boro

boro

1. (Jamaica) borrow

boro (plural boros)

1. (US) Alternative spelling of borough

• -boro

• OBOR, boor, broo, robo, robo-

• IPA^(key): /boro/

boro

1. pig

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• IPA^(key): /boɾo/, [bo̞.ɾo̞]

boro inan

1. boron

• "boro" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
• “boro” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus

From Proto-Mongolic *böxere, from Proto-Turkic *bögür.

Compare Mongolian бөөр (böör), Turkish böbrek.

boro

1. kidney

From Proto-Mongolic *bora, from Proto-Turkic *boŕ.

Compare Mongolian бор (bor), Turkish boz.

boro

1. grey
2. dark

Perhaps the same as the second etymology.

boro

1. heathen

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• IPA^(key): [ˈboro]
• Rhymes: -oro
• Hyphenation: bo‧ro

boro (uncountable, accusative boron)

1. boron

Cognate with Hawaiian pōpolo and Tongan polo (“deadly nightshade, Solanum nigrum”), Tuvaluan 'opolo (“capsicum”), Maori poroporo (“Solanum aviculare”).

boro

1. Generic term for any Solanum plant.

• boro dina, Solanum uporo
• boro gaga, Capsicum frutescens

• “Polo”, in Te Māra Reo: The Language Garden‎, Benton Family Trust, 2022
• Gatty, Ronald (2009) “boro”, in Fijian-English Dictionary, Suva, Fiji: Ronald Gatty, →ISBN, page 26

boro

1. Alternative spelling of bôrô (“enough”)

boro m (uncountable)

1. boron

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔ.ro/
• Rhymes: -ɔro
• Hyphenation: bò‧ro

Internationalism, first attested as French bore, and later English boron. Ultimately akin to Italian borace (“borax”).

boro m (uncountable)

1. (chemistry) boron

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boro m (plural bori)

1. (Rome, colloquial) chav (a youngster usually perceived as having poor education and wearing expensive clothing)

   Coordinate terms: pariolino, burino, coatto

• orbo, orbò

• IPA^(key): [ˈboːro]

boro

1. gebang palm

• Allahverdi Verdizade (2019) “boro”, in Lamboya word list‎, Leiden: LexiRumah

From Proto-Austronesian *beRek.

boro

1. pig

bòro f

1. definite singular of bòru

• Hyphenation: bo‧ro

boro m (plural boros)

1. (chemistry, uncountable) boron
2. an atom of boron

boro

1. large

From bórax, influenced by similar formations in other European languages (compare English boron, French bore).

• IPA^(key): /ˈboɾo/ [ˈbo.ɾo]

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• Rhymes: -oɾo
• Syllabification: bo‧ro

boro m (uncountable)

1. boron

• boro on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es

• “boro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

From English bore (“to make a hole”).

boro

1. to bore
2. to cut in line
3. to intrude (on a party) uninvited

boro

1. drill (instrument)
2. bore
3. hole, leak

boro

1. having holes, leaky
2. (of a guest) uninvited

Borrowed from Spanish boro.

• IPA^(key): /ˈboɾo/, [ˈbo.ɾo]
• Hyphenation: bo‧ro

boro (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜇᜓ)

1. (chemistry) boron

From Proto-Oceanic *bʷose.

• IPA^(key): /ᵐboro/

boro

1. parrotfish (Scaridae spp.)

• François, Alexandre. 2021. Teanu dictionary (Solomon Islands). Dictionaria 15. 1-1877. DOI:10.5281/zenodo.5653063. – entry boro.
• François, Alexandre. 2021. Online Teanu–English dictionary, with equivalents in Lovono and Tanema. Electronic files. Paris: CNRS. – entry boro.
• Lackey, W.J.. & Boerger, B.H. (2021) “Reexamining the Phonological History of Oceanic's Temotu subgroup”, in Oceanic Linguistics.

From Proto-North Halmahera *boro (“egg”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈbo.ɾo]

boro (Jawi بورو)

1. an egg

• Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

boro m (plural bori)

1. boron