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 *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 formsEdit
- bunn (archaic)
NounEdit
bun (plural buns)
- A small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced.
- 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
- (Northern England, Ireland) A cupcake.
- (slang, Britain) A drunken spree.
- (Internet slang) A newbie.
- (slang, chiefly in the plural) A buttock.
- (slang) The 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
Derived termsEdit
(hairstyle): bun drop, Princess Leia bun, man-bun
- bao bun
- Bath bun
- black bun
- Boston bun
- bun-fight
- bun fight
- bun in the oven
- bun stock
- burger bun
- Burlington bun
- Chelsea bun
- chow mein bun
- cinnamon bun
- cop the bun
- couldn't organise a bun fight in a bakery
- currant bun
- finger bun
- fun in a bun
- fun on a bun
- have a bun in the oven
- honey bun
- hot cross bun
- hot dog bun
- man bun
- occipital bun
- penny bun
- pineapple bun
- rock bun
- sticky bun
TranslationsEdit
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VerbEdit
bun (third-person singular simple present buns, present participle bunning, simple past and past participle bunned)
- (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.
- 2014, A. A. Garrison, The Long Short Story: Novellas (page 39)
Further readingEdit
- Bun (bread roll) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Bun (hairstyle) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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) (dialect, archaic)
Etymology 3Edit
Caribbean pronunciation of burn.
VerbEdit
bun (third-person singular simple present buns, present participle bunning, simple past and past participle bunned)
- (Caribbean, MLE and MTE, 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”). Doublet of fen.
Alternative formsEdit
NounEdit
bun (plural buns or bun)
ReferencesEdit
AnagramsEdit
AfarEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Arabic بُنّ (bunn).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
bún m (plural buunitté f)
- (Northern Afar) coffee
DeclensionEdit
Declension of bún | ||||||||||||||||||
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absolutive | bún | |||||||||||||||||
predicative | búunu | |||||||||||||||||
subjective | bún | |||||||||||||||||
genitive | buntí | |||||||||||||||||
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ReferencesEdit
- E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “bun”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
AlbanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Albanian *bhunā. Compare Illyrian *bounon. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (“to be wake, keep watch”).
NounEdit
bun m (indefinite plural bune, definite singular buni, definite plural bunet)
DeclensionEdit
indefinite forms (trajta të pashquara) |
definite forms (trajta të shquara) | ||||
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singular (numri njëjës) |
plural (numri shumës) |
singular (numri njëjës) |
plural (numri shumës) | ||
nominative (emërore) |
(një) bun | (disa) bune | buni | bunet | |
accusative (kallëzore) |
(një) bun | (disa) bune | bunin | bunet | |
genitive (gjinore) (i/e/të/së) |
(një) buni | (disa) buneve | bunit | bunevet | |
dative (dhanore) |
(një) buni | (disa) buneve | bunit | bunevet | |
ablative (rrjedhore) (prej) |
(një) buni | (disa) bunesh | bunit | bunevet |
Related termsEdit
AromanianEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin bonus. Compare Daco-Romanian bun.
AdjectiveEdit
bun m (feminine bunã, plural bunj, feminine plural buni or bune)
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
ChibchaEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
bun
ReferencesEdit
- Gómez Aldana D. F., Análisis morfológico del Vocabulario 158 de la Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia. Grupo de Investigación Muysccubun. 2013.
DalmatianEdit
EtymologyEdit
AdjectiveEdit
bun m (feminine buna)
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 (“established”)
- bun- (“basic”)
- bunaigh (“establish”)
- bunaonad (“base unit”)
- bun na cluaise (“earlobe”)
- bunoscionn (“upside down”)
- bunú (“foundation”)
- bunús (“basis”)
- de bhun (“in pursuance of”)
- de bhun tola (“willingly”)
- faoi bhun (“beneath”)
- i mbun (“attending to”)
MutationEdit
Irish mutation | ||
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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
- Entries containing “bun” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “bun” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “bun”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →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
- Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 58.
JapaneseEdit
RomanizationEdit
bun
LigurianEdit
EtymologyEdit
AdjectiveEdit
bun
Megleno-RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin bonus. Compare Aromanian bun, Romanian bun.
AdjectiveEdit
bun
AntonymsEdit
See alsoEdit
Middle EnglishEdit
AdjectiveEdit
bun
- Alternative form of boun
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
Masculine u-stem | |||
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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:
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DescendantsEdit
MutationEdit
Old Irish mutation | ||
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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
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 bun”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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”). Doublet of bon, bonă, and bonus.
AdjectiveEdit
bun m or n (feminine singular bună, masculine plural buni, feminine and neuter plural bune)
- good
- E un om bun, crede-mă. ― He is a good man, trust me.
- Sunt bun la fotbal. ― I am good at football.
- Antonym: rău
DeclensionEdit
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
NounEdit
bun n (plural bunuri)
DeclensionEdit
Etymology 2Edit
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].
NounEdit
bun m (plural buni, feminine equivalent bună)
- (uncommon) grandfather
- Synonym: bunic
DeclensionEdit
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
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 singular 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 | |
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Radical | Lenition |
bun | bhun |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
ReferencesEdit
- 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
SomaliEdit
NounEdit
bun ?
Sranan TongoEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Portuguese bom.
AdjectiveEdit
bun
AdverbEdit
bun
SumerianEdit
RomanizationEdit
bun
- Romanization of 𒇌 (bun)
Tok PisinEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
bun
TurkishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Ottoman Turkish بوك (buñ), Proto-Turkic *buŋ. Cognate with Kazakh мұң (mūñ).
NounEdit
bun
Derived termsEdit
YorubaEdit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
bùn
- (transitive) to dash, to donate, to give away
- ó bùn mi ní owó ― He gave me money
- (transitive) to gift, bless, or endow someone
- (intransitive) to be gifted, endowed, or blessed with something
Usage notesEdit
- Sense 1 is a verbal element that subcategorizes an NP-object (receiver) + ní + NP phrase
- bun before a direct object