baun

See also: Baun

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse baun, from Proto-Germanic *baunō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰabʰ- (“bean”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pøyːn/
• Rhymes: -øyːn

Noun

baun f (genitive singular baunar, nominative plural baunir)

1. bean, pea

Declension

Declension of baun (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	baun	baunin	baunir	baunirnar
accusative	baun	baunina	baunir	baunirnar
dative	baun	bauninni	baunum	baununum
genitive	baunar	baunarinnar	bauna	baunanna

Derived terms

• baunagras (“sea pea, Lathyrus japonicus”)
• baunir (“lentil soup”)
• ekki baun, ekki baun í bala (“not at all, not a whit”)
• kjúklingabaun

Indonesian

Etymology

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Noun

baun (plural baun-baun)

1. wood stack for cassowary egg laying

Further reading

• “baun”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *baunō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰabʰ- (“bean”). Compare Old English bean (English bean), Old Frisian bāne (West Frisian bean), Old Saxon bōna (Low German Bohn), Dutch boon, Old High German bōna (German Bohne).

Noun

baun f (genitive baunar, plural baunir)

1. bean

Declension

Declension of baun (strong i-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	baun	baunin	baunir	baunirnar
accusative	baun	baunina	baunir	baunirnar
dative	baun	bauninni	baunum	baununum
genitive	baunar	baunarinnar	bauna	baunanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: baun
• Norwegian Nynorsk: baune, bauna; (dialectal) bogna (aun > ogn)
• Old Swedish: bø̄n, bø̄na
  • Swedish: böna (added -a under Middle Low German influence)
• Old Danish: bøøn
  • Danish: bønne (added -e under Middle Low German influence)
    • Norwegian Bokmål: bønne
      • → Norwegian Nynorsk: bønne
    • → Faroese: bøn, bøna
• → Middle Irish: pónair (from the plural baunir)
  • Irish: pónaire
  • Manx: poanrey
  • Scottish Gaelic: pònair

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “baun”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Yola

Alternative forms

• bawn

Etymology

Borrowed from Irish bán.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɑːn/
• Homophone: bawen

Adjective

baun

1. white
   • 1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 2, page 94:

     An a priesth o parieshe on his garrane baun,

     The priest of the parish on his white pony,

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 94

Colors in Yola · [Term?] (layout · text)

whit, baun	gry	bhlock, ghou
reed	yulloureed	yullou, buee
*leem green	green	*meente
blúegreen	*asure	blue
	purple	rowse