bo

bo · interjection¹

Imitative.

bo · noun²

Probably a shortening of boy.

bo · noun³

1. Middle Chinese · derived from棒“staff, club”
2. Japanese · derived from棒
3. English todaybo

From Japanese 棒 (bō), from Middle Chinese 棒 (baewng^X, “staff, club”) (compare modern Chinese 棒 (bàng)).

bo · particle⁴

1. Hokkien · borrowed from無 /无
2. English todaybo

From Hokkien 無 /无 (bô).

bo · phrase⁵

Initialism of best of.

Bo · proper noun⁶

1. Swedish · borrowed fromBo
2. Danish · borrowed fromBo
3. English todayBo

Either borrowed from modern Danish Bo or Swedish Bo, or a spelling variant of the male given name Beau.