baun

See also: Baun

Icelandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pøyːn/
• Rhymes: -øyːn

Noun

baun f (genitive singular baunar, nominative plural baunir)

1. bean, pea

Derived terms

• baunagras (sea pea, Lathyrus japonicus)
• baunir (lentil soup)
• ekki baun, ekki baun í bala (not at all, not a whit)

Indonesian

Etymology

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Noun

baun (plural baun-baun, first-person possessive baunku, second-person possessive baunmu, third-person possessive baunnya)

1. wood stack for cassowary egg laying

Further reading

• “baun” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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)
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bønne
    • → Norwegian Nynorsk: bønne
  • → Faroese: bøn, bøna
• → Middle Irish: pónair (from the plural baunir)
  • Irish: pónaire
  • Manx: poanrey
  • Scottish Gaelic: pònair

References

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

Yola

Alternative forms

• bawn

Etymology

Borrowed from Irish bán.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔːn/
• Homophone: bawen

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 · [Term?] (layout · text)

whit, baun	gry	bhlock, blaak
reed	yulloureed	yullou, ghou, buee
*leem green	green	*meente
blúegreen	*asure	blúe
	purple	rowse