† boyunan.

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Portuguese. Or (ii) a borrowing from Tupi. Etymons: Portuguese boiúna; Tupi mbóiuna.

Etymology: < either Portuguese boiúna, name of an indigenous mythological character, also a kind of snake (now applied to the green anaconda and the snakelike South American lungfish) (c1584 as boyúna ) or (in sense 1) its etymon Tupi mbóiuna, name of a mythological character, kind of snake < mbói snake + una black.In sense 2 either a transferred use in English (R. Brookes (see e.g. quots. 1763¹, 1763²) had travelled in the Americas) or perhaps reflecting an apparently unattested transferred use in Portuguese. N.E.D. (1887) gives the pronunciation as (boˌyū·nă) /bəʊˈjuːnə/.

Obsolete.

1. A large black South American snake (not identified).

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1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes IV. vii. i. 1303 There is another, called Boyuna, that is, a blacke Snake, it is very long and slender, it smelleth also very much like a Foxe.

1754 New & Compl. Dict. Arts & Sci. I. 354/2 Boyuna, an american serpent, all over black.

2. Either of two harmless colubrid snakes of Sri Lanka (not identified).Quot. 1853 refers to the role of this snake in mythology.

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the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > [noun] > unspecified and miscellaneous types of

worm-kinc893

slow-wormOE

hagworm?c1475

salpege1569

scytale1572

house snake1608

porphyre1608

ellops1667

sea-serpent1672

tree-serpent1731

boyuna1763

whip-snake1774

garter-snake1775

switch-snake1791

argus-snake1802

rat snake1818

skaapsteker1818

sea-snake1827

short-tail1879

roof-snake1884

brown snake1896

herald-snake1910

night snake1918

parrot snake1931

1763 R. Brookes New Syst. Nat. Hist. III. xlviii. 374 The Boyuna is a Serpent of Ceylon, which the inhabitants are fond of meeting with, because they take it to be a sign of good luck, and more especially if they happen to come into their houses.

1763 R. Brookes New Syst. Nat. Hist. III. xlviii. 374 There is another Boyuna of Ceylon, with a white head defended with large scales, and adorned with a sort of a crown.

1853 Knickerbocker Jan. 48 The circle embraces the heavens and the earth, sweeping through the whole mythology, from Mahadeo, the serpent's god,..attended by the great Boyuna, the admiration of Ceylon, and the huge Jiboya of Java.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	boyuna
释义	† boyunan. Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Portuguese. Or (ii) a borrowing from Tupi. Etymons: Portuguese boiúna; Tupi mbóiuna. Etymology: < either Portuguese boiúna, name of an indigenous mythological character, also a kind of snake (now applied to the green anaconda and the snakelike South American lungfish) (c1584 as boyúna ) or (in sense 1) its etymon Tupi mbóiuna, name of a mythological character, kind of snake < mbói snake + una black.In sense 2 either a transferred use in English (R. Brookes (see e.g. quots. 1763¹, 1763²) had travelled in the Americas) or perhaps reflecting an apparently unattested transferred use in Portuguese. N.E.D. (1887) gives the pronunciation as (boˌyū·nă) /bəʊˈjuːnə/. Obsolete. 1. A large black South American snake (not identified). ΚΠ 1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes IV. vii. i. 1303 There is another, called Boyuna, that is, a blacke Snake, it is very long and slender, it smelleth also very much like a Foxe. 1754 New & Compl. Dict. Arts & Sci. I. 354/2 Boyuna, an american serpent, all over black. 2. Either of two harmless colubrid snakes of Sri Lanka (not identified).Quot. 1853 refers to the role of this snake in mythology. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > [noun] > unspecified and miscellaneous types of worm-kinc893 slow-wormOE hagworm?c1475 salpege1569 scytale1572 house snake1608 porphyre1608 ellops1667 sea-serpent1672 tree-serpent1731 boyuna1763 whip-snake1774 garter-snake1775 switch-snake1791 argus-snake1802 rat snake1818 skaapsteker1818 sea-snake1827 short-tail1879 roof-snake1884 brown snake1896 herald-snake1910 night snake1918 parrot snake1931 1763 R. Brookes New Syst. Nat. Hist. III. xlviii. 374 The Boyuna is a Serpent of Ceylon, which the inhabitants are fond of meeting with, because they take it to be a sign of good luck, and more especially if they happen to come into their houses. 1763 R. Brookes New Syst. Nat. Hist. III. xlviii. 374 There is another Boyuna of Ceylon, with a white head defended with large scales, and adorned with a sort of a crown. 1853 Knickerbocker Jan. 48 The circle embraces the heavens and the earth, sweeping through the whole mythology, from Mahadeo, the serpent's god,..attended by the great Boyuna, the admiration of Ceylon, and the huge Jiboya of Java. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1625
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