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bunoscionn

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Irish

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Etymology

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bun (“bottom”) +‎ os cionn (“above”). Cognate with Scottish Gaelic bun-os-cionn.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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bunoscionn

  1. upside down
    Chuir sí an teach bunoscionn.
    She turned the house upside down.
  2. confused, wrong
    Bhí gach rud bunoscionn ina aigne.
    Everything was confused in his mind.

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 235, page 119
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