boli

English

Noun

boli

1. plural of bolus

Anagrams

• biol, boil, lobi

Atong (India)

Etymology

From Bengali বলি (boli), from Sanskrit बलि (bali).

Pronunciation

• Audio (US)

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Noun

boli

1. offering to a spirit

References

• van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian)

Noun

boli m (plural bolis)

1. (colloquial) Clipping of bolígraf.

Esperanto

Etymology

From Italian bollire. Etymologically related to buljono.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -oli
• Hyphenation: bo‧li

Verb

boli (present bolas, past bolis, future bolos, conditional bolus, volitive bolu)

1. (intransitive) to boil

   La akvo bolas. ― The water is boiling.

   Ni uzos bolantan akvon por kuiri vespermanĝon. ― We'll use boiling water to cook dinner.

Conjugation

Conjugation of boli present past future singular plural singular plural singular plural tense bolas bolis bolos active participle bolanta bolantaj bolinta bolintaj bolonta bolontaj acc. bolantan bolantajn bolintan bolintajn bolontan bolontajn nominal active participle bolanto bolantoj bolinto bolintoj bolonto bolontoj acc. bolanton bolantojn bolinton bolintojn bolonton bolontojn adverbial active participle bolante bolinte bolonte infinitive boli imperative bolu conditional bolus

Derived terms

• boligi

Faroese

Verb

boli

1. first-person singular present of bola

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔːlɪ/
• Rhymes: -ɔːlɪ

Etymology 1

From Old Norse boli, from Proto-Germanic *bulô.

Noun

boli m (genitive singular bola, nominative plural bolar)

1. bull

   Synonyms: naut, tarfur, tuddi

Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

boli

1. indefinite accusative plural of bolur

Italian

Noun

boli m

1. plural of bolo

Anagrams

• libo, lobi

Latvian

Noun

boli f

1. accusative/instrumental singular of bole

Lower Sorbian

Verb

boli

1. Superseded spelling of bóli.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔ.li/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ɔli
• Syllabification: bo‧li

Verb

boli

1. third-person singular present of boleć

Romanian

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

boli f pl

1. plural of boală

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic болѣти (bolěti), from Proto-Slavic *bolěti. By surface analysis, boală +‎ -i.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Verb

a boli (third-person singular present bolește, past participle bolit) 4th conj.

1. (colloquial) to ail

Conjugation

Serbo-Croatian

Participle

boli (Cyrillic spelling боли)

1. masculine plural active past participle of bosti

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Participle

boli

1. plural l-participle of byť

Spanish

Etymology

Clipping of bolígrafo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈboli/

• Audio (Venezuela):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -oli
• Syllabification: bo‧li

Noun

boli m (plural bolis)

1. (Spain, informal) Clipping of bolígrafo (“pen”).
2. (Mexico) freezie

Derived terms

Further reading

• “boli”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014