βούλομαι

Ancient Greek

verb
Definitions
  • usually stronger than m: (transitive) to will, wish, be willing, want ;
  • (transitive) to mean
  • (intransitive) to pretend, claim
  • (transitive) to prefer ; ; often with m: over something else

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Indo-European *gʷel- (throat).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*gʷel-

Gloss

throat

Concept
Semantic Field

The body

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

喉, 咽

Emoji

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