Clipping ofEnglish Bislama Bi slama
bi
( international standards ) ISO 639-1 language code forBislama . Clipping ofbisexual biceps
bi (notcomparable )
( LGBTQ , slang ) Bisexual [ 1] Synonyms: see Thesaurus:bisexual Coordinate terms: pan mono I'm straight, but my oldest sister isbi .
( LGBTQ , slang , uncommon ) Bigender bi (plural bis
( LGBTQ , slang ) bisexual person.[ 1] Synonyms: bisexual see also Thesaurus:bisexual person 1991 October 10, Ken Jones, “Re: Bisexual privilege? (Was Re: Tom Robinson Concert”, insoc.motss [2] Usenet ):For some reason, I'm feeling _very_ sensitive to bi-discrimination tonight. I'm really not trying to mock the points being made here, it's just that many of the same arguments can be turned around and used to describe the discrimination thatbis face.
( bodybuilding , colloquial , uncommon ) biceps muscle .You cannot train your back without regard to your tris andbis . FromMandarin 璧 ( bì ) .
bi (plural bi
A type ofjade disk produced in ancientChina . ↑1.0 1.1 A. F. Niemoeller, "A Glossary of Homosexual Slang,"Fact 2, no. 1 (Jan-Feb 1965): 25 FromProto-Oceanic *biti
bi
tobake Lackey, W.J.. & Boerger, B.H. (2021 ), “Reexamining the Phonological History of Oceanic's Temotu subgroup”, inOceanic Linguistics A short form ofbijë bilë
bi
A friendlyexclamation to aperson (female) .Folbi , Dritë! Speak,therefore , Dritë! Anexclamation ofsurprise (to a female person) .Bi ! Po ç'është kjo?Girl ! What is this?Po ç'është kjo,bi ? What is this,girl ? bi
today Probably fromProto-Basque *biga ( “ two ” ) , given the fact that dialectal forms likebiga bida *-g- >-d- ) are phonetically more conservative.[ 1] [ 2] Iberian bi ( “ two ” ) .[ 3]
IPA (key ) : /bi/ [bi] Rhymes:-i Hyphenation:bi bi
two This number can appear after the noun, especially in Biscay; but, just like all other numerals apart frombat ^ R. L. Trask (2008 ), “bi”, inMax W. Wheeler , editor,Etymological Dictionary of Basque , University of Sussex,page138 ^ Mitxelena, Koldo L. (1961 ),Fonética histórica vasca [Basque Historical Phonetics 1990 ,→ISBN 413 ^ Orduña A., Eduardo (2011 ), “Los numerales ibéricos y el protovasco [Iberian numerals and Proto-Basque ]”, inVeleia [1] 28 , pages125–139 “bi ”, inOrotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary Euskaltzaindia ,1987–2005 “bi ”, inEuskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language ] Azkue, Resurrección María de (1905–1906 ), “bi ”, inDiccionario vasco-español-francés = Dictionnaire basque-espagnol-français [Basque-Spanish-French Dictionary page162 FromEnglish bee
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bee bi
todie bì
bin forgrain storage FromOld Norse bý Proto-Germanic *bijō Proto-Indo-European *bʰey- English bee
bi c singular definite bien plural indefinite bier
bee Borrowed fromMiddle Low German bī Proto-Germanic *bi ( “ near, around ” ) . Related toEnglish by German bei
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by Only in certain fixed phrases that are borrowed from German, likestå bi (German beistehen See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
bi
imperative ofbie FromProto-Mongolic *bi ( “ I ” ) . CompareMongolian би ( bi ) .
bi (Xiaojing spellingبی
I ( first-person singular personal pronoun ) FromProto-Sino-Tibetan *Pi(k)
bi
togive Ross Perlin (2019 ),A Grammar of Trung [3] Clipping ofbiseksueel
bi (invariable comparative meer bisuperlative meest bi
( colloquial ) bisexual FromEnglish bi
bi ( colloquial )
bi ( bisexual ) Frombisexuel English bi
bi m or f by sense plural bis
bi bi (invariable
bi Clipping ofbisexuell bi bisexual
bi (indeclinable
( informal , chiefly predicative ) clipping ofbisexuell Declined forms along the lines of "ein bier Partner, bie Frauen" occasionally occur, but are overall rare and considered nonstandard. “bi ” inDigitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache bi
romanization of𐌱𐌹 bi
green Connected toProto-Basque *biga ( “ two ” ) , compareBasque bi
bi
two Villamor, Fernando (2020) A basic dictionary and grammar of the Iberian language bi
wind FromLatin bē ( the name of the letter B ) .
bi f invariable
The name of theLatin-script letterB b ;bee ( Latin-script letter names ) lettera a bi ci di e effe gi acca i gei i lunga cappa elle emme enne o pi cu erre esse ti u vu vi doppia vu ics ipsilon i greca zeta bi
Thehiragana syllableび ( bi ) or thekatakana syllableビ ( bi ) inHepburn romanization. FromSanskrit बीज ( bīja ) , fromProto-Indo-Iranian *bíHȷ́am Konkani बी ( bī ) andParachi bīz ( “ seed-corn ” ) .
bi
seed semen moth larva FromProto-Mongolic *bi Mongolian би ( bi ) andDongxiang bi
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I bi
water C. L. Voorhoeve, 1975.Languages of Irian Jaya Checklist Bill Palmer, editor (2018 ),The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide , Padua: De Gruyter Mouton,→OCLC 457 FromOld Saxon bī Proto-Germanic *bi
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at ,with Bi us is dat ümmer Feest.With us it's always a party.by Wi wahnt in en Huusbi de Meer. I live in a houseby the lake. around ,about (often in combination withüm )Dat weerüm bi so'n twintig Johr vör. It wasabout twenty years ago. Pronominal adverbs ofbi preposition bi postpositional adverb bi + her — + düt hierbi + dat dorbi + wat wobi + wat enerwegens bi + nix nargens bi + allens överall bi
bi
alongside ,with in order toadjust orimprove bi
alternative form ofb’ :used before a consonant cluster bi
romanization ofᠪᡳ bi
nonstandard spelling ofbī nonstandard spelling ofbí nonstandard spelling ofbǐ nonstandard spelling ofbì Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the criticaltonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.FromOld Dutch bi Proto-West Germanic *bī
bi
by ,near ,around beside ,alongside at ,with among during by (the work of)because of bi
by ,near ,around “bi (I) ”, inVroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek ,2000 “bi (II) ”, inVroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek ,2000 Verwijs, E. ;Verdam, J. (1885–1929 ), “bi ”, inMiddelnederlandsch Woordenboek , The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff,→ISBN bi
alternative form ofby bi
first-person singular preterite indicative ofber bi
( intransitive ) go Štěpán Pavlík (2017 ),The Description of Namuzi Language [5] 50 FromOld Frisian bē Proto-West Germanic *bijā
bi f plural bi
( Mooring ) bee FromProto-Iranian *pati-
bi
with to by In a lot of positions,bi di ji li -e instead (eg.gote min , "said to me"; not*got bi min ). Coming before nouns, they become-î (eg.nîşanî min da , "showed me"; not*nîşan bi min da ). Unlikeji li schwa before any vowel;bi di a ,ê ,î ). bǐ
we ( first-person plural pronoun ) FromProto-West Germanic *bī
bī
by ,near at ,with “bī ”, inOudnederlands Woordenboek ,2012 FromProto-West Germanic *bī ( “ near, by, around, about ” ) .
bī
about (concerning)late 9th century ,translation ofBede's Ecclesiastical History Đyssum tidum Ongolcyningas þā æðelestan Ōswēo Norðanhymbra cyning ⁊ Eċġberht Contwarena cyning hæfdon betwēoh him sprǣċe ⁊ ġeþēahte, hwæt tō donne wǣrebī þǣm stealle Ongolcynnes ċiriċan . At this time the most noble English kings, Oswiu of Northumbria and Ecgberht of Kent, held a discussion and conference between themabout what was to be done about the state of the English church. by , in various senses:10th century ,The Wanderer :Wōriað þā wīnsalo; · waldend liċġaðbī wealle. · Sume wīġ fornōm, The wine-halls ramble; lords lie still,by the wall. The war took away some men, near ornext to notlater than based on ,according to FromProto-West Germanic *bī Proto-Germanic *bi Old English bi
bī
by at Alemannic German: German:bei Vilamovian:by Yiddish:בײַ ( bay ) FromProto-West Germanic *bī Old English bi
bī
by ,near ,to beside (Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium .)
bi (discourse ,Perso-Arabic spelling بیۡ
also, too else, at all even Henrik Liljegren; Naseem Haider (2011 ), “bi”, inPalula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)[6] →ISBN
bi (invariable
( LGBTQ , colloquial ) clipping ofbissexual ( “ sexually attracted to persons of either sex ” ) bi m or f by sense plural bis
( LGBTQ , colloquial ) clipping ofbissexual ( “ bisexual person ” ) bi f plural bis
( Brazil , LGBTQ , slang ) clipping ofbicha ( “ flamer ” ) Inherited fromSanskrit वि- ( vi- ) . Probably influenced byClassical Persian بی ( bi ,“ without ” ) .
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( with genitive ) without ,-less bi tiro ―without you bi krisaqo ―lawless bi rromesqo ―without a husband FromLatin ibi
bi (adverbial )
there (at a place)there ,thither (to there)Synonyms: i nche requests for verification (+ ) If it cannot be verified that this term meets ourattestation criteria , it will be deleted. Feel free to edit this entry as normal, but do not remove{{rfv }} until the request has been resolved.
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by FromOld Irish bí Irish bí Manx bee
IPA (key ) : /pi/ , lengthened to/piː/ when emphatic.Hyphenation:bi bi (past bha future bidh verbal noun bhith
( copulative ) be ( intransitive ) exist ( auxiliary ) Used withair perfect meaning Conjugation ofbi (highly irregular)
Impersonal forms can be found atthathar
Conjugation ofis (highly irregular, defective)
Conjugation ofthathar (highly irregular, defective, impersonal)
Present Past Future Conditional Independent thathar thatar thathas 1 bhathar bhatar bhathas 1 bithear bitear bitheas 1 bhite adh bhithist e 1 Negative chaneilear eileas 1 charobhar robhas 1 chabithear bitear bitheas 1 chabhite adh bhithist e 1 Affirmative interrogative ambeilear beileas 1 bheilear bheileas 1 anrobhar robhas 1 ambithear biteas 1 ambite adh bithist e 1 Negative interrogative nacheilear eileas 1 nachrobhar robhas 1 nachbithear bitear bitheas 1 nachbite adh bithist e 1
1 Lewis dialect form
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
Mark, Colin (2003 ), “bi”, inThe Gaelic–English dictionary , London: Routledge,→ISBN 75 Edward Dwelly (1911 ), “bi”, inFaclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary [7] →ISBN bi (Cyrillic spelling би
second-person singular aorist ofbiti Onbi tamo jučer.(archaic) He was there yesterday. third-person singular aorist ofbiti Onbi u školi tad.(archaic) She was at school then. ( colloquial , conditional) aorist ofbiti would Jabi također išao da mogu. ―I would go as well if I could. Je libi htio ići s nama? ―Would you like to go with us? Ivanabi htjela ići s nama. ―Ivana would like to go with us. Mi/Onibi voljeli jednog dana posjetiti Japan. ―We/They would like to visit Japan one day. Voljelibi jednog dana posjetiti Japan. ―We/They would like to visit Japan one day. In colloquial Serbo-Croatian,bi is commonly used in place of other aorist forms when forming conditional ofbiti in both singular and plural if the subject is deducible from context (usually from the conjugated form of the verb). That is,bi is a shared shorthand forbih bismo biste biše FromProto-Tungusic *bi Evenki би ( bi ) andManchu ᠪᡳ ( bi ) .
bi
I FromProto-Bantu *-bɪ́ɪ̀
-bí
bad evil ugly This adjective needs aninflection-table template .
IPA (key ) : /ˈbi/ [ˈbi] Rhymes:-i Syllabification:bi bi (invariable
bi ( bisexual ) FromProto-Bantu *-bɪ́ɪ̀
-bí
bad evil ugly ett bi (honungsbi FromOld Swedish bī bȳ Old Norse bý Proto-Germanic *bijō Proto-Indo-European *bʰī-
bi n
bee Bin producerar honungBees produce honeyMore rare spellings of the definite forms arebit /bits (singular) andbien /biens (plural). However, the spellings in the inflection box are the most common. See the usage notes forgeting ( “ wasp ” ) for a note on bee stings. bi
( informal ) bisexual Synonym: bisexuell bi notcomparable )
( in some fixed expressions ) by Borrowed fromEnglish bee B / b Latin bē Doublet ofbe
bi (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒ
the name of theLatin-script letterB b Filipino alphabet Synonyms: ( in the Abakada alphabet ) ba ( in the Abecedario ) be ( Latin-script letter names ) titik ey bi si di i ef dyi eyts ay dyey key el em en enye en dyi o pi kyu ar es ti yu vi dobolyu eks way zi “bi ”, inPambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph , Manila,2018 bi (plural mabi
egg FromEnglish bee
bi
bee FromProto-Bantu *-bɪ́ɪ̀
-bi (declinable )
bad Antonym: -rungi hideous ,ugly Synonym: -rofu ( “ dirty, ugly ” ) Antonyms: -ecumi ( “ clean, pretty ” ) ,-rungi ( “ pretty ” ) kubi ( “ badly, in a bad way ” ) -biiha ( “ to become bad; to be ugly; to deceive ” ) Kaji, Shigeki (2007 ),A Rutooro Vocabulary [8] →ISBN 377 bi
alternative spelling ofbi' bi
alternative spelling ofbi' bi
alternative spelling ofbi' Borrowed fromFrench bille ( “ marble, ball ” ) .
(classifier cục ,hòn ,viên bi
amarble ( spherical ball ) bắn bi ―to shoot marbles ( billiards , snooker ) ball bi cái a cue ball ( slang ) ball ( testicle ) Á! Dậpbi tao rồi! Ow! My bawlls popped! Probably fromFrench bille ( “ tree log, trunk ” ) .
(classifier cái bi
bigconcrete sewer ( by extension ) water tank made fromconcrete bi
Sino-Vietnamese reading of悲 bi
because bi f plural biau
The name of theLatin-script letterB b ( Latin-script letter names ) llythyren a bi ec èch di èdd e èf èff èg eng aetsh i i dot je ce el èll em en o pi ffi ciw er rhi ès ti èth u u bedol u gwpan fi w ecs y sèd This word cannot be mutated.
FromProto-Bantu *-bɪ́ɪ̀
-bí
bad evil ugly bí
The name of theLatin-script letterB b ( Latin-script letter names ) lẹ́tà á bí dí é ẹ́ fí gí gbì hí í jí kí lí mí ní ó ọ́ pí rí sí ṣí tí ú wí yí bí
( conditional ) if bí
( subordinating conjunction ) how Wọ́n kọ́ wabí a ti lè ṣe é. They taught ushow to do it. alternative spelling ofbíi ( “ like, as ” ) bí
when ,as soon as Bí a ti jáde ni wọ́n dé.As soon as we left, they arrived.bí
subordinating conjunction used solely withintensifiers such asàfi àyàmọ̀ àyàṣe àdàmọ̀ bí
question marker that can be used at the end of a yes-no question Ẹ̀yin lọbí ? ―Did you go? Cognate withIgala bí ( “ to give birth to ” )
bí
( transitive ) give birth toỌmọ mẹ́rin l'óbí . Shegave birth to four children. ( intransitive ) increase bí
( withinú ) angry Synonym: bínú Inú ńbí mi ―I'm angry Likely cognate withIgala bi ( “ to beg for; to pray for ” )
bi
( transitive ) ask , tointerrogate Mobi í nípa àwọn ọ̀rẹ́ rẹ̀. Iasked him about his friends. bi
( transitive ) push , tojostle bi
( transitive ) evil reward for a prior evil committedbì
( transitive ) vomit , tothrow up Synonyms: dà pọ̀ bi
alternative form ofbì ( “ to vomit ” ) used before object nouns Ó tibi oúnjẹ rẹ̀. He'sthrown up his food. bì
( intransitive ) sway , topush back bi
water FromProto-Tai *piːᴬ ( “ year ” ) . Cognate withThai ปี ( bpii ) ,Northern Thai ᨸᩦ Lao ປີ ( pī ) ,Lü ᦔᦲ ( ṗii ) ,Shan ပီ ( pǐi ) ,Tai Nüa ᥙᥤ ( pi ) ,Phake ပီ ( pī ) ,Ahom 𑜆𑜣 ( pī ) ,Bouyei bil
bi (Sawndip forms 𭯌 or 𭽨 or 𭙂 1957–1982 spelling bi
year Synonym: nienz yearold (Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium .)
bi (1957–1982 spelling bi
( intransitive ) swing ; tosway ; torock ( transitive ) wag to swing (on a swing) FromProto-Kuki-Chin *ɓuu Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pru(w) Mandarin 胞 ( bāo ,“ womb ” ) .
bí
nest Philip Thanglienmang (2014 ), “Zou Tonology”, inIndian Linguistics , volume75 , numbers1-2 ,→ISSN FromProto-Bantu *-bɪ́ɪ̀
-bí
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