Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bodo

/bˈoʊdoʊ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.32 in modern English

Syllables: bo-do
IPA: /bˈoʊdoʊ/

7

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

2

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One of an Indian minority ethnic group, early settlers of Assam.

name

The Tibeto-Burman language of the Bodo.

name

A possibly extinct Bantu/Lebonya language of the Central African Republic.

name

A surname from Hungarian.

Etymology

* As a Hungarian surname, Bodó, from the old name Bod or from a Slavic name meaning "to inspire" (see Buda). * As a Polish and Slovak surname Boďo, from the old Slavic name Ostrobod, from Proto-Slavic *ostrъ (“sharp”) + *bosti (“to sting, stab”). * As a German surname, from the noun Bodo (“messenger”). This is also found in parts of France and Italy. * As a French surname, variant of Bodeau (from Old French boel (“gut, intestine”), from Late Latin botellus) and Thibodeau.

Origin

Source language: Hungarian

Word Breakdown

Root: -, *ostrъ, boel, botellus

Inflected Forms

Bodos (plural)

Rhymes With

dodo komodo quasimodo kodo hodo

Questions

How do you pronounce bodo?: The recorded pronunciation is /bˈoʊdoʊ/.
What does bodo mean?: One of an Indian minority ethnic group, early settlers of Assam.
Where does bodo come from?: It is traced to Hungarian.

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