TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
bánú, m. (gs. -naithe).1. vn. of bánaigh1. 2. Whitening. ~ an tae, milk for the tea. 3. Dawning. ~ an lae, the dawn of day. 4. Clearance, dispersal. ~ na tuaithe, rural depopulation.
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Tá an áit á bánú, the place is becoming deserted, depopulated.
Ag creachadh agus ag bánú na tíre, plundering and laying waste the country.
Go bánú an lae, till dawn of day.