bunting

Etymology 1


Possibly from dialect, from , hence the material used for that purpose. Possibly from Germanic.

Noun

 * 1) Strips of material used as festive decoration, especially in the colours of the national flag.
 * 2)  A thin cloth of woven wool from which flags are made; it is light enough to spread in a gentle wind but resistant to fraying in a strong wind.
 * 3) Flags considered as a group.

Translations

 * Czech: vlajkosláva, vlajková výzdoba
 * Finnish: lippunauha, viirinauha
 * French:
 * German: Verzierung aus Flaggen- und Wimpelketten, Fahnen- und Bannerdekoration
 * Hungarian: zászlófüzér
 * Italian:
 * Malay:, pepanji
 * Swedish: flaggspel,


 * Afrikaans: dundoek, vlagdoek
 * Bulgarian: плат за знамена
 * Czech: vlajkovina
 * Dutch:, vlaggendoek
 * Finnish: lippukangas
 * German: Flaggentuch
 * Hungarian: etamin,
 * Icelandic: flaggdúkur
 * Ottoman Turkish: بیراقلق
 * Russian:


 * Italian: bandierine

Etymology 2


From, , (also as 🇨🇬), of uncertain origin. Possibly a reference to speckled plumage, from an unrecorded 🇨🇬 akin to 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬,, 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) Any of various songbirds, mostly of the genus, having short bills and brown or gray plumage.

Translations

 * Albanian: ,
 * Asturian:
 * Bulgarian: жълта овесарка
 * Catalan: sit
 * Cornish: bras
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Irish: gealóg
 * Italian:
 * Latvian: stērste
 * Lithuanian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: emberiza
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: gealag
 * Spanish:
 * Ukrainian: вівся́нка
 * Volapük:
 * Welsh:

Etymology 3
1922, apparently from, itself an old term of endearment for children (1660s); the sense “plump” dates to the 1500s, and may be related to. Possibly related to or to. Compare with the nursery rhyme  (1731), either of same origin or influenced this sense.

Noun

 * 1) A warm, hooded infant garment, as outerwear or sleepwear, similar to a  or ; especially as baby bunting or bunting bag.

Noun

 * 1) A pushing action.
 * 2) A strong timber; a stout prop.
 * 3)  An old boys' game, played with sticks and a small piece of wood.

Etymology
From, from. Compare 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1)  to be pregnant, to get pregnant