Contionary:beunir

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Skylandic

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *beun, from Proto-Germanic *beuną “to be”. Cognate with Old English beōn and Modern English be.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Fuiebergean) IPA: /bø.niʁ/ [bø.nɪɹ ~ bø.nɪʁ ~ bø.nɪɾ]
  • (chiefly Bernstein) IPA: [bø.nɪɐ̯]

Verb

beunir (present beuns, imperfect voire, present participle viesant, past participle beunis)

1. (literary) to be.
Synonym: guesen
L’Heauge Croix bivines min Leute.
May the Holy Cross be my light.
2. (dialectal) Used as an auxiliary for passive voice constructions.
Synonym: guerdre
Je voire dégru !
I was deceived!

Conjugations

Conjugation of beunir
Tense Form IPA
PRES beuns bœ̃
PRESP viesant vje.zɑ̃
PRES.SJV bivines bivin
IMPF voire vwaʁ
PP beunis bø.ni
IMPF.SJV voirines vwa.ʁin
FUT biveront biv.ʁɔ̃
IMP beus

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