böna

See also: bona, Bona, bóna, bøna, and -bona

Swedish

Etymology 1

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

böna c

  1. bean
  2. (slang) chick; woman
Declension
Declension of böna 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative böna bönan bönor bönorna
Genitive bönas bönans bönors bönornas

Etymology 2

From Old Norse bōn, from Proto-Germanic *bōniz (“curse, prayer”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to speak, say”).

Verb

böna (present bönar, preterite bönade, supine bönat, imperative böna)

  1. to beg desperately
  2. (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
Conjugation of böna (weak)
Active Passive
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.

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