bova

Inherited from Latin buda, a borrowing from a Berber language of North Africa.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈbɔ.βə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈbɔ.və]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈbɔ.va]

bova f (plural boves)

1. alternative form of boga (“cattail”)

• bovar
• bover

• “bova”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “bova” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

bovo +‎ -a

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bova (accusative singular bovan, plural bovaj, accusative plural bovajn)

1. bovine
   • 1927, chapter 25, in Kazimierz Bein, transl., La Faraono:

     Kiam leono sin kovras per bova haŭto, ĉiam oni povas vidi almenaŭ pecon de lia vosto.

     When a lion covers himself with a cow skin, one can always see at least a piece of his tail.

bova (masculine bovo)

1. foolish, idiotic

• IPA^(key): /bôːʋa/
• Hyphenation: bo‧va

bȏva f (Cyrillic spelling бо̑ва)

1. buoy

• IPA^(key): /bóːʋa/

bọ̑va

1. first-person dual future of bíti