baun

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Icelandic

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Etymology

From Old Norse baun, from Proto-Germanic *baunō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰabʰ- (“bean”).

Pronunciation

Noun

baun f (genitive singular baunar, nominative plural baunir)

  1. bean, pea

Declension

Declension of baun (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative baun baunin baunir baunirnar
accusative baun baunina baunir baunirnar
dative baun bauninni baunum baununum
genitive baunar baunarinnar bauna baunanna

Derived terms

Indonesian

Etymology

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Noun

baun (plural baun-baun)

  1. wood stack for cassowary egg laying

Further reading

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *baunō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰabʰ- (“bean”). Compare Old English bean (English bean), Old Frisian bāne (West Frisian bean), Old Saxon bōna (Low German Bohn), Dutch boon, Old High German bōna (German Bohne).

Noun

baun f (genitive baunar, plural baunir)

  1. bean

Declension

  Declension of baun (strong i-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative baun baunin baunir baunirnar
accusative baun baunina baunir baunirnar
dative baun bauninni baunum baununum
genitive baunar baunarinnar bauna baunanna

Descendants

  • Icelandic: baun
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: bauna; (dialectal) bogna (aun > ogn)
  • Old Swedish: bø̄n, bø̄na
    • Swedish: böna (added -a under Middle Low German influence)
  • Danish: bønne (added -e under Middle Low German influence)
  • → Middle Irish: pónair (from the plural baunir)

References

  • “baun”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Yola

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Irish bán.

Pronunciation

Adjective

baun

  1. white
    • 1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 2, page 94:
      An a priesth o parieshe on his garrane baun,
      The priest of the parish on his white pony,

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 94
Colors in Yola · (layout · text)
     whit, baun      gry      bhlock, blaak
             reed              yulloureed              yullou, ghou, buee
             *leem green              green              *meente
             blúegreen              *asure              blúe
                          purple              rowse
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