bjuda

== Maltese == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbjuː.da/ Rhymes: -uːda === Noun === bjuda f whiteness == Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Swedish biūþa, from Old Norse bjóða, from Proto-Germanic *beudaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (“to wake, rise up”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /²bjʉːda/, [²bʝʉ̟ːd̪a] Rhymes: -²ʉːda === Verb === bjuda (present bjuder, preterite bjöd, supine bjudit, imperative bjud) to offer, to give as a gift (with på) to offer (a specified thing), to give (a specified thing) as a gift to invite (with till or på) to invite (to something specified) to bid (e.g. within an auction or similar) Synonym: buda (archaic) to utter a wish for the benefit of someone (archaic) to order, to command; to issue a decree ==== Usage notes ==== Except for (sense 5) above, the general notion is that the direct object specifies to whom something is being offered, with på (or till in the case of inviting) specifying what is being offered. Either or both may be omitted. Valid follow-up questions to "Jag bjuder" include "Vem?" and "På vad?" Related terms like bjuda in are particle verbs and get the stress on the particle (in). In bjuda på, the stress is on bjuda. In sense 7 this verb was eventually displaced by the Low German loan befalla. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (colloquial) bjussa ==== Related terms ==== ==== See also ==== auktion (“auction”) === References === “bjuda”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “bjuda”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “bjuda”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)