aboiar

From a- +‎ boia (“buoy”) +‎ -ar, or perhaps borrowed from Catalan aboiar.

• IPA^(key): [aβoˈi̯aɾ], [aβɔˈi̯aɾ]

aboiar (first-person singular present aboio, first-person singular preterite aboiei, past participle aboiado)

1. (intransitive) to float

   Synonym: flotar

2. (transitive) to buoy

• boia

From a- +‎ boi (“ox”) +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): [aβoˈi̯aɾ]

aboiar (first-person singular present aboio, first-person singular preterite aboiei, past participle aboiado)

1. (intransitive, of cows) to be in heat
2. (transitive, of cattle) to cover

   Synonyms: almallar, atourear, montar

• boia

• “aboiar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “aboiar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “aboiar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.