basun

See also: basún and Basun

English

Etymology

From Hindi [Term?].

Noun

basun (uncountable)

1. (India, obsolete) Powdered gram used in cookery or in cleansing the hair, etc.

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse basún, basúna, from Middle Low German basūne, from Old French boisine, buisine, from Latin būcina (“hunting horn”).

Noun

basun c (singular definite basunen, plural indefinite basuner)

1. trombone

Inflection

Declension of basun

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	basun	basunen	basuner	basunerne
genitive	basuns	basunens	basuners	basunernes

Synonyms

• trombone
• trækbasun

References

• “basun” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “basun” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse basún, basúna, from Middle Low German basūne, from Old French boisine, buisine, from Latin būcina (“hunting horn”).

Noun

basun c

1. trombone

   Synonym: trombon

Declension

Declension of basun

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	basun	basuns
	definite	basunen	basunens
plural	indefinite	basuner	basuners
	definite	basunerna	basunernas

Derived terms

• basuna
• basunblåsare
• basunera
• basunist
• basunstöt
• domsbasun
• dragbasun
• ventilbasun

Further reading

• “basun”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• basun in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Volapük

Noun

basun (genitive basuna, plural basuns)

1. (music) bassoon

Declension

Declension of basun

	Singular	Plural
Nominative	basun	basuns
Genitive	basuna	basunas
Dative	basune	basunes
Accusative	basuni	basunis
Predicative1	basunu	basunus
Vocative	o basun	o basuns

1. Introduced in Volapük Nulik.