bulir

Galician

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buˈliɾ/

Verb

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

Noun

bulir m (plural bulires)

1. restlessness
   • c1350, Kevin M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 297:

     Et aly oyriades a bolta et os braados moy grandes, et o rreboluer et o bolir das gentes, et o rrinchar dos caualos, et o sonar dos cornos et dos anafijs, que esto era hũa grã maravilla.

     And being there you would hear the racket and the very high voices, and the uproar and restlessness of the people, and the neigh of the horses, and the sound of the horns and of the bugles, and all of this was a great wonder

Related terms

• bulebule
• bulicio
• bulideiro
• buligar

References

• Template:R:DDGM
• “bolir” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• Template:R:DDLG
• Template:R:TILG
• “bulir” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Portuguese

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Galician-Portuguese bulir, bolir, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin bullīre, present active participle of bulliō (“I bubble, boil”), from bulla (“bubble”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bu.ˈliɾ/

Verb

1. to fidget
2. to tease