мотолевя

Bulgarian

Etymology

By surface analysis, мо́там (mótam, to reel) +‎ -олевя (-olevja).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [motoˈlɛvʲɐ]
  • Audio (Standard Bulgarian):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛvʲɐ
  • Hyphenation(key): мо‧то‧ле‧вя

Verb

мотоле́вя • (motolévja) first-singular present indicativeimpf

  1. (intransitive, original) to twist and turn
  2. (intransitive, figurative) to mumble, to mutter

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • смотолевя pf (smotolevja), смотолевям impf (smotolevjam)

References

  • мотолевя”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • мотолевя”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010