English Explanatory Dictionary

bohío

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. hut (a small timber dwelling with thatched roof)

Word forms

bohío bohíos

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish bohío, Taíno *bohi (“house, dwelling”) (compare Lokono bohy (“house”)). From the Taíno term used by the natives of Hispaniola and other Caribbean islands, as recorded by Spanish colonizers.

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