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[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Old Norse baun, from Proto-Germanic *baunō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰabʰ-, *bʰabʰ-eh₂- (“bean”). The final -a was added under Middle Low German influence.
Noun
[edit]böna c
- bean
- vita bönor
- baked [white] beans
- bruna bönor med fläsk
- brown beans with pork belly (a husmanskost dish)
- (slang, somewhat dated) a babe, a chick ((younger) woman)
Usage notes
[edit]Baked beans are "vita bönor i tomatsås" (navy/white beans in tomato sauce), often shortened to "vita bönor."
Declension
[edit]Declension of böna | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | böna | bönan | bönor | bönorna |
Genitive | bönas | bönans | bönors | bönornas |
Derived terms
[edit]- bondböna (“broad bean, fava bean”)
- brun böna (“brown bean”)
- kaffeböna (“coffee bean”)
- kidneyböna (“kidney bean”)
- pintoböna (“pinto bean”)
- svart böna (“black bean”)
- vit böna (“navy bean, haricot bean, white bean”)
Etymology 2
[edit]From Old Norse bōn, from Proto-Germanic *bōniz (“curse, prayer”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to speak, say”).
Verb
[edit]böna (present bönar, preterite bönade, supine bönat, imperative böna)
- to plead (beg desperately)
- böna och be
- beg and plead (idiomatic)
- (archaic) to purify wooden buckets or utensils with abstract of juniper (enlag), to remove any taste they have taken on from previous contents
- Byttor, baljor och såar, som skola begagnas vid byk och slakt, böra först renskuras både inuti och utanpå med sand och vatten, innan de bönas.
- Bowls, casks, and tubs to be used for washing or slaughter, should first be cleaned inside and out with sand and water, before they are purified.
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of böna (weak)
Active | Passive | |||
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Infinitive | böna | bönas | ||
Supine | bönat | bönats | ||
Imperative | böna | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | bönen | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | bönar | bönade | bönas | bönades |
Ind. plural1 | böna | bönade | bönas | bönades |
Subjunctive2 | böne | bönade | bönes | bönades |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | bönande | |||
Past participle | bönad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
See also
[edit]References
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- Swedish terms derived from Old Norse
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- Swedish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
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- Swedish slang
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