boo
Scots
/buː/
verb
Definitions
- to bow, to stoop
- to bend, to curve
- to make something bend or curve
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English buwen inherited from Old English būgan, bugan inherited from Proto-Germanic *beuganą derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰūgʰ- (bend), *bʰewgʰ- (bend).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰewgʰ-
Gloss
bend
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- badge English
- barebow English
- bow English
- bow ball English
- bow maker English
- bow window English
- bowable English
- bowbearer English
- bowbent English
- bowest English
- boweth English
- bowfin English
- bowfront English
- bowgrace English
- bowguard English
- bowhead English
- bowhunter English
- bowhunting English
- bowknot English
- bowleg English
- bowless English
- bowlike English
- bowmaking English
- bowman English
- bowmanship English
- bowpicker English
- bowrider English
- bowshot English
- bowsman English
- bowstave English
- bowstring English
- bowtie English
- bowwoman English
- bowyer English
- buxom English
- crossbow English
- downbow English
- elbow English
- embow English
- facebow English
- footbow English
- hairbow English
- imbow English
- longbow English
- midbow English
- moonbow English
- mouthbow English
- outbow English
- overbow English
- oxbow English
- rainbow English
- saddle bow English
- saddlebow English
- shaft bow English
- shortbow English
- spray bow English
- stone bow English
- stonebow English
- sunbow English
- unbow English
- upbow English
- warbow English
- abbiegen German
- biegen German
- biegsam German
- geradebiegen German
- umbiegen German
- verbiegen German
- afbuigen Dutch, Flemish
- beugel Dutch, Flemish
- buigen Dutch, Flemish
- buiging Dutch, Flemish
- buigspier Dutch, Flemish
- buigzaam Dutch, Flemish
- neerbuigen Dutch, Flemish
- verbuigen Dutch, Flemish
- бугор Russian
- *bʰeugʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰewgʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰūgʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *baug- Proto-Germanic
- *baugaz Proto-Germanic
- *baugijaną Proto-Germanic
- *beuganą Proto-Germanic
- *bugjaną Proto-Germanic
- *bugô Proto-Germanic
- *buhtiz Proto-Germanic
- *būganą Proto-Germanic
- *regnabugô Proto-Germanic
- ボウ Japanese
- beah Old English
- bugan Old English
- byht Old English
- būgan Old English
- būgan, bugan Old English
- bowe Middle English
- buhsum Middle English
- buwen Middle English
- bjúgleikr Old Norse
- bogi Old Norse
- keng Old Norse
- albue Danish
- bue Danish
- bueskytte Danish
- regnbue Danish
- storcirkelbue Danish
- โบ Thai
- bugen Middle Dutch
- biogan Old High German
- bouc Old High German
- conboing Old Irish
- buig Afrikaans
- biegen Middle High German
- 𐌱𐌹𐌿𐌲𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- בייגל Yiddish
- *bungeti Proto-Celtic
- bocht Middle Low German
- *bʰúǰas Proto-Indo-Iranian
- bugan Old Saxon
- bightsome Scots
- bögen Low German