berun

See also: Berun

Basque

Etymology

Most likely from Latin plumbum (“lead”) or one of its Romance descendants, although it has also been theorized to a cognate of plumbum and Ancient Greek μόλυβδος (mólubdos), from a substrate language.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /beɾun/ [be.ɾũn]
• Rhymes: -eɾun, -un
• Hyphenation: be‧run

Noun

berun inan

1. lead (metal)

Declension

Declension of berun (inanimate, ending in consonant)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	berun	beruna	berunak
ergative	berunek	berunak	berunek
dative	beruni	berunari	berunei
genitive	berunen	berunaren	berunen
comitative	berunekin	berunarekin	berunekin
causative	berunengatik	berunarengatik	berunengatik
benefactive	berunentzat	berunarentzat	berunentzat
instrumental	berunez	berunaz	berunez
inessive	berunetan	berunean	berunetan
locative	berunetako	beruneko	berunetako
allative	berunetara	berunera	berunetara
terminative	berunetaraino	beruneraino	berunetaraino
directive	berunetarantz	berunerantz	berunetarantz
destinative	berunetarako	berunerako	berunetarako
ablative	berunetatik	berunetik	berunetatik
partitive	berunik	—	—
prolative	beruntzat	—	—

Derived terms

• berunezko
• beruneztatu
• beruneztatze
• berunkara

Further reading

• “berun”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “berun”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Gothic

Romanization

bērun

1. Romanization of 𐌱𐌴𐍂𐌿𐌽

Lule Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish peruna.

Noun

berun

1. potato

Inflection

Odd, no gradation
Nominative	berun
Genitive	beruna
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	berun	beruna
Accusative	berunav	berunijt
Genitive	beruna	berunij
Illative	berunij	berunijda
Inessive	berunin	berunijn
Elative	berunis	berunijs
Comitative	berunijn	berunij
Abessive	berunadagá berunadagi	berunijdagá berunijdagi
Essive	berunin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person berunim berunam berunimme berunimme 2nd person berunit berunat berunihtte berunihtte 3rd person berunis beruniska berunisá

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland