boy eとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From 古期英語 *bōia, from Proto-Germanic *bōjô.

発音

• IPA: /ˈbɔi̯(ə)/

名詞

boye (plural boyes)

1. servant, attendant (especially if young)
   • c. 1300, King Horn, line 1075:

     þe boye hit scholde abugge
     Horn þreu him ouer þe brigge.

     The boy should pay for it; Horn threw him over the bridge.

2. commoner, peon (person of low rank)
3. scoundrel, villain
4. boy (male child)
   • 1440, Promptorium Parvulorum, section 35:

     Bye or boye: Bostio.

派生した語

• English: boy
• Scots: boy, boay
• Yola: bye, buye

参照

• “boie, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.