boko

== English == === Etymology === Circa 1820. Multiple potential origins: From beak (“nose”) From French beaucoup (“very much”) Blend of beak (“nose”) +‎ coconut From boke (“point; thrust”) From poke, as in poke one's nose into === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbəʊ.kəʊ/ (US) enPR: bōʹkō, IPA(key): /ˈboʊ.koʊ/ Rhymes: -əʊkəʊ === Noun === boko (plural bokos) (dated, Australia, West Midlands, originally boxing) The nose. ==== Synonyms ==== See Thesaurus:nose === See also === Boko Haram === References === === Anagrams === kobo, Book, Koob, book == Esperanto == === Etymology === From German Bock, English buck. Doublet of buĉi. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈboko/ Rhymes: -oko Syllabification: bo‧ko === Noun === boko (accusative singular bokon, plural bokoj, accusative plural bokojn) (neologism) buck (male deer, goat, or other ruminant) ==== References ==== == Farefare == === Etymology === Compare Moore boko (“hole”) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bò.kò/ === Noun === boko (plural bogro) hole == French == === Etymology === From a word in the Boko language. === Noun === boko m (uncountable) Boko language Synonym: boo == Gothic == === Romanization === bōkō romanization of 𐌱𐍉𐌺𐍉 == Hausa == === Etymology === Often stated to be borrowed from English book, but Paul Newman disputes this, stating that "boko is an indigenous Hausa word originally connoting sham, fraud, deceit, or lack of authenticity. When the British colonial government imposed secular schools in northern Nigeria at the beginning of the 20th century, boko was applied in a pejorative sense to this new system. By semantic extension, boko came to acquire its current meaning of Hausa written in Roman script and Western education in general." === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bóː.kòː/ (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [bóː.kʷòː] === Noun === bōkṑ m (possessed form bōkòn) fraud, deceit, trick a mock or imitation version of something real Western education Boko alphabet (Latin script used to write Hausa) === References === == Ido == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian bocca, Spanish boca, from Latin bucca. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈboko/ === Noun === boko (plural boki) (anatomy) mouth opening, entrance Synonym: enireyo (geography) mouth (of a river or stream) Synonym: fluvioboko ==== Derived terms ==== == Japanese == === Romanization === boko Rōmaji transcription of ぼこ == Mansaka == === Etymology === From buku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buku. === Noun === boko knot == Moore == === Etymology === Compare Farefare boko (“hole”) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bò.kó/ === Noun === boko (plural bogdo) hole pothole == Saisiyat == === Proper noun === boko a female given name == Ternate == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈbo.ko] === Noun === boko a kind of large drum === References === Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh