Where does “booleyin” come from?

booleyin (Yola) comes from Irish buail, from Irish -aí, from Old Irish -ide, from Old Irish -de — Used to form adjectives from nouns, denoting...

booleyin (Yola): Moving briskly

Definitions

  1. Moving briskly

Ancestry of “booleyin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishbuailstrike, hit, beat; defeat, beat; strike out, make...
2Irish-aíEnding of the plural of certain nouns; Agent...
3Old Irish-ide—
4Old Irish-deUsed to form adjectives from nouns, denoting...
Every word from Old Irish -de →Every word from Irish -aí →Every word from Old Irish -ide →