# bunting
## English
### Pronunciation

* (UK, US) IPA: /ˈbʌntɪŋ/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ʌntɪŋ

### Etymology 1

Possibly from dialect bunting (“sifting flour”), from Middle English bonten (“to sift”), hence the material used for that purpose. Possibly from Germanic bundt (“to bind or tie together”).

#### Noun

bunting (countable and uncountable, plural buntings)
* Strips of material used as festive decoration, especially in the colours of the national flag.
* (nautical) A thin cloth of woven wool from which flags are made; it is light enough to spread in a gentle wind but resistant to fraying in a strong wind.
* Flags considered as a group.

##### Derived terms

* buntingless

##### Translations
### Etymology 2

Wikispecies
From Middle English bunting, bountyng, buntynge (also as Middle English buntyle), of uncertain origin. Possibly a reference to speckled plumage, from an unrecorded Middle English *bunt (“spotted, speckled, pied”) akin to Dutch bont, Middle Low German bunt, bont, German bunt (“multi-coloured”) +‎ -ing.

#### Noun

bunting (plural buntings)
* Any of various songbirds of the family Emberizidae, having short bills and brown or gray plumage.

##### Derived terms

* black-faced bunting
* black-headed bunting (Emberiza melanocephala)
* chestnut-eared bunting
* cinereous bunting
* cirl bunting
* corn bunting (Emberiza calandra)
* Cretzschmar's bunting
* gray-necked bunting
* grey-headed bunting
* grey-hooded bunting
* grey-necked bunting
* Henslow's bunting
* indigo bunting (Passerina cyanea)
* lark bunting
* LeConte's bunting
* little bunting
* McKay's bunting
* ortolan bunting
* painted bunting (Passerina ciris or Calcarius pictus)
* Pallas's bunting
* pine bunting (Emberiza melanocephala
* reed bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
* rock bunting (Emberiza cia)
* rustic bunting
* snow bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis)
* yellow-breasted bunting
* yellow-browed bunting
* yellow bunting

##### Translations
### Etymology 3

1922, apparently from Scots buntin (“plump, short and thick (esp. of children)”), itself an old term of endearment for children (1660s); the sense “plump” dates to the 1500s, and may be related to bunt (“belly of a sail”). Possibly related to butt (“(both noun and verb sense: buttocks; strike with head)”) or to bunny (“rabbit”). Compare with the nursery rhyme Bye, baby Bunting (1731), either of same origin or influenced this sense.

#### Noun

bunting (plural buntings)
* A warm, often hooded infant garment, as outerwear or sleepwear, similar to a sleeper or sleepsack; especially as baby bunting or bunting bag.

### Etymology 4
#### Verb

bunting
* present participle and gerund of bunt

#### Noun

bunting (countable and uncountable, plural buntings)
* A pushing action.
* A strong timber; a stout prop.
* (obsolete) An old boys' game, played with sticks and a small piece of wood.

### References

* ↑ Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “bunting”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
* ↑ “bunting”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
* 1 2 3 Patricia T. O’Conner, Stewart Kellerman (2010 April 13) “Bye, baby bunting”, in Grammarphobia
* ↑ See John Jamieson, An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language (1808-25): buntin “short and thick; as a buntin brat, a plump child.”
* ↑ Merriam-Webster’s New International Dictionary (unabridged 2nd edition)

## Indonesian
### Alternative forms

* boenting (1901–1947)

### Etymology

Inherited from Malay bunting. Compare Tagalog buntis.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈbuntiŋ/ [ˈbun.t̪ɪŋ]
* Rhymes: -untiŋ
* Syllabification: bun‧ting

### Verb

bunting
* (somewhat vulgar, usually of animals only) to be pregnant, to get pregnant
    Synonyms: hamil, mengandung

#### Derived terms

* buntingan
* kebuntingan
* membunting
* membuntingi
* membuntingkan
* bunting bantang
* bunting besar
* bunting gelap
* bunting jolong
* bunting kecil
* bunting kerbau
* bunting muda
* bunting sarat
* bunting suri
* bunting tua

### Further reading

* “bunting” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.