basun

See also: basún

English

Etymology

Hindi [Term?]

Noun

basun (uncountable)

1. (India, obsolete) Powdered gram used in cookery or in cleansing the hair, etc.

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse basún, basúna, from Middle Low German basūne, from Old French boisine, buisine, from Latin būcina (“hunting horn”).

Noun

basun c (singular definite basunen, plural indefinite basuner)

1. trombone

Inflection

Declension of basun

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	basun	basunen	basuner	basunerne
genitive	basuns	basunens	basuners	basunernes

Synonyms

• trombone
• trækbasun

References

• “basun” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “basun” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse basún, basúna, from Middle Low German basūne, from Old French boisine, buisine, from Latin būcina (“hunting horn”).

Noun

basun c

1. trombone

Declension

Declension of basun
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	basun	basunen	basuner	basunerna
Genitive	basuns	basunens	basuners	basunernas

Synonyms

• trombon

Derived terms

• basunera

Volapük

Noun

basun (nominative plural basuns)

1. (music) bassoon

Declension

declension of basun

	singular	plural
nominative	basun	basuns
genitive	basuna	basunas
dative	basune	basunes
accusative	basuni	basunis
vocative 1	o basun!	o basuns!
predicative 2	basunu	basunus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only