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
2. (slang) chick; woman

Verb

1. (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.

Declension

Declension of böna
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	böna	bönan	bönor	bönorna
Genitive	bönas	bönans	bönors	bönornas

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 beg desperately

Declension

Declension of böna
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	böna	bönan	bönor	bönorna
Genitive	bönas	bönans	bönors	bönornas

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