böna
Swedish edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse baun, from Proto-Germanic *baunō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰabʰ-, *bʰabʰ-eh₂- (“bean”). The final -a was added under Middle Low German influence.
Noun edit
böna c
- bean
- bruna bönor med fläsk
- brown beans with pork (a husmanskost dish)
- (slang, somewhat dated) a babe, a chick ((younger) woman)
Usage notes edit
Baked beans are "vita bönor i tomatsås" (navy/white beans in tomato sauce), often shortened to "vita bönor."
Declension edit
| Declension of böna | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | böna | bönan | bönor | bönorna |
| Genitive | bönas | bönans | bönors | bönornas |
Derived terms edit
- bondböna (“broad bean, fava bean”)
- brun böna (“brown bean”)
- kaffeböna (“coffee bean”)
- kidneyböna (“kidney bean”)
- pintoböna (“pinto bean”)
- svart böna (“black bean”)
- vit böna (“navy bean, haricot bean, white bean”)
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Norse bōn, from Proto-Germanic *bōniz (“curse, prayer”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to speak, say”).
Verb edit
böna (present bönar, preterite bönade, supine bönat, imperative böna)
- to plead (beg desperately)
- böna och be
- beg and plead (idiomatic)
- (archaic) to purify wooden buckets or utensils with abstract of juniper (enlag), to remove any taste they have taken on from previous contents
- Byttor, baljor och såar, som skola begagnas vid byk och slakt, böra först renskuras både inuti och utanpå med sand och vatten, innan de bönas.
- Bowls, casks, and tubs to be used for washing or slaughter, should first be cleaned inside and out with sand and water, before they are purified.
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of böna (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | böna | bönas | ||
| Supine | bönat | bönats | ||
| Imperative | böna | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | bönen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | bönar | bönade | bönas | bönades |
| Ind. plural1 | böna | bönade | bönas | bönades |
| Subjunctive2 | böne | bönade | bönes | bönades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | bönande | |||
| Past participle | bönad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||