# bunion
## English
### Alternative forms

* bunyon
* bunian, bunnion, bunnian (obsolete)

### Etymology

From alteration of earlier bunny (“lump, swelling”), from Middle English bony, boni (“bunion, swelling”), perhaps Italian bubbone (augmented form of bugno (“beehive”)), or more likely from Lombard bugnon (“bunyon”), all three from Old French bugne, buigne, bune (“bump, knob, swelling”), from Old Norse bunga (“an elevation, bulge”) or Frankish *bungjō (“a swelling, lump, bump”), both from Proto-Germanic *bungô, *bunkô (“lump, clump, heap, crowd”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰenǵʰ- (“thick, dense, fat”). Cognate with Dutch bonk (“lump, clump”), German Bunge (“swelling, tuber”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbʌnjən/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ʌnjən
* Homophone: Bunyan

### Noun

bunion (plural bunions)
* (pathology) A bump or bulge on the first joint of the big toe caused by the swelling of a sac of fluid under the skin.
* (colloquial, by extension) Hallux valgus, deviation of the big toe from its normal position towards the other toes, the prime cause for the swelling of its first joint.

#### Derived terms

* bunionectomy
* bunioned
* bunionette

#### Translations
### Further reading

* bunion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

## Finnish
### Etymology

From English bunion.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbunion/, [ˈbunio̞n]
* Rhymes: -union
* Hyphenation: bu‧ni‧on

### Noun

bunion (rare)
* Synonym of vaivaisenluu

#### Declension

Possessive forms of bunion (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
bunionini
bunionini
accusative
nom.
bunionini
bunionini
gen.
bunionini
genitive
bunionini
bunionieni bunioneideni bunioneitteni
partitive
bunioniani
bunioneitani bunionejani
inessive
bunionissani
bunioneissani
elative
bunionistani
bunioneistani
illative
bunioniini
bunioneihini
adessive
bunionillani
bunioneillani
ablative
bunioniltani
bunioneiltani
allative
bunionilleni
bunioneilleni
essive
bunioninani
bunioneinani
translative
bunionikseni
bunioneikseni
abessive
bunionittani
bunioneittani
instructive
comitative
—bunioneineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
bunionisi
bunionisi
accusative
nom.
bunionisi
bunionisi
gen.
bunionisi
genitive
bunionisi
bunioniesi bunioneidesi bunioneittesi
partitive
bunioniasi
bunioneitasi bunionejasi
inessive
bunionissasi
bunioneissasi
elative
bunionistasi
bunioneistasi
illative
bunioniisi
bunioneihisi
adessive
bunionillasi
bunioneillasi
ablative
bunioniltasi
bunioneiltasi
allative
bunionillesi
bunioneillesi
essive
bunioninasi
bunioneinasi
translative
bunioniksesi
bunioneiksesi
abessive
bunionittasi
bunioneittasi
instructive
comitative
—bunioneinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
bunionimme
bunionimme
accusative
nom.
bunionimme
bunionimme
gen.
bunionimme
genitive
bunionimme
bunioniemme bunioneidemme bunioneittemme
partitive
bunioniamme
bunioneitamme bunionejamme
inessive
bunionissamme
bunioneissamme
elative
bunionistamme
bunioneistamme
illative
bunioniimme
bunioneihimme
adessive
bunionillamme
bunioneillamme
ablative
bunioniltamme
bunioneiltamme
allative
bunionillemme
bunioneillemme
essive
bunioninamme
bunioneinamme
translative
bunioniksemme
bunioneiksemme
abessive
bunionittamme
bunioneittamme
instructive
comitative
—bunioneinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
bunioninne
bunioninne
accusative
nom.
bunioninne
bunioninne
gen.
bunioninne
genitive
bunioninne
bunionienne bunioneidenne bunioneittenne
partitive
bunionianne
bunioneitanne bunionejanne
inessive
bunionissanne
bunioneissanne
elative
bunionistanne
bunioneistanne
illative
bunioniinne
bunioneihinne
adessive
bunionillanne
bunioneillanne
ablative
bunioniltanne
bunioneiltanne
allative
bunionillenne
bunioneillenne
essive
bunioninanne
bunioneinanne
translative
bunioniksenne
bunioneiksenne
abessive
bunionittanne
bunioneittanne
instructive
comitative
—bunioneinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
bunioninsa
bunioninsa
accusative
nom.
bunioninsa
bunioninsa
gen.
bunioninsa
genitive
bunioninsa
bunioniensa bunioneidensa bunioneittensa
partitive
bunioniaan bunioniansa
bunioneitaan bunionejaan bunioneitansa bunionejansa
inessive
bunionissaan bunionissansa
bunioneissaan bunioneissansa
elative
bunionistaan bunionistansa
bunioneistaan bunioneistansa
illative
bunioniinsa
bunioneihinsa
adessive
bunionillaan bunionillansa
bunioneillaan bunioneillansa
ablative
bunioniltaan bunioniltansa
bunioneiltaan bunioneiltansa
allative
bunionilleen bunionillensa
bunioneilleen bunioneillensa
essive
bunioninaan bunioninansa
bunioneinaan bunioneinansa
translative
bunionikseen bunioniksensa
bunioneikseen bunioneiksensa
abessive
bunionittaan bunionittansa
bunioneittaan bunioneittansa
instructive
comitative
—bunioneineen bunioneinensa :

## Latin
### Etymology

From the Ancient Greek βούνῐον (boúnĭon).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈbuː.ni.on/, [ˈbuːniɔn]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈbu.ni.on/, [ˈbuːnion]

### Noun

būnion n (genitive būniī); second declension
* a type of turnip, perhaps earthnut, Bunium ferulaceum
** c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 20.11:Nāpōrum duās differentiās et in medicīnā Graecī servant. Angulōsīs foliōrum caulibus, flōre anētī, quod būnion vocant, pūrgātiōnibus fēminārum et vēsīcae et ūrīnae ūtile dēcoctum, pōtum ex aquā mulsā vel sūcī drachmā; sēmen dysintericīs tostum trītumque in aquae calidae cyathīs quattuor. sed ūrīnam inhibet, sī nōn līnī sēmen ūna bibātur.The Greeks also preserve two distinct types of turnip in medicine. With angular leafstalks and a flower like that of dill, the one they call the “bunion” is useful boiled, drunk in mead or in a drachma of juice for women's purgings and for the bladder and for the urine; the seed, toasted and ground, in four ladlesful of warm water, (is useful) for people with dysentery. It prevents urination, however, if one (drachma) of linseed is not drunk.

#### Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type).

#### Related terms

* būnias
* būnītus

#### Descendants

* Translingual: Bunium

### References

* “būnĭon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* būnĭŏn in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 231/3.
* “būnion” on page 245/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)