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See also: buan-, bù'ān, and Buan

Bunun

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *bulaN (compare Cebuano bulan, Chamorro pulan, Fijian vula, Hiligaynon bulan, Ilocano bulan, Indonesian bulan, Javanese bulan, Kapampangan bulan, Malagasy volana, Malay bulan, Sundanese bulan).

Noun

buan

  1. moon

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish búan (“lasting, enduring; constant, firm, persevering”), related to buith, verbal noun of at·tá (“to be”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

buan (genitive singular masculine buain, genitive singular feminine buaine, plural buana, comparative buaine)

  1. enduring, permanent
  2. steadfast, solid

Declension

Declension of buan
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative buan bhuan buana;
bhuana²
Vocative bhuain buana
Genitive buaine buana buan
Dative buan;
bhuan¹ 		bhuan;
bhuain (archaic) 		buana;
bhuana²
Comparative níos buaine
Superlative is buaine

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

Related terms

  • buanaigh (“perpetuate”, transitive verb)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
buan bhuan mbuan
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 57
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 28

Further reading

  • Entries containing “buan” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “buan” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

North Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian bāne. Cognates include West Frisian beane.

Noun

buan m (plural buanen)

  1. (Föhr-Amrum) bean

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *būan, from Proto-Germanic *būaną. Cognate with Old Frisian būwa, bōwa (West Frisian bouwe), Old Saxon būan (Low German bugen), Old Dutch būwan (Dutch bouwen), Old High German būan (German bauen), Old Norse búa (Swedish bo, Norwegian Nynorsk bu, Faroese búgva), Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌿𐌰𐌽 (bauan).

Pronunciation

Verb

būan

  1. to live or dwell
    • Hē būde on Ēastenglum ― He lived in East Anglia. (Anglo-Saxon Chronicle)
  2. to inhabit, to occupy
    • Ne mæġ man meduseld būan ― a man may not occupy the mead-bench, (Beowulf)

Conjugation

Conjugation of būan (weak class 1)
infinitive būan būenne
indicative mood present tense past tense
first person singular būe būde
second person singular bȳst būdest
third person singular bȳþ būde
plural būaþ būdon
subjunctive present tense past tense
singular būe būde
plural būen būden
imperative
singular bū
plural būaþ
participle present past
būende (ġe)bȳn, (ġe)būn

Derived terms

Old High German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *būan, from Proto-Germanic *būaną, whence also Old English būan, Old Norse búa.

Verb

būan

  1. to build

Descendants

  • Middle High German: būwen, biuwen, bouwen

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *būan, from Proto-Germanic *būaną, whence also Old English būan, Old Norse búa.

Verb

būan

  1. to dwell, live
  2. to stay

Descendants

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish búan (“lasting, enduring; constant, firm, persevering”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

buan

  1. durable, lasting, long-lasting, long-lived

Synonyms

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
buan bhuan
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “buan”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 búan”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *bīwonos, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”). Cognate with Old Breton buenion, modern Breton buan.

Pronunciation

Adjective

buan (feminine singular buan, plural buain, equative buaned, comparative buanach, superlative buanaf)

  1. fast, swift, rapid
  2. (of a timepiece) fast; ahead of the correct time

Derived terms

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
buan fuan muan unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 63 vii (3)

Further reading

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “buan”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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