bugan

== English == === Etymology === From Welsh bwgan (“hobgoblin”), from Middle Welsh, possibly from Middle English bugge. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbʊɡən/, /ˈbuːɡən/, /ˈbʌɡən/ Rhymes: -uːɡən === Noun === bugan (plural bugans) hobgoblin, evil spirit === Anagrams === Abung, buang, unbag == Cebuano == === Etymology === Shortened form of bulogan. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: bu‧gan === Noun === búgan (anatomy) the groin ==== Quotations ==== For quotations using this term, see Citations:bugan. == Old English == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *beugan, with the diphthong analogically replaced by ū in the present stem, from Proto-Germanic *beuganą. Cognate with Old Saxon būgan, Old High German biogan, Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐌿𐌲𐌰𐌽 (biugan). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbuː.ɡɑn/, [ˈbuː.ɣɑn] === Verb === būgan (intransitive) to bend c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Mark 1:7 to bow c. 992, Ælfric, "Sermon on the Nativity of Our Lord" to turn (toward or away from something) late 10th century, Ælfric, "Ash-Wednesday" late 10th century, Ælfric, the Old English Hexateuch, Numbers 14:3 c. 992, Ælfric, "The Epiphany of the Lord" to yield, give way to submit Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Manuscript A, year 912 c. 992, Ælfric, "The Nativity of St. Paul the Apostle" to withdraw, retire c. 990, Wessex Gospels, John 5:13 c. 1932, J. R. R. Tolkien, Old English version of the "Annals of Beleriand" to incline late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint George, Martyr" ==== Usage notes ==== The transitive equivalent is bīeġan. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== bēag bōg boga byġe byht ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: bowen, bouwe, bouwen, bowe, buȝen, buȝhenn, buhen, buwen (Early Middle English), bouȝe (Kent), boughe, bow, bowghe (Northern), bouwien (Southern)English: bowMiddle Scots: bowScots: bou, bow, boo === References === == Old Saxon == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *beugan. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbuːɣɑn/ === Verb === būgan to bend, bow (down) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle Low German: būgen Low German: bugen