buan

See also: buan-, bù'ān, and Buan

Bunun

Etymology

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

buan

  1. moon

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bˠuənˠ/

Adjective

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

  1. enduring, permanent
  2. steadfast, solid

Declension
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
  • buan- (“permanent, perpetual; fixed”)
  • buanaigh (“perpetuate”, transitive verb)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
buan bhuan mbuan
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • "buan" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “1 búan” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

North Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian bāne. Cognates include West Frisian beane.

Noun

buan m (plural buanen)

  1. (Föhr-Amrum) bean

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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
  • IPA(key): /ˈbuː.ɑn/

Verb

būan

  1. to live or dwell
    He būde on Ēast-Englum: he lived with the East Angles. (Anglo-Saxon Chronicle)
  2. to inhabit, to occupy
    Ne mæg mon meduseld būan: a man may not occupy the mead-bench, (Beowulf)

Conjugation
Conjugation of būan (weak class 1)
infinitive būan tō būenne
indicative present past
1st-person singular būe būde
2nd-person singular būst būdest
3rd-person singular bȳþ būde
plural būaþ būdon
subjunctive present past
singular būe būde
plural būen būden
imperative
singular bū
plural būaþ
participle present past
būende bȳn, ġebūn

Derived terms

Old High German

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Verb

būan

  1. to build

Descendants

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Verb

būan

  1. to build

Descendants
  • Middle Low German: būwen

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Adjective

buan

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

Synonyms

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalLenition
buanbhuan
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • “1 búan” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Welsh

Etymology

Compare Old Breton buenion, modern Breton buan.

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

Derived terms
  • yn fuan (“soon”)
  • mor fuan â phosibl (“as soon as possible”)

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
buan fuan muan unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • Angharad Fychan and Ann Parry Owen, editors (2014), “buan”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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