"bou" meaning in Afrikaans

See bou in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /bœu̯/ Audio: LL-Q14196 (afr)-Oesjaar-bou.wav
Etymology: From Dutch bouwen, from Middle Dutch bouwen, from Old Dutch buwan, from Proto-Germanic *būaną. Etymology templates: {{root|af|ine-pro|*bʰuH-}}, {{inh|af|nl|bouwen}} Dutch bouwen, {{inh|af|dum|bouwen}} Middle Dutch bouwen, {{inh|af|odt|buwan}} Old Dutch buwan, {{inh|af|gem-pro|*būaną}} Proto-Germanic *būaną Head templates: {{head|af|noun|uncountable|||-|||||||||||||f2accel-form=p|f2request=1|f5accel-form=diminutive|head=}} bou (uncountable), {{af-noun|-}} bou (uncountable)
  1. building, construction (activity of building) Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-bou-af-noun-soiMHFOv
  2. structure Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-bou-af-noun-UgzbVjv4 Categories (other): Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header: 36 61 3

Verb

IPA: /bœu̯/ Audio: LL-Q14196 (afr)-Oesjaar-bou.wav Forms: bou [present], bouende [participle, present], gebou [participle, past]
Etymology: From Dutch bouwen, from Middle Dutch bouwen, from Old Dutch buwan, from Proto-Germanic *būaną. Etymology templates: {{root|af|ine-pro|*bʰuH-}}, {{inh|af|nl|bouwen}} Dutch bouwen, {{inh|af|dum|bouwen}} Middle Dutch bouwen, {{inh|af|odt|buwan}} Old Dutch buwan, {{inh|af|gem-pro|*būaną}} Proto-Germanic *būaną Head templates: {{af-verb}} bou (present bou, present participle bouende, past participle gebou)
  1. to build Derived forms: bouer, gebou
    Sense id: en-bou-af-verb-D9q-mEa7

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for bou meaning in Afrikaans (3.5kB)

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