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PRONUNCIATION GUIDE

boyl-ya : sorcerer; the buckwitch of Scotland; a certain power of witchcraft (Grey 1839)
Boyl-ya-gadăk. : Wizard (Moore 1842: 169)
Boyla-gadar : magician (Brady 1845: 16)
boglia : sorcerer; witch doctor (Salvado 1851: 256)
bulya-gadak : magician or sorcerer (Chauncy 1878: 270)
bulya : sorcerer (Monnop, Ballarruk; Bates XII 2B, 24: 38)
Boolya-duk : one with magical powers (Davis 1969: 3)
bulyakarrak : doctor, magic man (Dench 1994: 180)