Dictionary:brui

Nynorn

Husfolk^(NP) Family
[missing] grandparents abbi og amma grandfather and grandmother
foreldrar parents fader og moder father and mother påbi og mor dad and mum
bånn children son og dotter son and daughter bruder (brui) og syster brother and sister
bånnabånn grandchildren

Etymology

cf. Isl. brói

Shetland use

An Etymological Dictionary of the Norn Language in Shetland (1928–1932): Jakobsen, Jakob

brui [brūi], sb., brother, only preserved in certain phrases: a) as a tabu-name, used by fishermen at sea; Yⁿ.; b) in jocular address to a person: “bridder [‘brother’] brui!” Fe. — brui is also sometimes used: a) in sense of gnome, bugbear: had [‘hold’] dy tongue, boy! b. will come, b. will tak’ dee (Uⁿ.); b) as a name for the devil; in that case, it may be either the same word as brui, brother, or syn. with Sw. dial. braue, n. pl., trolls; witchcraft (Ri.).

Pronunciation

IPA:

Alternate Forms

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Noun

brui

(colloquial) brother

Inflection

nm.w.	Singular		Plural
nm.w.	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	brui	bruen	bruar	bruarne
Accusative	brua	bruan	brua	bruana
Dative	brua	bruanon	bruon	bruonon
Genitive	brua	bruans	brua	bruana

Synonyms

(none known)