bulir

Etymology

13th century. From Old Portuguese bolir, from Latin bullīre (“to bubble, boil”), from bulla (“bubble”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buˈliɾ/

Verb

bulir (first-person singular present bulo, first-person singular preterite bulín, past participle bulido)

1. (intransitive) to hurry; to purposely move around; to work

   Bule!

   Hurry!

   • c1295, Ramón Lorenzo (ed.), La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla. Ourense: IEOPF, page 150:

     por que o curaçõ do ome anda sempre bolindo et pensando arte ata que ache carreyra per hu possa conprir aquelo que a sabor

     because the heart of man is always working and researching until it finds a way to accomplish what it longs for

2. (intransitive) to boil
3. (intransitive) to shake

References

• “bolir” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “bolir” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “bulir” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “bulir” in Santamarina, Antón (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• “bulir” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Etymology

From Old Portuguese bulir, bolir, from Latin bullīre, present active participle of bulliō (“I bubble, boil”), from bulla (“bubble”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bu.ˈliɾ/

Verb

bulir (first-person singular present indicative bulo, past participle bulido)

1. to fidget
2. to tease