böna

See also: bona, Bona, bóna, bøna, and -bona

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse baun, from Proto-Germanic *baunō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰabʰ-, *bʰabʰ-eh₂- (“bean”). The final -a was added under Middle Low German influence.

Noun

böna c

1. bean

   vita bönor

   baked [white] beans

   bruna bönor med fläsk

   brown beans with pork belly (a husmanskost dish)

2. (slang, somewhat dated) a babe, a chick ((younger) woman)

Usage notes

Baked beans are "vita bönor i tomatsås" (navy/white beans in tomato sauce), often shortened to "vita bönor."

Declension

Declension of böna

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	böna	bönas
	definite	bönan	bönans
plural	indefinite	bönor	bönors
	definite	bönorna	bönornas

Derived terms

• bondböna (“broad bean, fava bean”)
• brun böna (“brown bean”)
• kaffeböna (“coffee bean”)
• kidneyböna (“kidney bean”)
• pintoböna (“pinto bean”)
• svart böna (“black bean”)
• vit böna (“navy bean, haricot bean, white bean”)

Etymology 2

From Old Norse bōn, from Proto-Germanic *bōniz (“curse, prayer”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to speak, say”).

Verb

böna (present bönar, preterite bönade, supine bönat, imperative böna)

1. to plead (beg desperately)

   böna och be

   beg and plead (idiomatic)

2. (archaic) to purify wooden buckets or utensils with abstract of juniper (enlag), to remove any taste they have taken on from previous contents

   Byttor, baljor och såar, som skola begagnas vid byk och slakt, böra först renskuras både inuti och utanpå med sand och vatten, innan de bönas.

   Bowls, casks, and tubs to be used for washing or slaughter, should first be cleaned inside and out with sand and water, before they are purified.

Conjugation

Conjugation of böna (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	böna		bönas
Supine	bönat		bönats
Imperative	böna		—
Imper. plural1	bönen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	bönar	bönade	bönas	bönades
Ind. plural1	böna	bönade	bönas	bönades
Subjunctive2	böne	bönade	bönes	bönades
	Participles
Present participle	bönande
Past participle	bönad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

See also

• bona

References

• böna in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• böna in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• böna in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)