boah

• IPA^(key): /boːə̯/, /bɔɐ̯/, /bɔː/

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boah

1. wow (An expression of annoyance or exasperation.)

   Boah, halt die Klappe!

   Jeez, shut up!

2. wow (An expression of marvel or surprise.)

   Boah, is der groß!

   Whoa, that one's big!

• “boah” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

• (Hokkien)
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: boah
  • Tâi-lô: buah
  • Phofsit Daibuun: boaq
  • IPA (Xiamen): /buaʔ³²/
  • IPA (Quanzhou): /buaʔ⁵/
  • IPA (Zhangzhou): /buaʔ³²/
  • IPA (Taipei): /buaʔ³²/
  • IPA (Kaohsiung): /buaʔ³²/
• Rhymes: -uaʔ

1. Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 抹 (colloquial)
2. Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 沫
3. Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 末 (in 末仔)

• “Query for buah”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.
• 周长楫 [Zhou, Changji], editor (2006) 闽南方言大词典 MINNAN FANGYAN DA CIDIAN [Dictionary of Southern Min dialects] (in Hokkien and Mandarin Chinese), Fuzhou: 福建人民出版社 [Fujian People's Publishing House], →ISBN, page 669.