See also: бурна

Lithuanian edit

 burna on Lithuanian Wikipedia

Etymology edit

Cognate with Latvian pur̂ns (snout), Bulgarian бърна (bǎrna, lip). From Proto-Balto-Slavic *burˀnāˀ, often thought to be from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH- (to bore, pierce), the “mouth” being perceived as a “hole, opening”. More distant cognates may include Armenian բերան (beran, mouth), Old Norse barki (throat, windpipe).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

burnà f (plural bùrnos) stress pattern 3

  1. mouth

Declension edit

References edit

  • burna”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
  • Derksen, Rick (2015) “burna”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 106
  • burna”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012

Old English edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-West Germanic *brunnō (stream, brook).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈbur.nɑ/, [ˈburˠ.nɑ]

Noun edit

burna m

  1. stream

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Middle English: burne, bourne

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Serbo-Croatian edit

Adjective edit

burna

  1. inflection of buran:
    1. feminine nominative/vocative singular
    2. indefinite masculine/neuter genitive singular
    3. indefinite animate masculine accusative singular
    4. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural