s son!”)

• بوَْ

• IPA^(key): /bɔ̀/

bọ̀

1. (intransitive) to return, to come here, to arrive

   Synonyms: wá, dé

   àkókó ń bọ̀ tí a kò níí jẹun mọ́ ― The time is coming when we shall no longer eat

• Almost always preceded by the progressive maker ń.

• bọ̀wá
• káàbọ̀ (“welcome!”)
• àbọ̀ (“arrival”)

• IPA^(key): /bɔ̀/

bọ̀

1. (transitive) to boil

   ó bọ ẹran ― He boiled the meat

2. (intransitive) to become boiled

• bọ when followed by a direct object or noun
• (all senses): only used in reference to leafy vegetables or meat, for other foods use sè, for water use hó.

• IPA^(key): /bɔ̀/

bọ̀

1. (transitive) to insert into
2. to wear or put on something

   ó bọ ṣòkòtò rẹ̀ ― He put on his pants

• bọ when followed by a direct object or noun

• IPA^(key): /bɔ̄/

bọ

1. (transitive, intransitive) to sacrifice, to give an offering or sacrifice

• IPA^(key): /bɔ́/

bọ́

1. (intransitive) to fall, to drop, to slip off
2. (intransitive) to escape
3. to come loose
4. (euphemistic) to lose one's life, to die

   ẹ̀míi rẹ̀ẹ́ bọ́ ― She lost her life

• já bọ́
• abọ́máfọ̀ọ́ (“metal or plastic plate”)

• IPA^(key): /bɔ̀/

bọ̀

1. to thatch

   Synonym: ṣẹ́

   Wọ́n ti bọlé yẹn tán ― They've finished thatching that house

• bọ when followed by a direct object or noun