bonu

Asturian

Alternative forms

  • buenu

Etymology

From Latin bonus.

Adjective

bonu m sg (feminine singular bona, neuter singular bono, masculine plural bonos, feminine plural bones)

  1. good (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions)

Corsican

Etymology

From Latin bonus, from Old Latin duonus, from Proto-Italic *dwe-nos, from Proto-Indo-European *dew-. Cognates include Italian buono and French bon.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɔnu/
  • Hyphenation: bo‧nu

Adjective

bonu (feminine bona, masculine plural bone, feminine plural boni)

  1. good

Derived terms

Noun

bonu m (uncountable)

  1. goodness, good

References

  • bonu” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

Sardinian

Etymology

From Latin bonus, from Old Latin duenos, later duonus, from Proto-Italic *dwenos, from Proto-Indo-European *dew- (to show favor, revere).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbonu/

Adjective

bonu (feminine singular bona, masculine plural bonos, feminine plural bonas)

  1. (Logudorese) good

bonu (feminine singular bona, masculine plural bonos, feminine plural bonas)

  1. (Campidanese) good

Noun

bonu m (uncountable)

  1. (Logudorese, Campidanese) goodness

Sicilian

Etymology

From Latin bonus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɔ.nʊ/
  • Hyphenation: bò‧nu

Adjective

bonu (feminine singular bona, masculine and feminine plural boni)

  1. good

Sranan Tongo

Noun

bonu

  1. ritual magic, used by a bonuman (medicine man)
  2. (religion) idolatry
    Synonym: afkodrei

Verb

bonu

  1. (religion) to practice winti

Uneapa

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *poñu with irregular b-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pəñu, from Proto-Austronesian *pəñu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bonu/

Noun

bonu

  1. turtle

Further reading

  • Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)
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