bonu

Asturian

Alternative forms

• buenu
• buonu
• güenu

Etymology

From Latin bonus.

Adjective

bonu m sg (feminine singular bona, neuter singular bono, masculine plural bonos, feminine plural bones)

1. good (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions)

Related terms

• bondá

Corsican

Etymology

From Latin bonus, from Old Latin duonus, from Proto-Italic *dwe-nos, from Proto-Indo-European *dew-. Cognates include Italian buono and French bon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔnu/
• Hyphenation: bo‧nu

Adjective

bonu (feminine bona, masculine plural bone, feminine plural boni)

1. good

Derived terms

• bonghjornu

 

Noun

bonu m (uncountable)

1. goodness, good

References

• “bonu” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

Sardinian

Etymology

From Latin bonus, from Old Latin duenos, later duonus, from Proto-Italic *dwenos, from Proto-Indo-European *dew- (“to show favor, revere”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbonu/

Adjective

bonu (feminine singular bona, masculine plural bonos, feminine plural bonas)

1. (Logudorese) good

bonu (feminine singular bona, masculine plural bonos, feminine plural bonas)

1. (Campidanese) good

Noun

bonu m (uncountable)

1. (Logudorese, Campidanese) goodness

Related terms

• bene

Sassarese

Etymology

From Latin bonus, from Old Latin duenos, later duonus, from Proto-Italic *dwenos, from Proto-Indo-European *dew- (“to show favor, revere”). Doublet of beni, bè.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbonu/

Adjective

bonu (feminine singular bona, masculine and feminine plural boni)

1. good
   1. acting in the interest of what is beneficial, ethical, or moral
      • 1866 [1770s], Antonio Martini, chapter XIX, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'ebagneliu sigundu S. Matteju [The Gospel according to St. Matthew]‎^[1], London, translation of Il santo Vangelo di Gesù Cristo secondo Matteo (in Italian), verse 16, page 75:

        E eccu unu, chi si l’avvizinesi, e li dizisi: Maltru bonu, chi aggiu a fà di bonu par uttinì la vidda eterna?

        [original: Allora ſi accoſtò a lui un tale, e gli diſſe: Maeſtro buono, che farò io di bene per ottenere la vita eterna?]

        [Allora si accostò a lui un tale, e gli disse: Maestro buono, che farò io di bene per ottenere la vita eterna?]

        And there was one, who came up to him, and said to him: "Good master, what good will I do to obtain eternal life?

   2. competent, talented
      • 1866 [1770s], Antonio Martini, chapter VII, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'ebagneliu sigundu S. Matteju [The Gospel according to St. Matthew]‎^[2], London, translation of Il santo Vangelo di Gesù Cristo secondo Matteo (in Italian), verse 18, page 23:

        Lu so’ paddronu li dizisi: Brabu, silvidori bonu e fideli, palchì sei iltaddu fideli in lu poggu, t’ aggiu a fà padroni di l’ assai

        [original: Diſſegli il padrone: bene ſta, ſervo buono e fedele, perchè ſei ſtato fedele nel poco, ti farò padrone del molto]

        [Dissegli il padrone: bene sta, servo buono e fedele, perchè sei stato fedele nel poco, ti farò padrone del molto]

        His master said to him: "Well done, good and loyal servant; because you have been loyal in scarcity, I will make you master of abundance

   3. valid, of worth
      • 1866 [1770s], Antonio Martini, chapter VII, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'ebagneliu sigundu S. Matteju [The Gospel according to St. Matthew]‎^[3], London, translation of Il santo Vangelo di Gesù Cristo secondo Matteo (in Italian), verse 18, page 23:

        Un alburu bonu no pò fà frutti mali: nè un alburu malu fà frutti boni.

        [original: Non può un buon albero far frutti cattivi, nè un albero cattivo far frutti buoni.]

        A good tree cannot produce bad fruits, nor can a bad tree produce good fruits.

   4. true, valid
      • 2009 May 9, Ignazio Sanna, “Fòra d’un lèpparu chi no vuria murì in bòtti [Fable of a hare who didn't want to die in his shoes]”, in Ignazio Sanna - Prosa e poesia in sassarese‎^[4]:

        «Mih una cósa bòna c’ai dittu! Pa’ piazéri no ni fabiddà e cagliaddi muddu. No è chi ti pigli trópp’ampramanu?»

        "Well, you finally said something right! Please stop talking, and shut up. Maybe you're taking too many liberties?"

        (literally, “"Look, a good thing that you've said! For pleasure don't talk, and become silent dumb. Is it not that you take too much familiarity?”)

   5. pleasant, enjoyable
      • 2020 March 25, Ignazio Sanna, “Di nomme fozzu Asdrubale [My name is Asdrubale]”, in Ignazio Sanna - Prosa e poesia in sassarese‎^[5]:

        «Mah! Bòna drummidda, allóra!» fazi eddu e s’alluntana suipirèndi.

        "Oh well! Have a good sleep, then!" he says, and goes away sighing.

   6. favourable
      • 1866 [1770s], Antonio Martini, chapter XXVI, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'ebagneliu sigundu S. Matteju [The Gospel according to St. Matthew]‎^[6], London, translation of Il santo Vangelo di Gesù Cristo secondo Matteo (in Italian), verse 24, page 109:

        guai però a chiss’ omu, da lu quali lu Figliolu dill’ omu sarà tradiddu: bonu par eddu, si chiss’ omu no fussi mai naddu.

        [original: ma guai a quell’ uomo per cui il Figliuolo dell’ uomo ſarà tradito : era bene per lui, che non foſſe mai nato quell’ uomo.]

        [ma guai a quell’uomo per cui il Figliuolo dell’ uomo sarà tradito: era bene per lui, che non fosse mai nato quell’uomo.]

        But woe unto that man by which the Son of man will be betrayed: [it would] be good for him if that man had never been born.

      • c. 19^th century, anonymous author, “[untitled song]”, in Giovanni Spano, editor, Canti popolari in dialetto sassarese‎^[7], volume 1 (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Cagliari, published 1873, song 29, page 116:

        Bona notti la paddrona!
        Una nutizia bona
        Li femu sabbé ilta notti.

        Goodnight to the mistress! Tonight, we're telling her some good news.

   7. beneficial, worthwhile
      • a. 1950 [1314], Dante Alighieri, “Divina Cumedia: Cantu primu”, in Salvator Ruju, transl., L'Inferru dantesco in sassarese e logudorese‎^[8] (overall work in Italian, Sassarese, and Logudorese), Soter Editrice, translation of Inferno, published 2015 November, page 5, lines 1–3:

        A la middai di chistha nosthra vida
        m'acciappesi in d'un buschu assai buggiosu,
        chì lu caminu bonu era già pessu.

        [original: Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita
        mi ritrovai per una selva oscura,
        ché la diritta via era smarrita.]

        At the middle of this life of ours, I found myself in a very dark forest, because the good way was already lost.

Noun

bonu m (plural boni)

1. (uncountable) good (the forces of good)
   • 1866 [1770s], Antonio Martini, chapter XIX, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'ebagneliu sigundu S. Matteju [The Gospel according to St. Matthew]‎^[9], London, translation of Il santo Vangelo di Gesù Cristo secondo Matteo (in Italian), verse 16, page 75:

     E eccu unu, chi si l’avvizinesi, e li dizisi: Maltru bonu, chi aggiu a fà di bonu par uttinì la vidda eterna?

     [original: Allora ſi accoſtò a lui un tale, e gli diſſe: Maeſtro buono, che farò io di bene per ottenere la vita eterna?]

     [Allora si accostò a lui un tale, e gli disse: Maestro buono, che farò io di bene per ottenere la vita eterna?]

     And there was one, who came up to him, and said to him: "Good master, what good will I do to obtain eternal life?

     (literally, “And there was one, who got close to him, and said to him: "Good master, what will I do of good to obtain eternal life?”)

Related terms

• beni

Sicilian

Etymology

From Latin bonus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔ.nʊ/
• Hyphenation: bò‧nu

Adjective

bonu (feminine singular bona, masculine and feminine plural boni)

1. good

Related terms

• beni

Sranan Tongo

Noun

bonu

1. ritual magic, used by a bonuman (medicine man)
2. (religion) idolatry

   Synonym: afkodrei

Verb

bonu

1. (religion) to practice winti

Uneapa

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *poñu with irregular b-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pəñu, from Proto-Austronesian *pəñu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bonu/

Noun

bonu

1. turtle

Further reading

• Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)