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zabullir

/θabuˈʝiɾ/

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verb/θabuˈʝiɾ/

to submerge

Synonyms: sumergir, sumir

From older çabullir, from Old Spanish çabollir, çobollir, from older sobollir, sebollir, sebellir, from Vulgar Latin sepellīre~*sepullīre (“bury”), from Latin sepelīre. First syllable appears to have been influenced by semantically-related words words such as zapuzar (“submerge”) and zahondar (“sink”).