bunting
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
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Possibly from dialect bunting (“sifting flour”), from Middle English bonten (“to sift”), hence the material used for that purpose. Possibly from Germanic bundt (“to bind or tie together”).
Noun edit
bunting (countable and uncountable, plural buntings)
- Strips of material used as festive decoration, especially in the colours of the national flag.
- (nautical) A thin cloth of woven wool from which flags are made; it is light enough to spread in a gentle wind but resistant to fraying in a strong wind.
- Flags considered as a group.
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Etymology 2 edit
From Middle English bunting, bountyng, buntynge (also as Middle English buntyle), of uncertain origin. Possibly a reference to speckled plumage, from an unrecorded Middle English *bunt (“spotted, speckled, pied”) akin to Dutch bont, Middle Low German bunt, bont, German bunt (“multi-coloured”) + -ing.[1]
Noun edit
bunting (plural buntings)
- Any of various songbirds, mostly of the genus Emberiza, having short bills and brown or gray plumage.
Derived terms edit
- black-faced bunting
- black-headed bunting (Emberiza melanocephala)
- chestnut-eared bunting
- cinereous bunting
- cirl bunting
- corn bunting (Emberiza calandra)
- Cretzschmar's bunting
- gray-necked bunting
- grey-headed bunting
- grey-hooded bunting
- grey-necked bunting
- Henslow's bunting
- indigo bunting (Passerina cyanea)
- lark bunting
- LeConte's bunting
- little bunting
- ortolan bunting
- painted bunting (Passerina ciris or Calcarius pictus)
- Pallas's bunting
- pine bunting (Emberiza melanocephala
- reed bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
- rock bunting (Emberiza cia)
- rustic bunting
- snow bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis)
- yellow-breasted bunting
- yellow-browed bunting
- yellow bunting
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Etymology 3 edit
1922,[2] apparently from Scots buntin (“plump, short and thick (esp. of children)”),[3][4] itself an old term of endearment for children (1660s); the sense “plump” dates to the 1500s,[3] and may be related to bunt (“belly of a sail”). Possibly related to butt (“(both noun and verb sense: buttocks; strike with head)”)[3] or to bunny (“rabbit”). Compare with the nursery rhyme Bye, baby Bunting (1731), either of same origin or influenced this sense.[5]
Noun edit
bunting (plural buntings)
- A warm, hooded infant garment, as outerwear or sleepwear, similar to a sleeper or sleepsack; especially as baby bunting or bunting bag.
Etymology 4 edit
Verb edit
bunting
- present participle and gerund of bunt
Noun edit
bunting (countable and uncountable, plural buntings)
- A pushing action.
- A strong timber; a stout prop.
- (obsolete) An old boys' game, played with sticks and a small piece of wood.
References edit
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “bunting”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- ^ “bunting”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Patricia T. O’Conner, Stewart Kellerman (2010 April 13) “Bye, baby bunting”, in Grammarphobia
- ^ See John Jamieson, An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language (1808-25): buntin “short and thick; as a buntin brat, a plump child.”
- ^ Merriam-Webster’s New International Dictionary (unabridged 2nd edition)
Indonesian edit
Alternative forms edit
- boenting (pre-1947)
Etymology edit
From Malay bunting, from Classical Malay bunting. Compare Tagalog buntis.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
bunting
- (derogatory, of human only) to be pregnant, to get pregnant
- Synonyms: hamil, mengandung
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “bunting” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.