{"id":7013,"date":"2015-08-10T18:21:11","date_gmt":"2015-08-10T18:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/?p=7013"},"modified":"2015-08-13T03:08:19","modified_gmt":"2015-08-13T03:08:19","slug":"from-buatais-to-butail-and-why-do-we-say-rebooting-anyway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/from-buatais-to-butail-and-why-do-we-say-rebooting-anyway\/","title":{"rendered":"From ‘Buatais’ to ‘B\u00fat\u00e1il’ — And Why Do We Say ‘ReBOOTing’ Anyway?\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

(le R\u00f3isl\u00edn)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bhuel<\/strong>, I guess the word “bootstrap” bridges the gap between a “boot” (buatais<\/strong>) as a physical item, and “booting” (b\u00fat\u00e1il<\/strong>), as in “starting a computer.”<\/p>\n

So what is the Irish for “bootstrap”?\u00a0 Ironically, the most common word for the original idea of a physical bootstrap takes us back to “br\u00f3g<\/strong>” not “buatais<\/strong>.” \u00a0\u00a0As you may recall, “br\u00f3g<\/strong>” can mean both “shoe” and “boot,” depending on context.\u00a0 So “bootstrap” in Irish is “br\u00f3gstrapa<\/strong>.”\u00a0 As in:<\/p>\n

modh an bhr\u00f3gstrapa<\/strong>, bootstrap method in finance (say what?)<\/p>\n

teoiric an bhr\u00f3gstrapa<\/strong>, bootstrap theory in physics, which I never presumed to understand, anyway<\/p>\n

So, the English phrase “to boot up” a computer comes from “to bootstrap.”\u00a0 And what’s the Irish for booting up a computer?\u00a0 Straightforward enough.\u00a0 For “b\u00fat\u00e1il<\/strong>,” here are some sample forms:<\/p>\n

b\u00fat\u00e1il<\/strong>: command form, progressive, and gerund (B\u00fat\u00e1il \u00e9, ag b\u00fat\u00e1il, an bh\u00fat\u00e1il<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

bh\u00fat\u00e1il<\/strong> [WOO-taw-il], booted<\/p>\n

b\u00fat\u00e1lfaidh<\/strong> [BOO-tawl-hee] will boot<\/p>\n

bh\u00fat\u00e1lfainn<\/strong>, I would boot<\/p>\n

bh\u00fat\u00e1lainn<\/strong>, I used to boot<\/p>\n

b\u00fat\u00e1ilte<\/strong>, (having been) booted<\/p>\n

Somehow, I don’t think the subjunctive form is all that necessary, but, in for a penny, in for a pound:<\/p>\n

b\u00fat\u00e1la <\/strong>(go mb\u00fat\u00e1la do r\u00edomhaire i gceart<\/strong>, may your computer boot correctly)<\/p>\n

And then, adding a nice juicy prefix (ath-), which will give us one of those beautiful four-consonants-in-a-row-all-almost-silent clusters (“-thbh-“), we have:<\/p>\n

athbh\u00fat\u00e1il<\/strong> [AH-WOO-taw-il]: command form, progressive and gerund (Athbh\u00fat\u00e1il \u00e9, ag athbh\u00fat\u00e1il, an athbh\u00fat\u00e1il<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

d’athbh\u00fat\u00e1il<\/strong>, rebooted<\/p>\n

athbh\u00fat\u00e1lfaidh<\/strong> [AH-WOO-taw-il-hee], will reboot<\/p>\n

d’athbh\u00fat\u00e1lfainn<\/strong>, I would reboot<\/p>\n

d’athbh\u00fat\u00e1lainn<\/strong>, I used to reboot<\/p>\n

athbh\u00fat\u00e1ilte<\/strong> (having been) rebooted<\/p>\n

And, the subjunctive for what it’s worth:<\/p>\n

athbh\u00fat\u00e1la (go n-athbh\u00fat\u00e1la do r\u00edomhaire i gceart<\/strong>, may your computer reboot correctly)<\/p>\n

As I was writing this, I kept thinking there must be examples of ” *athbh\u00fat\u00e1lacha<\/strong>,” for questions like “How many reboots did it take?”\u00a0 But I didn’t find any hits or references to such a word.\u00a0 It also made me wonder about some phrases I saw online, like “It took three boots.”\u00a0 Wouldn’t the second and third attempts actually be “reboots”?\u00a0 Anyway, I’m getting outside my comfort-zone bailiwick, so input from any Irish-speaking tech types out there would be appreciated.<\/p>\n

And a few extra notes, on the “curiouser and curiouser” side.\u00a0 “Bootstrap” in regard to rocket engine operation (!) is fairly far afield: uathchothaitheach<\/strong> [OO-uh-KHUH-hih-hy<\/sup>ukh], lit. “self-feeding\/sustaining, etc.”<\/p>\n

Mh’anam<\/strong>, I should probably just stick to talking about folksier topics like pamp\u00fata\u00ed<\/strong> (pampooties) and muirleoga<\/strong> (round narrow-mouthed fish-baskets). \u00a0\u00a0More up my original “caolsr\u00e1id<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n

Also curious, I think, is that in all my searching for a traditional sutorial reference to “bootstraps” in Irish, all I found was the abovementioned “br\u00f3gstrapa<\/strong>.”\u00a0 It would seem to me that with all the handmade shoes and boots on the go in earlier days, not to mention those “gr\u00e9asaithe beaga cleasacha” a dtugtar “leipreach\u00e1in” orthu<\/strong>, that there ought to be some more traditional terminology for “bootstrap,” based, perhaps on “iall<\/strong>” (strap, leash, etc.) as opposed to “strapa<\/strong>.”\u00a0 I did find “jockstrap,” btw, which has somehow escaped all the Irish language textbooks I’ve ever seen.\u00a0 In case you’re wondering, it’s “bl\u00e9inbheart<\/strong>.”\u00a0 Not that “beart<\/strong>” normally means “strap” as such, but it does the job.\u00a0 As for “bl\u00e9in<\/strong>,” well, we’re out of space here, so \u00e1bhar blag eile<\/strong>?<\/p>\n

SGF agus go n-\u00e9ir\u00ed le do chuid iarrachta\u00ed athbh\u00fat\u00e1la go l\u00e9ir — R\u00f3isl\u00edn<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(le R\u00f3isl\u00edn) Bhuel, I guess the word “bootstrap” bridges the gap between a “boot” (buatais) as a physical item, and “booting” (b\u00fat\u00e1il), as in “starting a computer.” So what is the Irish for “bootstrap”?\u00a0 Ironically, the most common word for the original idea of a physical bootstrap takes us back to “br\u00f3g” not “buatais.” \u00a0\u00a0As…<\/p>\n

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