boylyan.

Brit.

/ˈbɔɪljə/, U.S.

/ˈbɔɪljə/, Australian English

/ˈboɪljə/

Forms: 1800s– boolia, 1800s– boyla, 1800s– boylya, 1800s– boyl-ya, 1900s– booliah, 1900s– boolya, 1900s– bullya.

Origin: A borrowing from Nyungar. Etymon: Nyungar bulya.

Etymology: < Nyungar (Perth–Albany region) bulya person with skill in traditional medicine, also sorcery, power of witchcraft. Compare earlier koradji n.The diphthong in the first syllable of some forms of the English word reflects an attempt to render the palato-lateral sound represented by -ly- in Nyungar.

Australian. Now rare.

In Western Australia: an Australian Aboriginal person with skills in traditional medicine, who is thought to have spiritual and magical powers.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > non-European magic (miscellaneous) > [noun] > sorcerer or medicine man > Australian Aboriginal medicine man

koradji1793

boylya1841

1841 G. Grey Jrnl. Two Exped. N.-W. & W. Austral. II. 84 The ‘Boyl-yas’ would acquire some mysterious influence over him, which would end in his death…The Boyl-ya is the native sorcerer.

1865 W. Howitt Hist. Discov. Austral. I. 386 A superstitious notion that by eating them [sc. mussels] he should subject himself to the absolute power of boylas, or evil sorcerers.

1929 W. J. Reside Golden Days 158 They also place faith in the powers of the ‘bullya’, or the sorcerer of the tribe.

1948 H. Webster Magic xiv. 401 In the western part of the continent the aborigines are said to evince great fear of ‘boylyas’.

1966 W. S. Ramson Austral. Eng. vi. 129 Several of these words, notably..boyla and koradji, ‘an aboriginal medicine-man or witchdoctor’, are used only in their original and specific senses.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	boylya
释义	boylyan. Brit. /ˈbɔɪljə/, U.S. /ˈbɔɪljə/, Australian English /ˈboɪljə/ Forms: 1800s– boolia, 1800s– boyla, 1800s– boylya, 1800s– boyl-ya, 1900s– booliah, 1900s– boolya, 1900s– bullya. Origin: A borrowing from Nyungar. Etymon: Nyungar bulya. Etymology: < Nyungar (Perth–Albany region) bulya person with skill in traditional medicine, also sorcery, power of witchcraft. Compare earlier koradji n.The diphthong in the first syllable of some forms of the English word reflects an attempt to render the palato-lateral sound represented by -ly- in Nyungar. Australian. Now rare. In Western Australia: an Australian Aboriginal person with skills in traditional medicine, who is thought to have spiritual and magical powers. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > non-European magic (miscellaneous) > [noun] > sorcerer or medicine man > Australian Aboriginal medicine man koradji1793 boylya1841 1841 G. Grey Jrnl. Two Exped. N.-W. & W. Austral. II. 84 The ‘Boyl-yas’ would acquire some mysterious influence over him, which would end in his death…The Boyl-ya is the native sorcerer. 1865 W. Howitt Hist. Discov. Austral. I. 386 A superstitious notion that by eating them [sc. mussels] he should subject himself to the absolute power of boylas, or evil sorcerers. 1929 W. J. Reside Golden Days 158 They also place faith in the powers of the ‘bullya’, or the sorcerer of the tribe. 1948 H. Webster Magic xiv. 401 In the western part of the continent the aborigines are said to evince great fear of ‘boylyas’. 1966 W. S. Ramson Austral. Eng. vi. 129 Several of these words, notably..boyla and koradji, ‘an aboriginal medicine-man or witchdoctor’, are used only in their original and specific senses. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1841
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