buan

Pronunciation: /ˈbuː.ɑn/

“buan” is an Old English word. Its 2 meanings in English:

verb

to live or dwell
to inhabit, to occupy

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *būan, from Proto-Germanic *būaną. Cognate with Old Frisian būwa, bōwa (West Frisian bouwe), Old Saxon būan (Low German bugen), Old Dutch būwan (Dutch bouwen), Old High German būan (German bauen), Old Norse búa (Danish bo, Swedish bo, Norwegian Nynorsk bu, Faroese búgva), Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌿𐌰𐌽 (bauan).

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bræsian
bræw
bræþ
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bucc
bucca
bucful

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