Contionary:bun

Middle Annerish

Etymology

Clearly suppletive, but exact derivation is disputed; cf.: Goidelic bun, bunad. Per Bernthaler, from Germanic *ba-nw-, *bebō- ("to summon"); passive preterite from *buttaz, but see also Latin battuō.

Pronunciation

(Annerish) IPA: /bˠunˠ/ [b̥ʉn]

Inflection of bun

ɪʀʀ. ꜰᴇᴍ.	ɴᴏᴍ.	ɢᴇɴ.	ᴅᴀᴛ.	ᴠᴏᴄ.
sɢ.	bunɴ	bunaʟ	bunʟ	bunʟ
ᴘʟ.	bunʟ	bunaɴ	bunaıb	bunʟ
ᴄᴏʟ.	bunaʜ	bunʟ		bunaʟ
Ⅰ  ᴀᴄᴛ.	ᴘʀᴇᴠᴇʀʙ: yn		ɪᴍᴘ.: bunnsɢ, bunaıbᴘʟ
	ᴘʀᴇᴛ.	ɴᴀʀ.	ɪʀʀ.	ᴄᴏɴᴅ.
ᴀʙs.	bo	bunaıs,   bunad*,  bunaım**	bıù(ıd*)	bıùıs,   bıùd*,  bıùım**
ᴄᴏɴᴊ.	bo		bıù
ᴘᴀss.	butt	bunaır	bıùr	bıùır
*2nd ᴘ. & 3rd ᴘ.sɢ. ᴘᴏs. form, **1st ᴘ.sɢ. & ɪɴᴄʟ. form.

Verb / Noun

bun (runic:ᛓᚬ)

1. Butt, end, foundation:

   (of trees) trunk;

   (of armies) base;

   (of mountains) foot, skirts, hills;

   (of rivers) source, starting point; sometimes mouth, estuary;

2. An alternative form of bunnas.
3. (tr.; phrasal) To produce, bring forth, give off

   ~ gen - to smile;

   ~ fíoccla - to teethe;

   Da bıù í at esgra. - She hasn't grown her molars yet.

See also

• bynn