salíbuna

Icelandic

An exhilarating downhill sled ride.

Alternative forms

• salibuna

Etymology

Likely from Danish salig (“exhilarated”) + Icelandic buna (“downhill ride”).

Appears in print in the mid-1950s. Was noted as an informal word limited to children's speech.

Noun

salíbuna f

1. a single exhilarating downhill ride (on a sled, on skis, or down a playground slide)

Declension

declension of salíbuna

f-w1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	salíbuna	salíbunan	salíbunur	salíbunurnar
accusative	salíbunu	salíbununa	salíbunur	salíbunurnar
dative	salíbunu	salíbununni	salíbunum	salíbununum
genitive	salíbunu	salíbununnar	salíbuna	salíbunanna