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buan

See also: buan-, bù'ān, and Buan

Bunun

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Etymology

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From Proto-Austronesian *bulaN (compare Cebuano bulan, Chamorro pulan, Fijian vula, Hiligaynon bulan, Ilocano bulan, Indonesian bulan, Javanese bulan, Kapampangan bulan, Malagasy volana, Malay bulan, Sundanese bulan).

Noun

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buan

  1. moon

Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish búan (“lasting, enduring; constant, firm, persevering”), related to buith, verbal noun of at·tá (“to be”).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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buan (genitive singular masculine buain, genitive singular feminine buaine, plural buana, comparative buaine)

  1. enduring, permanent
  2. steadfast, solid

Declension

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Declension of buan
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative buan bhuan buana;
bhuana2
vocative bhuain buana
genitive buaine buana buan
dative buan;
bhuan1 		bhuan;
bhuain (archaic) 		buana;
bhuana2
Comparative níos buaine
Superlative is buaine

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

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  • buanaigh (“perpetuate”, transitive verb)

Mutation

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Mutated forms of buan
radical lenition eclipsis
buan bhuan mbuan

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

References

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  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 57
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 66, page 28

Further reading

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  • de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “buan”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
  • “buan”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

North Frisian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Frisian bāne. Cognates include West Frisian beane.

Noun

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buan f (plural buanen)

  1. (Föhr-Amrum) bean

Old English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *būan, from Proto-Germanic *būaną. Cognate with Old Frisian būwa, bōwa (West Frisian bouwe), Old Saxon būan (Low German bugen), Old Dutch būwan (Dutch bouwen), Old High German būan (German bauen), Old Norse búa (Swedish bo, Norwegian Nynorsk bu, Faroese búgva), Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌿𐌰𐌽 (bauan).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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būan

  1. to live or dwell
    • Hē būde on Ēastenglum ― He lived in East Anglia. (Anglo-Saxon Chronicle)
  2. to inhabit, to occupy
    • Ne mæġ man meduseld būan ― a man may not occupy the mead-bench, (Beowulf)

Conjugation

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Conjugation of būan (weak class 1)
infinitive būan būenne
indicative mood present tense past tense
first person singular būe būde
second person singular bȳst būdest
third person singular bȳþ būde
plural būaþ būdon
subjunctive present tense past tense
singular būe būde
plural būen būden
imperative
singular bū
plural būaþ
participle present past
būende (ġe)bȳn, (ġe)būn

Derived terms

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Old High German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *būan, from Proto-Germanic *būaną, whence also Old English būan, Old Norse búa.

Verb

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būan

  1. to build

Descendants

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  • Middle High German: būwen, biuwen, bouwen

Old Saxon

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *būan, from Proto-Germanic *būaną, whence also Old English būan, Old Norse búa.

Verb

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būan

  1. to dwell, live
  2. to stay

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish búan (“lasting, enduring; constant, firm, persevering”).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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buan

  1. durable, lasting, long-lasting, long-lived

Synonyms

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Mutation

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Mutation of buan
radical lenition
buan bhuan

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

Further reading

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

Welsh

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Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *bīwonos, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”).[1] Cognate with Old Breton buenion, modern Breton buan.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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buan (feminine singular buan, plural buain, equative buaned, comparative buanach, superlative buanaf)

  1. fast, swift, rapid
  2. (of a timepiece) fast; ahead of the correct time
  3. (adverbial, as yn fuan) soon

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of buan
radical soft nasal aspirate
buan fuan muan unchanged

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

References

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  1. ^ Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 63 vii (3)

Further reading

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  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “buan”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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