bulir

bulir

Galician

Etymology

13th century. From Old Galician and 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; to move

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

Conjugation

    Conjugation of bulir (u-o stem change)

infinitive			bulir
gerund			bulindo
past participle				singular		plural
		masculine		bulido		bulidos
		feminine		bulida		bulidas
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		eu	ti	el / ela / Vde.	nós	vós	eles / elas / Vdes.
	present	bulo	boles	bole	bulimos	bulides	bolen
	imperfect	bulía	bulías	bulía	buliamos	buliades	bulían
	preterite	bulín	buliches	buliu	bulimos	bulistes	buliron
	pluperfect	bulira	buliras	bulira	buliramos	bulirades	buliran
	future	bulirei	bulirás	bulirá	buliremos	buliredes	bulirán
	conditional	buliría	bulirías	buliría	buliriamos	buliriades	bulirían
subjunctive		eu	ti	el / ela / Vde.	nós	vós	eles / elas / Vdes.
	present	bula	bulas	bula	bulamos	bulades	bulan
	preterite	bulise	bulises	bulise	bulísemos	bulísedes	bulisen
	future	bulir	bulires	bulir	bulirmos	bulirdes	buliren
imperative		—	ti	Vde.	nós	vós	Vdes.
	affirmative	—	bule	bula	bulamos	bulide	bulan
	negative	—	bulas	bula	bulamos	bulades	bulan
personal infinitive		eu	ti	el / ela / Vde.	nós	vós	eles / elas / Vdes.
		bulir	bulires	bulir	bulirmos	bulirdes	buliren

Related terms

• bulebule
• bulicio
• bulideiro
• bulidor
• buligar
• rebuldeiro

References

• “bolir” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “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 Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “bulir” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buliʀ, compare Tetum fulin.

Noun

bulir

1. ear (of corn)

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Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /buˈli(ʁ)/ [buˈli(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /buˈli(ʁ)/ [buˈli(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /buˈli(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /buˈli(ʁ)/ [buˈli(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /buˈli(ɻ)/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /buˈliɾ/

• Hyphenation: bu‧lir

Verb

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

1. (transitive, intransitive) to fidget, to shake
2. (followed by com) to tease, to provoke, to pester

   Pare de bulir com seus colegas.

   Stop provoking your colleagues.

3. (informal) to work
4. to palpitate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of bulir (u-o alternation in present singular) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	bulir
Personal	bulir	bulires	bulir	bulirmos	bulirdes	bulirem
Gerund
	bulindo
Past participle
Masculine	bulido			bulidos
Feminine	bulida			bulidas
Indicative
Present	bulo	boles	bole	bulimos	bulis	bolem
Imperfect	bulia	bulias	bulia	bulíamos	bulíeis	buliam
Preterite	buli	buliste	buliu	bulimos	bulistes	buliram
Pluperfect	bulira	buliras	bulira	bulíramos	bulíreis	buliram
Future	bulirei	bulirás	bulirá	buliremos	bulireis	bulirão
Conditional
	buliria	bulirias	buliria	buliríamos	buliríeis	buliriam
Subjunctive
Present	bula	bulas	bula	bulamos	bulais	bulam
Imperfect	bulisse	bulisses	bulisse	bulíssemos	bulísseis	bulissem
Future	bulir	bulires	bulir	bulirmos	bulirdes	bulirem
Imperative
Affirmative		bole	bula	bulamos	buli	bulam
Negative (não)		não bulas	não bula	não bulamos	não bulais	não bulam