Where does “buno” come from?
buno (Cebuano) comes from Amharic ቡና, from Amharic ቡን, from Arabic بُنّ — coffee plant or seed; brine.
buno (Cebuano): to assassinate; to murder
Definitions
- to assassinate; to murder
Ancestry of “buno”, step by step
buno traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Amharic ቡና
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Amharic | ቡና | coffee |
| 2 | Amharic | ቡን | coffee |
| 3 | Arabic | بُنّ | coffee plant or seed; brine |
via Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bunuq
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | bunuq | to kill |
| 2 | Proto-Austronesian | buNuq | to throw at, to hit with a projectile |
Words derived from “buno”