biau cop
Old French
Etymology
From
Latin
bellus
(
“
beautiful
”
)
and
Late Latin
colpus
(
“
hit, blow with the fist
”
)
.
Pronunciation
IPA
(
key
)
:
/ˈbjaw ˈkup/
Adverb
biau
cop
a lot
,
much
Synonyms
mout
maint
Descendants
Middle French:
beau cop
,
beaucop
,
beau coup
,
beaucoup
,
biaucaup
,
biaucop
,
biaucoup
French:
beaucoup
,
boucoup
(
Louisiana
)
Louisiana Creole:
bokou
,
boukou
Mauritian Creole:
boukou
→
English:
beaucoup
,
boku
,
boocoo
,
bookoo
,
buku
→
Nigerian Pidgin:
boku