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bun

  1. (international standards)ISO 639-3language code forSherbro.

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English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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    FromMiddle Englishbunne(“wheat cake, bun”), fromAnglo-Normanbugne(“bump on the head; fritter”), fromOld Frenchbugne (henceFrenchbeignet), fromFrankish*bungjo(“little clump”), diminutive of*bungu(“lump, clump”), fromProto-Germanic*bungô,*bunkô(“clump, lump, heap, crowd”), fromProto-Indo-European*bʰenǵʰ-(“thick, dense, fat”). Cognate withDutchbonk(“clump, clot, cluster of fruits”). More atbunch.

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    Noun

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    bun (pluralbuns)

    1. Senses referring to baked goods.
      2. A smallbread roll that issweetened orspiced.
        Coordinate term:cake
      4. A bread roll that is served with asavoury filling such as ahamburger orhot dog.
      6. (Northern England, especially Northumbria) Any bread roll.
        Coordinate term:cake
      8. (Northern England, Ireland) Acupcake.
        Coordinate term:cake
    3. A roll ofhair worn at the back of thehead.
      Synonyms:hair bun,chignon
      Hyponyms:French roll;man-bun
      loosebun;   messybun;   tightbun
      • 2021, Becky S. Li, Howard I. Maibach,Ethnic Skin and Hair and Other Cultural Considerations, page154:
        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.
    5. (British, slang) A drunkenspree.
    6. (Internetslang) Anewbie.
    7. (slang) A younggirl orwoman.
    8. (Canada,US, slang, chiefly in theplural) Abuttock.
      nicebuns;   tightbuns
    9. (slang) Thevagina.
      • 1996, Richard Sandomir,Life for Real Dummies: A Reference for the Totally Clueless‎[1], page 5:
        How 'bout I put my hot dog in yourbun?
      • 2015, Rachelle Ayala,Whole Latte Love‎[2], page169:
        Wait. I can touch your boobs, stick my wiener in yourbun, but I can't kiss you?
      • 2019Hot 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 yourbun.
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    (hairstyle):bun drop,Princess Leia bun,man-bun

    mostly other "bun" meanings
    Translations
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    a small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced
    a tight roll of hair worn at the back of the head
    a drunken spree
    newbie—seenewbie

    Verb

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    bun (third-person singular simple presentbuns,present participlebunning,simple past and past participlebunned)

    1. (transitive) To form (the hair) into a bun.
      • 2014, A. A. Garrison,The Long Short Story: Novellas, page39:
        Bunning her hair, she left her childhood bedroom for the hall.

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    Etymology 2

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      Probably fromScotsbun(“tail of a rabbit or hare”), which is probably fromScottish Gaelicbun(“bottom, butt, stump, stub”).[1]

      Noun

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      bun (pluralbuns)

      1. (colloquial, childish)Clipping ofbunny(“rabbit”).
        Synonym:bun-bun
        She brought home two newbuns to join the menagerie!
      2. (dialect, archaic, nonclipped) Abunny: arabbit.
      3. (dialect, archaic) Asquirrel.
      4. (dialect, archaic) Thescut ortail of ahare.
      5. (dialect, archaic) Adrystalk.
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      Etymology 3

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        Caribbean pronunciation ofburn.

        Verb

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        bun (third-person singular simple presentbuns,present participlebunning,simple past and past participlebunned)

        1. (Caribbean, MLE and MTE, slang) To smokecannabis.
        2. (MLE, African-American Vernacular, slang) Toshoot.
          • 2004, MC Forcer, guest on Lethal Bizzle, "Pow!"
            Don't care about your crew,bun them any day
          • 2011,Jme,Mike Lowery:
            Some man acting dumb, think's he's a gun-man, wanna bring me drama. How you gonnabun me?
          • 2017, “Fire in the Booth”, performed by Taze, reused in ”Usual Suspects”:
            Look, come round, come roundgunning, I still look try tobun him
            Don't chat on the net ’boutbunnin, oh my God why the fuck you runnin?
          • 2018, “Slatt Season”, inSorry 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 webun
        3. (MLE, slang) Toforget.

        Noun

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        bun (pluralbuns)

        1. (Caribbean and MLE, slang)marijuanacigarette,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 thebun

        Etymology 4

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          From theRevised Romanization ofKorean분(bun), fromChinese分(fèn,“fen”).Doublet offen.

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          bun (pluralbunsorbun)

          1. AKoreanunit oflengthequivalent toabout 0.3 cm.

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

          Anagrams

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          Afar

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          Alternative forms

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          Etymology

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          Borrowed fromArabicبُنّ(bunn).

          Pronunciation

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

          Noun

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          bún m (pluralbuunitté f)

          1. (Northern Afar)coffee

          Declension

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                  Declension ofbún      
          absolutivebún
          predicativebúunu
          subjectivebún
          genitivebuntí
            Postpositioned forms
          l-casebúunul
          k-casebúunuk
          t-casebúunut
          h-casebúunuh

          References

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          • Mario Capomazza (1907), “bunu”, inLa lingua degli Afar: Vocabulario Italiano-Dankalo e Dankalo-Italiano [The language of the Afar: Italian-Dankal and Dankal-Italian dictionary], Macerata: Unione Tipografica, page118
          • E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “bun”, inAn Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London,→ISBN

          Albanian

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          Etymology

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          Inherited fromProto-Albanian*bhunā. CompareIllyrian*bounon. Ultimately fromProto-Indo-European*bʰewdʰ-(“to be wake, keep watch”).

          Noun

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          bun m (pluralbune,definitebuni,definite pluralbunet)

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

          Declension

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          Declension ofbun
          singularplural
          indefinitedefiniteindefinitedefinite
          nominativebunbunibunebunet
          accusativebunin
          dativebunibunitbunevebuneve
          ablativebunesh

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          Further reading

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          • “bun”, inFGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian),2006
          • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[4],1980

          Antigua and Barbuda Creole English

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          Noun

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          bun (pluralbundem,quantifiedbun)

          1. burn

          Verb

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          bun (pastminbun,futuregobun, a gobun, wibun, wilbun,completivedunbun,imperfectiveabun)

          1. burn

          Aromanian

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          Alternative forms

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          Etymology

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          FromLatinbonus. Compare Daco-Romanianbun.

          Adjective

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          bun m (femininebunã,pluralbunj,feminine pluralbuniorbune)

          1. good

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          Chibcha

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          Pronunciation

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          bun

          1. bread,bun

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

          Dalmatian

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          Etymology

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          FromLatinbonus.

          Adjective

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          bun m (femininebuna)

          1. good

          Girirra

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          Etymology

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          Borrowed fromArabicبُنّ(bunn).

          Noun

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          bun

          1. coffee

          Gullah

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          Etymology

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          FromEnglishburn.

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          bun

          1. Toburn

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          • De Nyew Testament‎[5], Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc.,2025

          Irish

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          Etymology

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          FromOld Irishbun(“the thick end of anything, base, butt, foot”),[1] fromProto-Celtic*bonus. Cognate withWelshbôn.

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          Noun

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          bun m (genitive singularbuin,nominative pluralbunanna)

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

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          Declension ofbun (first declension)
          forms with thedefinite article
          singularplural
          nominativeanbunnabunanna
          genitiveanbhuinnambunanna
          dativeleis anmbun
          donbhun          		leis nabunanna

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          Mutation

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          Mutated forms ofbun
          radicallenitioneclipsis
          bunbhunmbun

          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. ^Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 bun”, ineDIL: 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,§ 166, page85
          3. ^Finck, F. N. (1899),Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page58
          4. ^Quiggin, E. C. (1906),A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press,§ 203, page78

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          Japanese

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          Romanization

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          bun

          1. Rōmaji transcription ofぶん

          Ligurian

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          Etymology

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          FromLatinbonus.

          Adjective

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          bun

          1. good

          Megleno-Romanian

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          Etymology

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          FromLatinbonus. CompareAromanianbun,Romanianbun.

          Adjective

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          bun

          1. good

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          Middle English

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          Adjective

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          bun

          1. alternative form ofboun

          Old English

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          Participle

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          būn

          1. pastparticiple ofbūan

          Old French

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          Adjective

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          bun m (oblique and nominative feminine singularbune)

          1. (Anglo-Norman)alternative form ofbon

          Declension

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          Casemasculinefeminineneuter
          singularsubjectbunsbunebun
          obliquebunbunebun
          pluralsubjectbunbunesbun
          obliquebunsbunesbun

          Old Irish

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          Etymology

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          FromProto-Celtic*bonus. Cognate withWelshbôn.[1]

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          bun m (genitivebona,nominative pluralbonai)

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

          Inflection

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          Masculine u-stem
          singulardualplural
          nominativebunbunLbonaeH
          vocativebunbunLbonu
          accusativebunNbunLbonu
          genitivebonoH,bonaHbonoL,bonaLbonaeN
          dativebunLbonaibbonaib
          Initial mutations of a following adjective:
          • H = triggers aspiration
          • L = triggers lenition
          • N = triggers nasalization

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          Mutation

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          Mutation ofbun
          radicallenitionnasalization
          bunbun
          pronounced with/β-/          		mbun

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

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          1. ^Matasović, Ranko (2009),Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden:Brill,→ISBN,page71

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          Romanian

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          Pronunciation

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          Etymology 1

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          Inherited fromLatinbonus, fromOld Latinduenos, laterduonus, fromProto-Italic*dwenos.Doublet ofbon,bonă, andbonus.

          Adjective

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          bun m orn (feminine singularbună,masculine pluralbuni,feminine/neuter pluralbune)

          1. good
            Antonym:rău
            E un ombun, crede-mă. ―He is agood man, trust me.
            Suntbun la fotbal. ―I amgood at football.
          Declension
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          Declension ofbun
          singularplural
          masculineneuterfemininemasculineneuterfeminine
          nominative-
          accusative          		indefinitebunbunăbunibune
          definitebunulbunabuniibunele
          genitive-
          dative          		indefinitebunbunebunibune
          definitebunuluibuneibunilorbunelor
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          Noun

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          bun n (pluralbunuri)

          1. good,asset,possession
          Declension
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          singularplural
          indefinitedefiniteindefinitedefinite
          nominative-accusativebunbunulbunuribunurile
          genitive-dativebunbunuluibunuribunurilor
          vocativebunulebunurilor

          Etymology 2

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          Either from the above word or from aVulgar Latin*avunus, ultimately from the sameProto-Indo-European root asavus. (Compare the diminutiveavunculus,avonculus), probably influenced by or confused withbonus. Compare alsoFriulianvon(“grandfather”),Calabrian andPiedmontesebona(“grandmother”).[1]

          Noun

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          bun m (pluralbuni,feminine equivalentbună)

          1. (uncommon)grandfather
            Synonym:bunic
          Declension
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          singularplural
          indefinitedefiniteindefinitedefinite
          nominative-accusativebunbunulbunibunii
          genitive-dativebunbunuluibunibunilor
          vocativebunulebunilor
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          References
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          1. ^Romanian Explanatory Dictionary

          Scottish Gaelic

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          Etymology

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          FromOld Irishbun(“the thick end of anything, base, butt, foot”), fromProto-Celtic*bonus. Cognate withWelshbôn.

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          Noun

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          bun m (genitive singularbunaorbuin,pluralbuinorbunan)

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

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          Mutation

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          Mutation ofbun
          radicallenition
          bunbhun

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

          References

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

          Somali

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          Noun

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          bun ?

          1. coffee

          Sranan Tongo

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          Etymology

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          Borrowed fromPortuguesebom.

          Adjective

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          bun

          1. good

          Adverb

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          bun

          1. very,rather

          Sumerian

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          Romanization

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          bun

          1. romanization of𒇌(bun)

          Tok Pisin

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          Etymology

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          FromEnglishbone.

          Noun

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          bun

          1. (anatomy)bone
            • 1989,Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea,Jenesis2:21:
              Orait God, Bikpela i mekim man i slip i dai tru. Na taim man i slip yet, God i kisim wanpelabun long banis bilong man na i pasim gen skin bilong dispela hap.
              →New International Version translation

          Turkish

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          Etymology

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          FromOttoman Turkishبوك(buñ),Proto-Turkic*buŋ. Cognate withKazakhмұң(mūñ).

          Noun

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          bun

          1. distress

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          Yoruba

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          Verb

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          bùn

          1. (transitive) todash, todonate, togive away
            óbùn mi ní owó ―Hegave me money
          2. (transitive) togift,bless, orendow someone
          3. (intransitive) to begifted,endowed, orblessedwith something

          Usage notes

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

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