# 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
* 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: /bˠuən̪ˠ/
* (Connacht) IPA: /bˠuənˠ/, /bˠuən̪ˠ/
* (Ulster) IPA: /bˠiːnˠ/, /bˠiːn̪ˠ/; (older) /bˠɯːnˠ/

### Adjective

buan (genitive singular masculine buain, genitive singular feminine buaine, plural buana, comparative buaine)
* enduring, permanent
* steadfast, solid

#### Declension

$^1$ 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

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* ↑ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 57
* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 66, page 28

### Further reading

* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “buan”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “buan”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025
* 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)
* (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: /ˈbuː.ɑn/

### Verb

būan
* to live or dwell
** Hē būde on Ēastenglum ― He lived in East Anglia. (Anglo-Saxon Chronicle)
* to inhabit, to occupy
** Ne mæġ man meduseld būan ― a man may not occupy the mead-bench, (Beowulf)

#### 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
* 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
* to dwell, live
* to stay

#### Descendants

* Middle Low German: bûwen
** Low German: boen

## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /puən/

### Adjective

buan
* durable, lasting, long-lasting, long-lived

#### Synonyms

* seasmhach

### Mutation

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]‎, 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: /ˈbɨː.an/
* (South Wales) IPA: /ˈbiː.an/
* Rhymes: -ɨːan

### Adjective

buan (feminine singular buan, plural buain, equative buaned, comparative buanach, superlative buanaf)
* fast, swift, rapid
* (of a timepiece) fast; ahead of the correct time
* (adverbial, as yn fuan) soon

#### Derived terms

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

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* ↑ Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 63 vii (3)

### 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