ekki baun

== Icelandic == === Etymology === Literally, “not a bean”. The phrase is quite old; it is related to an older analogy of saying that something is less of a bellyful than a single bean, as a bean is quite small and insignificant. Ekki baun í bala is a more recent saying. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /(ˌ)ɛhcɪˈpøyːn/ === Adverb === ekki baun (colloquial) not at all, absolutely not, absolutely nothing Synonyms: alls ekki, alls ekkert, ekki neitt, ekkert, ekki baun í bala ==== References ==== Mörður Árnason (2019), ““baun””, in Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið “baun” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)