Mannelijk

boy

(Engels)

  1. (historical, masculine, offensive) a male domestic servant, especially one with a darker skin in a colony
  2. (informal, masculine) boy, young man

Frequentie

B2
Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/bɔi̯/
Etymologie (Engels)

In summary

Borrowed from English boy. Cognate with Middle Dutch boye (“young man, boy”), whence Dutch boi (“boy”).

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