buille
Gaelic (Scots)
noun
Definitions
- hit, blow, stroke
- stress, emphasis, importance
- (speech) stress, beat
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Irish buille inherited from Old Irish builne (strike, blow) inherited from Proto-Celtic *bus-liâ inherited from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewd- (beat, push, hit, strike, hew).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰewd-
Gloss
beat, push, hit, strike, hew
Concept
Semantic Field
Quantity
Ontological Category
Action/Process