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bun

See also: Bun, BUN, bún, bùn, bûn, bün, bűn, and bun-

English Edit

Pronunciation Edit

  • IPA(key): /bʌn/
  • Audio (AU)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ʌn

Etymology 1 Edit

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 *bungu (“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.

Alternative forms Edit

Noun Edit

 
Buns (sense 1.1)
 
A hamburger in a bun (sense 1.2)
 
Buns (sense 1.3)
 
A bun (sense 1.4)

bun (plural buns)

  1. Senses referring to baked goods.
    2. A small bread roll that is sweetened or spiced.
    4. A bread roll that is served with a savoury filling such as a hamburger or hot dog.
    6. (Northern England, especially Northumbria) Any bread roll.
    8. (Northern England, Ireland) A cupcake.
  2. A tight roll of hair worn at the back of the head.
    Synonyms: hair bun, French roll
    • 2021, Becky S. Li, Howard I. Maibach, Ethnic Skin and Hair and Other Cultural Considerations, page 154:
      The physician should evaluate for a history of tight ponytails, buns, chignons, braids, twists, weaves, cornrows, dreadlocks, sisterlocks, and hair wefts in addition to the usage of religious hair coverings.
    Hyponym: messy bun
  3. (Britain, slang) A drunken spree.
  4. (Internet slang) A newbie.
  5. (Canada, US, slang, chiefly in the plural) A buttock.
  6. (slang) The vagina.
    • 1996, Richard Sandomir, Life for Real Dummies: A Reference for the Totally Clueless‎[1], page 5:
      How 'bout I put my hot dog in your bun?
    • 2015, Rachelle Ayala, Whole Latte Love‎[2], 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.
Synonyms Edit
Derived terms Edit

(hairstyle): bun drop, Princess Leia bun, man-bun

other "bun" meanings
Translations Edit
newbie — see newbie

Verb Edit

bun (third-person singular simple present buns, present participle bunning, simple past and past participle bunned)

  1. (transitive) To form (the hair) into a bun.
    • 2014, A. A. Garrison, The Long Short Story: Novellas, page 39:
      Bunning her hair, she left her childhood bedroom for the hall.

Further reading Edit

Etymology 2 Edit

Probably from Scots bun (“tail of a rabbit or hare”), which is probably from Scottish Gaelic bun (“bottom, butt, stump, stub”).[1]

Noun Edit

bun (plural buns) (dialect, archaic)

  1. A rabbit.
  2. A squirrel.
  3. The scut or tail of a hare.
  4. A dry stalk.

Etymology 3 Edit

Caribbean pronunciation of burn.

Verb Edit

bun (third-person singular simple present buns, present participle bunning, simple past and past participle bunned)

  1. (Caribbean, MLE and MTE, slang) To smoke cannabis.
  2. (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[3], 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

Noun Edit

bun (plural buns)

  1. (Caribbean and MLE, slang) marijuana cigarette, joint
    • 2018, “Rolling Round”, HL8 and SimpzBeatz (music), performed by Sparko of OMH:
      Man say that they spray the fire
      I fuck that shit, I drop the bun

Etymology 4 Edit

From the Revised Romanization of Korean 분 (bun), from Chinese 分 (“fen”). Doublet of fen.

Alternative forms Edit

Noun Edit

bun (plural buns or bun)

  1. (Korean units of measure) A Korean unit of length equivalent to about 0.3 cm.

References Edit

  1. ^ Eric Partridge (1966), Origins: A short etymological dictionary of modern English. New York: Greenwich House, →ISBN, p. 64.

Anagrams Edit

Afar Edit

Alternative forms Edit

Etymology Edit

Borrowed from Arabic بُنّ‎ (bunn).

Pronunciation Edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈbun/, [ˈbʊn]
  • Hyphenation: bun

Noun Edit

bún m (plural buunitté f)

  1. (Northern Afar) coffee

Declension Edit

Declension of bún
absolutive bún
predicative búunu
subjective bún
genitive buntí
Postpositioned forms
l-case búunul
k-case búunuk
t-case búunut
h-case búunuh

References Edit

  • E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “bun”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN

Albanian Edit

Etymology Edit

From Proto-Albanian *bhunā. Compare Illyrian *bounon. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (“to be wake, keep watch”).

Noun Edit

bun m (plural bune, definite buni, definite plural bunet)

  1. hut (of mountain shepherds), chalet, fenced area (for cattle)
    Synonyms: kasolle, kolibe

Declension Edit

Declension of bun
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative bun bune buni bunet
accusative bunin
dative buni buneve bunit bunevet
ablative bunesh

Related terms Edit

Aromanian Edit

Alternative forms Edit

Etymology Edit

From Latin bonus. Compare Daco-Romanian bun.

Adjective Edit

bun m (feminine bunã, plural bunj, feminine plural buni or bune)

  1. good

Derived terms Edit

Related terms Edit

Chibcha Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Noun Edit

bun

  1. bread, bun

References Edit

  • Gómez Aldana D. F., Análisis morfológico del Vocabulario 158 de la Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia. Grupo de Investigación Muysccubun. 2013.

Dalmatian Edit

Etymology Edit

From Latin bonus.

Adjective Edit

bun m (feminine buna)

  1. good

Girirra Edit

Etymology Edit

Borrowed from Arabic بُنّ‎ (bunn).

Noun Edit

bun

  1. coffee

Irish Edit

Etymology Edit

From Old Irish bun (“the thick end of anything, base, butt, foot”), from Proto-Celtic *bonus. Cognate with Welsh bôn.

Pronunciation Edit

Noun Edit

bun m (genitive singular buin, nominative plural bunanna)

  1. base, bottom
  2. stock, stump, trunk
  3. lower end
  4. extremity
  5. basis, origin, foundation
  6. basic provision
  7. settled state
  8. source, direction
  9. trace
  10. (card games) score required to win game

Declension Edit

Declension of bun

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative bun bunanna
Vocative a bhuin a bhunanna
Genitive buin bunanna
Dative bun bunanna

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an bun na bunanna
Genitive an bhuin na mbunanna
Dative leis an mbun

don bhun

leis na bunanna

Synonyms Edit

Derived terms Edit

Mutation Edit

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 reading Edit

Japanese Edit

Romanization Edit

bun

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ぶん

Ligurian Edit

Etymology Edit

From Latin bonus.

Adjective Edit

bun

  1. good

Megleno-Romanian Edit

Etymology Edit

From Latin bonus. Compare Aromanian bun, Romanian bun.

Adjective Edit

bun

  1. good

Antonyms Edit

See also Edit

Middle English Edit

Adjective Edit

bun

  1. Alternative form of boun

Old French Edit

Adjective Edit

bun m (oblique and nominative feminine singular bune)

  1. (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of bon

Declension Edit

Declension of bun
Number Case Masculine Feminine Neuter
Singular Subject buns bune bun
Oblique bun bune bun
Plural Subject bun bunes bun
Oblique buns bunes bun

Old Irish Edit

Etymology Edit

From Proto-Celtic *bonus. Cognate with Welsh bôn.[1]

Pronunciation Edit

Noun Edit

bun m (genitive bona, nominative plural bonai)

  1. base
  2. bottom
  3. butt
  4. end

Inflection Edit

Masculine u-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative bun bunL bonaeH
Vocative bun bunL bonu
Accusative bunN bunL bonu
Genitive bonoH, bonaH bonoL, bonaL bonaeN
Dative bunL bonaib bonaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants Edit

  • Irish: bun
  • Manx: bun
  • Scottish Gaelic: bun

Mutation Edit

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.

References Edit

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 71

Further reading Edit

Romanian Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Etymology 1 Edit

Inherited from Latin bonus, from Old Latin duenos, later duonus, from Proto-Italic *dwenos, from Proto-Indo-European *dew- (“to show favor, revere”). Doublet of bon, bonă, and bonus.

Adjective Edit

bun m or n (feminine singular bună, masculine plural buni, feminine and neuter plural bune)

  1. good
    Antonym: rău
    E un om bun, crede-mă. ― He is a good man, trust me.
    Sunt bun la fotbal. ― I am good at football.
Declension Edit
Declension of bun
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite bun bună buni bune
definite bunul buna bunii bunele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite bun bune buni bune
definite bunului bunei bunilor bunelor
Derived terms Edit
Related terms Edit

Noun Edit

bun n (plural bunuri)

  1. good, asset, possession
Declension Edit
Declension of bun
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) bun bunul (niște) bunuri bunurile
genitive/dative (unui) bun bunului (unor) bunuri bunurilor
vocative bunule bunurilor

Etymology 2 Edit

Either from the above word or from a Vulgar Latin *avunus, ultimately from the same Proto-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].

Noun Edit

bun m (plural buni, feminine equivalent bună)

  1. (uncommon) grandfather
    Synonym: bunic
Declension Edit
Declension of bun
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) bun bunul (niște) buni bunii
genitive/dative (unui) bun bunului (unor) buni bunilor
vocative bunule bunilor
Derived terms Edit
References Edit
  1. ^ Romanian Explanatory Dictionary

Scottish Gaelic Edit

Etymology Edit

From Old Irish bun (“the thick end of anything, base, butt, foot”), from Proto-Celtic *bonus. Cognate with Welsh bôn.

Pronunciation Edit

Noun Edit

bun m (genitive singular buna or buin, plural buin or bunan)

  1. bottom, base, foundation
  2. butt, stub

Derived terms Edit

Mutation Edit

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.

References Edit

  • Edward Dwelly (1911), “bun”, 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 bun”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Somali Edit

Noun Edit

bun ?

  1. coffee

Sranan Tongo Edit

Etymology Edit

Borrowed from Portuguese bom.

Adjective Edit

bun

  1. good

Adverb Edit

bun

  1. very, rather

Sumerian Edit

Romanization Edit

bun

  1. Romanization of 𒇌 (bun)

Tok Pisin Edit

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Etymology Edit

From English bone.

Noun Edit

bun

  1. (anatomy) bone
    • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:21:
      Orait God, Bikpela i mekim man i slip i dai tru. Na taim man i slip yet, God i kisim wanpela bun long banis bilong man na i pasim gen skin bilong dispela hap.
      →New International Version translation

Turkish Edit

Etymology Edit

From Ottoman Turkish بوݣ‎ (buñ), Proto-Turkic *buŋ. Cognate with Kazakh мұң (mūñ).

Noun Edit

bun

  1. distress

Derived terms Edit

Yoruba Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Verb Edit

bùn

  1. (transitive) to dash, to donate, to give away
    ó bùn mi ní owó ― He gave me money
  2. (transitive) to gift, bless, or endow someone
  3. (intransitive) to be gifted, endowed, or blessed with something

Usage notes Edit

  • Sense 1 is a verbal element that subcategorizes an NP-object (receiver) + ní + NP phrase
  • bun before a direct object

Derived terms Edit

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