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bun

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See also: Bun, BUN, bún, bùn, bûn, bün, bűn, and bun-

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bʌn/
  • Audio (AU):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ʌn

Etymology 1

From Middle English bunne (“wheat cake, bun”), from Anglo-Norman bugne (“bump on the head; fritter”), from Old French bugne (hence French beignet), from Frankish *bungjo (“little clump”), diminutive of *bungu (“lump, clump”), from Proto-Germanic *bungô, *bunkô (“clump, lump, heap, crowd”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰenǵʰ- (“thick, dense, fat”). Cognate with Dutch bonk (“clump, clot, cluster of fruits”). More at bunch.

Alternative forms

Noun

 
Buns (sense 1.1)
 
A hamburger in a bun (sense 1.2)
 
Buns (sense 1.3)
 
A bun (sense 1.4)

bun (plural buns)

  1. Senses referring to baked goods.
    2. A small bread roll that is sweetened or spiced.
    4. A bread roll that is served with a savoury filling such as a hamburger or hot dog.
    6. (Northern England, especially Northumbria) Any bread roll.
    8. (Northern England, Ireland) A cupcake.
  2. A tight roll of hair worn at the back of the head.
    Synonyms: hair bun, French roll
    Hyponym: messy bun
    • 2021, Becky S. Li, Howard I. Maibach, Ethnic Skin and Hair and Other Cultural Considerations, page 154:
      The physician should evaluate for a history of tight ponytails, buns, chignons, braids, twists, weaves, cornrows, dreadlocks, sisterlocks, and hair wefts in addition to the usage of religious hair coverings.
  3. (British, slang) A drunken spree.
  4. (Internet slang) A newbie.
  5. (Canada, US, slang, chiefly in the plural) A buttock.
  6. (slang) The vagina.
    • 1996, Richard Sandomir, Life for Real Dummies: A Reference for the Totally Clueless‎[1], page 5:
      How 'bout I put my hot dog in your bun?
    • 2015, Rachelle Ayala, Whole Latte Love‎[2], page 169:
      Wait. I can touch your boobs, stick my wiener in your bun, but I can't kiss you?
    • 2019 Hot Blood, Hot Thoughts, Hot Deeds, Empire season 5 episode 13
      I'm just saying, you being a mama, it's time to clear the cobwebs. You know what I'm saying? Put a banana in the monkey. You know, hot dog in your bun.
Synonyms
Derived terms

(hairstyle): bun drop, Princess Leia bun, man-bun

other "bun" meanings
Translations

Verb

bun (third-person singular simple present buns, present participle bunning, simple past and past participle bunned)

  1. (transitive) To form (the hair) into a bun.
    • 2014, A. A. Garrison, The Long Short Story: Novellas, page 39:
      Bunning her hair, she left her childhood bedroom for the hall.

Further reading

Etymology 2

Probably from Scots bun (“tail of a rabbit or hare”), which is probably from Scottish Gaelic bun (“bottom, butt, stump, stub”).[1]

Noun

bun (plural buns) (dialect, archaic)

  1. A rabbit.
  2. A squirrel.
  3. The scut or tail of a hare.
  4. A dry stalk.

Etymology 3

Caribbean pronunciation of burn.

Verb

bun (third-person singular simple present buns, present participle bunning, simple past and past participle bunned)

  1. (Caribbean, MLE and MTE, slang) To smoke cannabis.
  2. (MLE, African-American Vernacular, slang) To shoot.
  3. (MLE, slang) To forget.
    • 2004, MC Forcer, guest on Lethal Bizzle, "Pow!"
      Don't care about your crew, bun them anyday
    • 2011, Jme, Mike Lowery:
      Some man acting dumb, think's he's a gun-man, wanna bring me drama. How you gonna bun me?
    • 2017, “Fire in the Booth”, performed by Taze, reused in ”Usual Suspects”:
      Look, come round, come round gunning, I still look try to bun him
      Don't chat on the net ’bout bunnin, oh my God why the fuck you runnin?
    • 2018, “Slatt Season”, in Sorry For The Get Off‎[3], performed by Drego & Beno, track 15:
      The K in the back, the glock in the front
      It’s one in the head, you know how we bun

Noun

bun (plural buns)

  1. (Caribbean and MLE, slang) marijuana cigarette, joint
    • 2018, “Rolling Round”, HL8 and SimpzBeatz (music), performed by Sparko of OMH:
      Man say that they spray the fire
      I fuck that shit, I drop the bun

Etymology 4

From the Revised Romanization of Korean 분 (bun), from Chinese 分 (fèn, “fen”). Doublet of fen.

Alternative forms

Noun

bun (plural buns or bun)

  1. A Korean unit of length equivalent to about 0.3 cm.

References

  1. ^ Eric Partridge (1966), Origins: A short etymological dictionary of modern English. New York: Greenwich House, →ISBN, p. 64.

Anagrams

Afar

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بُنّ (bunn).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbun/ [ˈbʊn]
  • Hyphenation: bun

Noun

bún m (plural buunitté f)

  1. (Northern Afar) coffee

Declension

Declension of bún
absolutive bún
predicative búunu
subjective bún
genitive buntí
Postpositioned forms
l-case búunul
k-case búunuk
t-case búunut
h-case búunuh

References

  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “bun”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *bhunā. Compare Illyrian *bounon. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (“to be wake, keep watch”).

Noun

bun m (plural bune, definite buni, definite plural bunet)

  1. hut (of mountain shepherds), chalet, fenced area (for cattle)
    Synonyms: kasolle, kolibe

Declension

Declension of bun
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bun buni bune bunet
accusative bunin
dative buni bunit buneve buneve
ablative bunesh

Aromanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin bonus. Compare Daco-Romanian bun.

Adjective

bun m (feminine bunã, plural bunj, feminine plural buni or bune)

  1. good

Derived terms

Chibcha

Pronunciation

Noun

bun

  1. bread, bun

References

  • Gómez Aldana D. F., Análisis morfológico del Vocabulario 158 de la Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia. Grupo de Investigación Muysccubun. 2013.

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin bonus.

Adjective

bun m (feminine buna)

  1. good

Girirra

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بُنّ (bunn).

Noun

bun

  1. coffee

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish bun (“the thick end of anything, base, butt, foot”),[1] from Proto-Celtic *bonus. Cognate with Welsh bôn.

Pronunciation

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Noun

bun m (genitive singular buin, nominative plural bunanna)

  1. base, bottom
  2. stump
  3. lower end
  4. basic provision
  5. settled spell (of weather)
  6. source

Declension

Declension of bun (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative bun bunanna
vocative a bhuin a bhunanna
genitive buin bunanna
dative bun bunanna
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an bun na bunanna
genitive an bhuin na mbunanna
dative leis an mbun
don bhun 		leis na bunanna

Synonyms

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of bun
radical lenition eclipsis
bun bhun mbun

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 bun”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 85
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 58
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 78

Further reading

Japanese

Romanization

bun

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ぶん

Ligurian

Etymology

From Latin bonus.

Adjective

bun

  1. good

Megleno-Romanian

Etymology

From Latin bonus. Compare Aromanian bun, Romanian bun.

Adjective

bun

  1. good

Antonyms

See also

Middle English

Adjective

bun

  1. Alternative form of boun

Old French

Adjective

bun m (oblique and nominative feminine singular bune)

  1. (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of bon

Declension

Case masculine feminine neuter
singular subject buns bune bun
oblique bun bune bun
plural subject bun bunes bun
oblique buns bunes bun

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *bonus. Cognate with Welsh bôn.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

bun m (genitive bona, nominative plural bonai)

  1. base
  2. bottom
  3. butt
  4. end

Inflection

Masculine u-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative bun bunL bonaeH
Vocative bun bunL bonu
Accusative bunN bunL bonu
Genitive bonoH, bonaH bonoL, bonaL bonaeN
Dative bunL bonaib bonaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Irish: bun
  • Manx: bun
  • Scottish Gaelic: bun

Mutation

Mutation of bun
radical lenition nasalization
bun bun
pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/ 		mbun

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 71

Further reading

Romanian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin bonus, from Old Latin duenos, later duonus, from Proto-Italic *dwenos, from Proto-Indo-European *dew- (“to show favor, revere”). Doublet of bon, bonă, and bonus.

Adjective

bun m or n (feminine singular bună, masculine plural buni, feminine and neuter plural bune)

  1. good
    Antonym: rău
    E un om bun, crede-mă. ― He is a good man, trust me.
    Sunt bun la fotbal. ― I am good at football.
Declension
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative 		indefinite bun bună buni bune
definite bunul buna bunii bunele
genitive-
dative 		indefinite bun bune buni bune
definite bunului bunei bunilor bunelor
Derived terms

Noun

bun n (plural bunuri)

  1. good, asset, possession
Declension
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative bun bunul bunuri bunurile
genitive-dative bun bunului bunuri bunurilor
vocative bunule bunurilor

Etymology 2

Either from the above word or from a Vulgar Latin *avunus, ultimately from the same Proto-Indo-European root as avus. (Compare the diminutive avunculus, avonculus), probably influenced by or confused with bonus. Compare also Friulian von (“grandfather”), Calabrian and Piedmontese bona (“grandmother”) [1].

Noun

bun m (plural buni, feminine equivalent bună)

  1. (uncommon) grandfather
    Synonym: bunic
Declension
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative bun bunul buni bunii
genitive-dative bun bunului buni bunilor
vocative bunule bunilor
Derived terms
References
  1. ^ Romanian Explanatory Dictionary

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish bun (“the thick end of anything, base, butt, foot”), from Proto-Celtic *bonus. Cognate with Welsh bôn.

Pronunciation

Noun

bun m (genitive singular buna or buin, plural buin or bunan)

  1. bottom, base, foundation
  2. butt, stub

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of bun
radical lenition
bun bhun

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “bun”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[4], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 bun”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Somali

Noun

bun ?

  1. coffee

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese bom.

Adjective

bun

  1. good

Adverb

bun

  1. very, rather

Sumerian

Romanization

bun

  1. Romanization of 𒇌 (bun)

Tok Pisin

Template:LDL

Etymology

From English bone.

Noun

bun

  1. (anatomy) bone
    • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:21:
      Orait God, Bikpela i mekim man i slip i dai tru. Na taim man i slip yet, God i kisim wanpela bun long banis bilong man na i pasim gen skin bilong dispela hap.
      →New International Version translation

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish بوݣ (buñ), Proto-Turkic *buŋ. Cognate with Kazakh мұң (mūñ).

Noun

bun

  1. distress

Derived terms

Yoruba

Pronunciation

Verb

bùn

  1. (transitive) to dash, to donate, to give away
    ó bùn mi ní owó ― He gave me money
  2. (transitive) to gift, bless, or endow someone
  3. (intransitive) to be gifted, endowed, or blessed with something

Usage notes

  • Sense 1 is a verbal element that subcategorizes an NP-object (receiver) + ní + NP phrase
  • bun before a direct object

Derived terms

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