bune

bune

1. indefinite nominative/accusative plural of bun

• buneko

From Proto-Central Pacific *bune, from Proto-Oceanic *bune, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *punay, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *punay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *punay.

bune

1. fruit dove (any bird of the genus Ptilinopus), specifically:

   Hypernym: ruve

   1. (Viti Levu, LomaiViti) lemon dove, yellow dove, golden dove (Ptilinopus luteovirens)

      Na bune tagane e drokadroka ka dromodromo.

      The male lemon dove is greenish-yellow.

   2. (Vanua Levu, Taveuni) orange fruit dove (Ptilinopus victor)

      Na bune yalewa e drokadroka titobu.

      The female orange fruit dove is deep green.

• Gatty, Ronald (2009), “bune”, in Fijian–English Dictionary‎^[1], Suva, Fiji: Ronald Gatty, →ISBN, page 33

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /ˈbu.ne/

bune f

1. (poetic) cup
   • 10th century, The Wanderer:

     Hwǣr cōm mearg? Hwǣr cōm mago? · Hwǣr cōm māþþumġyfa?
     Hwǣr cōm symbla ġesetu? · Hwǣr sindon seledrēamas?
     Ēalā beorht bune! · Ēalā byrnwiga!
     Ēalā þēodnes þrym! · Hū sēo þrāg ġewāt,
     ġenāp under nihthelm, · swā hēo nō wære.

     Whither did the horse come? Whither did the man come? Whither did the treasure-giver come?
     Whither did the seats of feasts come? Where are the hall-joys?
     Alack and alas, bright cup! Alack and alas, mailed warrior!
     Alack and alas, the army of the king! How did the time pass,
     grow dark under the cover of night, as if it never did.

Weak n-stem:

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “bune”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

• IPA^(key): [ˈbu.ne]

bune

1. nominative/accusative feminine/neuter plural of bun