bunad
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Borrowed from Norwegian Nynorsk bunad, from Old Norse búnaðr. Equivalent to bo (“to live, stay, dwell”) + -nad. Cognate with Swedish bonad (“tapestry”).
Noun
bunad m (definite singular bunaden, indefinite plural bunader, definite plural bunadene)
- a traditional Norwegian costume
References
- “bunad” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse búnaðr. Cognate with Swedish bonad (“tapestry”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²bʉːna(d)/
Noun
bunad m (definite singular bunaden, indefinite plural bunader or bunadar, definite plural bunadene or bunadane)
- household, housekeeping
- clothing
- Synonyms: klede, klednad, kledning
Inflection
singular | plural | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
Aasen1 | Bunad | Bunaden | Bunadar | Bunadarne | |
1901 | bunadarne (bunadane) | ||||
1917 | bunadane | ||||
1959 | bunader | bunadene | |||
1995 | bunader [bunadar] | bunadene [bunadane] | |||
2012 (current) | bunad | bunaden | bunadar, bunader | bunadane, bunadene |
- Forms in italics are currently considered non-standard.
- Forms in [brackets] were official, but considered second-tier.
- Forms in (parentheses) were allowed under Midlandsnormalen.
- 1Nouns were capitalised for most of the 19th century.
Derived terms
- altarbunad
- arbeidsbunad
- ballbunad
- bispebunad
- bondebunad
- bordbunad
- brudebunad, brurebunad
- brudlaupsbunad
- bunadbøling
- bunadopplag
- bunadsgogn
- bunadshandel
- bunadshandlar
- bunadshus
- bunadskap
- bunadsskjorte
- bunadssko
- bunadssnikkar
- bunadssylv
- bunadstad
- bunadsting
- dølebunad
- ferdabunad
- festbunad
- fiskebunad
- fjellbunad
- fjordbunad
- fotabunad, fotbunad
- førebunad
- gildrebunad
- helgebunad
- herkebunad
- hovdebunad, hovudbunad
- husbunad
- hærbunad
- innbunad
- juabunad
- kledebunad
- konebunad
- kvendebunad
- kvinnebunad
- køyrebunad
- landsbunad
- lausbunad
- nasjonalbunad (“national clothing”)
- ovbunad
- overbunad
- reisebunad
- skipsbunad
- skobunad
- skulebunad
- stasbunad
- stovebunad
- sumarbunad, sumarsbunad
- syknebunad
- tilbunad
- umbunad
- underbunad
- velsemdarbunad, velsemdbunad
- vetterbunad, vinterbunad
- vårvinnebunad
- øyebunad
Descendants
- → Norwegian Bokmål: bunad
References
- “bunad” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.