bouoilli
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Norman[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French boillir, from Latin bulliō (“I bubble, boil”), from bulla (“bubble”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (Jersey) (file)
Verb[edit]
bouoilli
- (Jersey) to boil
- 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore[1], page 517:
- Il est niais coume Dadais qui tâte l'iaue pour vée s'a bouit.
- He is as stupid as Dadais who puts his hand into the water to see if it is boiling.
Antonyms[edit]
- g'ler (“to freeze”)
Derived terms[edit]
- bouoilli par dessus (“to boil over”)
Related terms[edit]
- parbouoilli (“to parboil”)