bulir

Galician

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buˈliɾ/

Verb

bulir (first-person singular present bulo, third-person singular present bole, first-person singular preterite bulín, past participle bulido)
bulir (first-person singular present bulo, third-person singular present bole, first-person singular preterite bulim or buli, past participle bulido, reintegrationist norm)

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

   Bule!

   Hurry!

   • c. 1295, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, 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

Conjugation

    Conjugation of bulir (u-o alternation in present singular)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	bulir
Personal	bulir	bulires	bulir	bulirmos	bulirdes	buliren
Gerund
	bulindo
Past participle
Masculine	bulido			bulidos
Feminine	bulida			bulidas
Indicative
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
Present	bula	bulas	bula	bulamos	bulades	bulan
Imperfect	bulise	bulises	bulise	bulísemos	bulísedes	bulisen
Future	bulir	bulires	bulir	bulirmos	bulirdes	buliren
Imperative
Affirmative		bule	bula	bulamos	bulide	bulan
Negative (non)		non bulas	non bula	non bulamos	non bulades	non bulan

    Reintegrated conjugation of bulir (u-o alternation in present singular) (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / 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	bulides, bulis	bolem
Imperfect	bulia	bulias	bulia	bulíamos	bulíades, bulíeis, bulíais1	buliam
Preterite	bulim, buli	buliste, buliche1	buliu	bulimos	bulistes	bulírom, buliram
Pluperfect	bulira	buliras	bulira	bulíramos	bulírades, bulíreis, bulírais1	buliram
Future	bulirei	bulirás	bulirá	buliremos	buliredes, bulireis	bulirám, bulirão
Conditional	buliria	bulirias	buliria	buliríamos	buliríades, buliríeis, buliríais1	buliriam
Subjunctive
Present	bula	bulas	bula	bulamos	bulades, bulais	bulam
Imperfect	bulisse	bulisses	bulisse	bulíssemos	bulíssedes, bulísseis	bulissem
Future	bulir	bulires	bulir	bulirmos	bulirdes	bulirem
Imperative
Affirmative		bole	bula	bulamos	bulide, buli	bulam
Negative (nom)		nom bulas	nom bula	nom bulamos	nom bulades, nom bulais	nom bulam

¹Less recommended.

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
• bulidor
• buligar
• rebuldeiro

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “bolir”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “bolir” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “bulir”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “bulir”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “bulir” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “bulir”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Noun

bulir

1. ear (the fruiting body of a grain plant.)
2. (botany) spike (A kind of inflorescence in which sessile flowers are arranged on an unbranched elongated axis)

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• bolir

Etymology

From Old Galician-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/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /buˈliɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /buˈli.ɾi/

• 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