בונט

Yiddish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bʊnt/
  • Hyphenation: בונט

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle High German bunt, from Latin punctus. Cognate with German bunt and Dutch bont. Doublet of פּונקט (punkt).

Adjective

בונט • (bunt)

  1. coloured, multicoloured, motley
  2. gaudy
Declension
Declension of בונט
predicative בונט
bunt
case masculine neuter feminine plural
indefinite definite post./nom.
nominative בונטער
bunter
בונט
bunt
בונטע
bunte
בונטס
bunts
בונטע
bunte
בונטע
bunte
accusative בונטן
buntn
dative בונטן
buntn
בונטער
bunter

References

  • Justus van de Kamp et al., “בונט” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek [Yiddish-Dutch Dictionary], Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). [1].
  • Beinfeld, Solon; Bochner, Harry (2013), “בונט1”, in Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
  • Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl; Glasser, Paul (2016), “colored”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
  • Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl; Glasser, Paul (2016), “gaudy”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Polish bunt and/or Russian бунт (bunt), from Middle High German bund. Doublet of בונד (bund, league, union).

Noun

בונט • (buntm, plural בונטן (buntn)

  1. (government, politics) rebellion, revolt, mutiny

Derived terms

verbs

References

  • Justus van de Kamp et al., “בונט” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek [Yiddish-Dutch Dictionary], Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). [2].
  • Beinfeld, Solon; Bochner, Harry (2013), “בונט2”, in Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
  • Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl; Glasser, Paul (2016), “mutiny”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN

Etymology 3

Likely borrowed from Russian бунт (bunt), from German Bund.

Noun

בונט • (buntm, plural בונטן (buntn), diminutive בינטל (bintl)

  1. bundle
    אַ בונט שטרויa bunt shtroya bundle of straw

References

  • Justus van de Kamp et al., “בונט” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek [Yiddish-Dutch Dictionary], Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). [3].
  • Beinfeld, Solon; Bochner, Harry (2013), “בונט3”, in Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN