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”), related to buith, verbal noun of at·tá (“to be”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /bˠuən̪ˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /bˠuənˠ/, /bˠuən̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /bˠiːnˠ/, /bˠiːn̪ˠ/; (older) /bˠɯːnˠ/

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

• buaine
• buan- (“permanent, perpetual; fixed”)
• buanfas

Related terms

• buanaigh (“perpetuate”, transitive verb)

Mutation

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.

Further reading

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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “buan”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →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

North Frisian

Alternative forms

• Buan (Sylt)

Etymology

From Old Frisian bāne. Cognates include West Frisian beane.

Noun

buan f (plural buanen)

1. (Föhr-Amrum) bean

Old English

Alternative forms

• būwan

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈbuː.ɑn/

Verb

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

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

• ġebūr m

Old High German

Alternative forms

• būwan, pūan

Etymology

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

Verb

būan

1. to build

Descendants

• Middle High German: būwen, biuwen, bouwen
  • Alemannic German: buue, puue
  • German: bauen
    • → Saterland Frisian: baue
  • Luxembourgish: bauen
  • Yiddish: בויען (boyen)

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

• būwan

Etymology

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

Verb

būan

1. to dwell, live
2. to stay

Descendants

• Middle Low German: bûwen
  • Low German: boen

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /puən/

Adjective

buan

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

Synonyms

• seasmhach

Mutation

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

• 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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈbɨː.an/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈbiː.an/
• Rhymes: -ɨːan

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
3. (adverbial, as yn fuan) soon

Derived terms

• buanedd, buander (“speed”)
• mor fuan â phosibl (“as soon as possible”)

Mutation

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.

Further reading

• 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