Translation
to bark
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Word origin
An imitative root, matching French aboyer and Italian abbaiare, which go back to a Latin verb baubari that was itself an attempt to write down the sound. English bay, as in a hound at bay, is the same word.
- Origin
- Latin, imitative
- Root
- baubari
- English cognates
- bay (of hounds)
Examples
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The dog barked the whole night.
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Do not be afraid, that dog barks but does not bite.
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I heard a dog barking behind the wall.
is what a dog does, and only a dog: a person shouting is krii. It is intransitive, so the thing barked at takes a preposition, .
English speakers reliably misread it. has nothing to do with 'boy', and it is not pronounced that way either: the j is the y of yes, so the word is BO-yee, two syllables. The whole root is imitative, an attempt to spell a noise, which is why the French and Italian versions sound so alike.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 20, lesson 7: boji, inklino, lifto and 7 more words.