bun
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle English bunne (“wheat cake, bun”), from Anglo-Norman bugne (“bump on the head; fritter”), from Old French bugne (hence French beignet), from Frankish *bungjo (“little clump”), diminutive of *bungo (“lump, clump”), from Proto-Germanic *bungô, *bunkô (“clump, lump, heap, crowd”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰenǵʰ- (“thick, dense, fat”). Cognate with Dutch bonk (“clump, clot, cluster of fruits”). More at bunch.
NounEdit
bun (plural buns)
- A small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced.
- A tight roll of hair worn at the back of the head.
- (Ireland) A cupcake.
- (slang, Britain) A drunken spree.
- (Internet, slang) A newbie.
- (informal, chiefly in the plural) A buttock.
- (informal) vagina
- 1996 Richard Sandomir Life for Real Dummies: A Reference for the Totally Clueless page 5
- How 'bout I put my hot dog in your bun?
- 2015 Rachelle Ayala Whole Latte Love page 169
- Wait. I can touch your boobs, stick my wiener in your bun, but I can't kiss you?
- 2019 Hot Blood, Hot Thoughts, Hot Deeds, Empire season 5 episode 13
- I'm just saying, you being a mama, it's time to clear the cobwebs. You know what I'm saying? Put a banana in the monkey. You know, hot dog in your bun.
- 1996 Richard Sandomir Life for Real Dummies: A Reference for the Totally Clueless page 5
SynonymsEdit
- (hairstyle): French roll
- cake
Derived termsEdit
- (hairstyle): Princess Leia bun
- (hairstyle): man-bun
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Etymology 2Edit
Probably from Scots bun (“tail of a rabbit or hare”), which is probably from Scottish Gaelic bun (“bottom, butt, stump, stub”).[1]
NounEdit
bun (plural buns)
Etymology 3Edit
Caribbean pronunciation of burn.
VerbEdit
bun (third-person singular simple present buns, present participle bunning, simple past and past participle bunned)
- (Caribbean and MLE, slang) To smoke cannabis.
- (MLE, African American Vernacular, slang) To shoot.
- 2004, MC Forcer, guest on Lethal Bizzle, "Pow!"
- Don't care about your crew, bun them anyday
- 2011, Jme, "Mike Lowery"
- Some man acting dumb, think's he's a gun-man, wanna bring me drama. How you gonna bun me?
- 2017, “Fire in the Booth”, performed by Taze, reused in ”Usual Suspects”:
- Look, come round, come round gunning, I still look try to bun him
Don't chat on the net ’bout bunnin, oh my God why the fuck you runnin?
- 2018, “Slatt Season”, in Sorry For The Get Off[1], performed by Drego & Beno, track 15:
- The K in the back, the glock in the front
It’s one in the head, you know how we bun
- 2004, MC Forcer, guest on Lethal Bizzle, "Pow!"
NounEdit
bun (plural buns)
- (Caribbean and MLE, slang) marijuana cigarette, joint
- 2018, HL8 and SimpzBeatz (music), “Rolling Round”, performed by Sparko of OMH:
- Man say that they spray the fire
I fuck that shit, I drop the bun
Etymology 4Edit
From the Revised Romanization of Korean 분 (bun), from Chinese 分 (“fen”)
Alternative formsEdit
NounEdit
bun (plural buns or bun)
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AlbanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Albanian *bhunā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (“to be wake, keep watch”).
NounEdit
bun f
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AromanianEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin bonus. Compare Daco-Romanian bun.
AdjectiveEdit
bun m (feminine bunã)
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DalmatianEdit
IrishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Irish bun (“the thick end of anything, base, butt, foot”), from Proto-Celtic *bonus. Cognate with Welsh bôn.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
bun m (genitive singular buin, nominative plural bunanna)
- base, bottom
- stock, stump, trunk
- lower end
- extremity
- basis, origin, foundation
- basic provision
- settled state
- source, direction
- trace
- (card games) score required to win game
DeclensionEdit
SynonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
- ar bun (“going on; settled, established”)
- bun- (“basic, fundamental, primary, ultimate, original, base, elementary; sub-; key”)
- bunaigh (“found, establish; settle”)
- bunaonad (“base unit”)
- bun na cluaise (“earlobe”)
- bunú (“foundation; establishment”)
- bunús (“origin; basis”)
- de bhun (“on foot of, in pursuance of”)
- de bhun tola (“willingly; deliberately”)
- faoi bhun (“beneath”)
- i mbun (“attending to, engaged in, abiding by”)
MutationEdit
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| bun | bhun | mbun |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further readingEdit
- "bun" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “1 bun” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
JapaneseEdit
LigurianEdit
Old FrenchEdit
AdjectiveEdit
bun m (oblique and nominative feminine singular bune)
- (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of bon
DeclensionEdit
Old IrishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Celtic *bonus. Cognate with Welsh bôn.[1]
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
bun m (genitive bona, nominative plural bonai)
InflectionEdit
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DescendantsEdit
MutationEdit
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| bun | bun pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/ |
mbun |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 71
Further readingEdit
- “1 bun” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
RomanianEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Latin bonus, from Old Latin duenos, later duonus, from Proto-Italic *dwenos, from Proto-Indo-European *dew- (“to show favor, revere”).
AdjectiveEdit
bun m or n (feminine singular bună, masculine plural buni, feminine and neuter plural bune)
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Etymology 2Edit
Either from the above word or from a Vulgar Latin *avunus, ultimately from the same Indo-European root as avus. (Compare the diminutive avunculus, avonculus), probably influenced by or confused with bonus. Compare also Friulian von (“grandfather”), Calabrian and Piedmontese bona ("grandmother") [1].
NounEdit
bun m (plural buni, feminine equivalent bună)
- (uncommon) grandfather
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Scottish GaelicEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Irish bun (“the thick end of anything, base, butt, foot”), from Proto-Celtic *bonus. Cognate with Welsh bôn.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
bun m (genitive buna or buin, plural buin or bunan)
- bottom, base, foundation
- butt, stub
Derived termsEdit
- bun-os-cionn - upside down
- bun-reachd - constitution (politics)
- bun-sgoil - primary school
- bun-stòr - primary source
- dèan bun no bàrr - make head or tail
MutationEdit
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| bun | bhun |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
SomaliEdit
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Tok PisinEdit
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NounEdit
bun
- (anatomy) bone
- 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, 2:21:
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