Meaning of bulî

The back, seat, croup, rump, fundament, buttock: the bottom of anything. (see likód, talúdtud).

A red and white spotted sea shell, a larger kind of búskay. (see búskay, mángay, sigáy).

To polish, make glossy, make shiny. Bulíha ang patádyong ko. Put a gloss on my skirt. Patádyong nga binúli. A kind of glossy skirt. A patádyong that has been starched and made glossy by beating. (see híning, silíng, sílì).

To roll (cotton for spinning, etc.). Bulíha ang búlak, agúd áton pamúdngon. Make the cotton up in rolls, that we may spin it. (see dúli, balólon, lolón).

To cover with paste or paint, to plaster, paste over, daub, smear, spread, overspread, overlay, coat. Bulíha ang sílyo sang tayóbong. Cover the stamp with tayóbong-paste. Indì mo pagbulíhon iníng papél sing pintúra. Don't daub this paper with paint. Bulíhi ang búyò sing ápog. Smear some lime on the búyò-leaf. Ibúli akó ánay siníng sóbre. Kindly put some paste on this envelope. Ibúli iníng isá ka púdyot nga ápog sa búyò. Spread this pinch of lime on the búyò-leaf. (see pálhit).