vaiverejar

From vaiver +‎ -ejar.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [bəj.βə.ɾəˈʒa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [vəj.və.ɾəˈʒa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [vaj.ve.ɾeˈd͡ʒaɾ]

vaiverejar (first-person singular present vaiverejo, first-person singular preterite vaiveregí, past participle vaiverejat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

1. (intransitive) to go back and forth, to wander, to pace side-to-side, etc.
   • 1943, Agustí Bartra, Xabola:

     Vaiverejaren entre roques i matolls sense acabar de decidir-se, fins que Vives, rient, va dir: "No volies dormir sota un arbre? Allà en veig un de corpulent i solitari."

     They wandered back and forth between rocks and bushes without reaching a decision until Vives, laughing, said, "Didn't you want to sleep under a tree? There I see a corpulent and solitary one."

• “vaiverejar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007