This word actually means "drooler"---that is, "one who drools" (bol, "drool"; -wI', "one who [does some- thing]"). The nonslang word meaning "traitor" is maghwI' (literally, "one who betrays" [magh, "betray"]). Probably because of the parallel formation of bolwI' and maghwI' (that is, verb plus -wI'), the verb bol ("drool") is sometimes used to mean "betray," as if it were equiva- lent to magh. In this usage, bol, like magh, may take an object; that is, the sentence may indicate who is betrayed: mumaghpu' ("He/she has betrayed me"; mu-, "He/she [does something to] me"; maghpu', "has betrayed") or mubolpu' ("He/she has betrayed me"; literally, "He/she has drooled me"; bolpu', . In its nonslang sense, bol does not take an object: bolpu' ("He/she has drooled").