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Symbol

bi

1. (international standards)ISO 639-1language codeforBislama.

English

Etymology 1

Clippingofbisexualandbiceps.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/baɪ/

• Audio(US):

  (file)

• Rhymes:-aɪ
• Homophones:bye,buy,by

Adjective

bi(notcomparable)

1. (LGBTQ,slang)Bisexual.

   Synonyms:seeThesaurus:bisexual

   Coordinate terms:pan,mono

   I'm straight, but my oldest sister isbi.

2. (LGBTQ,slang,uncommon)Bigender.

Translations

bisexual

• Dutch:bi(nl)
• Finnish:bi(fi),bisse(fi)
• French:bi(fr)
• German:bi(de)
• Italian:bisex
• Japanese:バイ(ja)(bai)
• Portuguese:gilete(pt)(Brazil),bi(pt)
• Spanish:bi(es)
• Swedish:bi(sv)

Noun

bi(pluralbis)

1. (LGBTQ,slang)Abisexualperson.

   Synonyms:bisexual;see alsoThesaurus:bisexual person

   • 1991October 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 thatbisface.

2. (bodybuilding,colloquial,uncommon)Abicepsmuscle.

   You cannot train your back without regard to your tris andbis.

Translations

bisexual person

• Polish:biseksm(colloquial)

Derived terms

• antibi
• bicon
• bi-curious
• bidar
• biphobic
• cisbi
• forced bi

See also

• bi-

Etymology 2

FromMandarinBích(bì).

Alternative forms

• pi(Wade–Giles)

Pronunciation

• (UK,US)enPR:bē,IPA^(key):/biː/

• Audio(US):

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• Rhymes:-iː
• Homophones:b,be,Bea,bee

Noun

bi(pluralbi)

1. A type ofjadediskproduced in ancientChina.

See also

• Bi (jade)on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• IB,ib.

Äiwoo

Etymology

FromProto-Oceanic*biti.

Verb

bi

1. tobake

References

• Lackey, W.J.. & Boerger, B.H. (2021) “Reexamining the Phonological History of Oceanic's Temotu subgroup”, inOceanic Linguistics.

Albanian

Etymology

A short form ofbijë, from archaicbilë( "daughter, girl" ).

Interjection

bi

1. A friendlyexclamationto aperson(female).

   Folbi,Dritë!

   Speak,therefore,Dritë!

2. Anexclamationofsurprise(to a female person).

   Bi!Po ç'është kjo?

   Girl!What is this?

   Po ç'është kjo,bi?

   What is this,girl?

Related terms

• bre
• brez
• pra

Bambara

Noun

bi

1. today

See also

• kunùn
• sini

Basque

Basque numbers^(edit)

	20
← 1	2	3 →
Cardinal:bi Ordinal:bigarren Multiplier:bikoitz Distributive:bina Collective:bikote Fractional:erdi

Alternative forms

• biga,bida(Navarrese,Navarro-Lapurdian)

Etymology

Probably fromProto-Basque*biga(“two”),given the fact that dialectal forms likebigaandbida(with*-g->-d-) are phonetically more conservative.Often compared withIberianbi(“two”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/bi/[bi]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes:-i
• Hyphenation:bi

Numeral

bi

1. two

Usage notes

• This number can appear after the noun, especially in Biscay; but, just like all other numerals apart frombat,it is much more commonly placed before the noun.

Declension

Declension ofbi(numeral, ending in vowel)

		indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive		bi	bia	biak
ergative		bik	biak	biek
dative		biri	biari	biei
genitive		biren	biaren	bien
comitative		birekin	biarekin	biekin
causative		birengatik	biarengatik	biengatik
benefactive		birentzat	biarentzat	bientzat
instrumental		biz	biaz	biez
inessive	anim.	birengan	biarengan	biengan
	inanim.	bitan	bian	bietan
locative	anim.	—	—	—
	inanim.	bitako	biko	bietako
allative	anim.	birengana	biarengana	biengana
	inanim.	bitara	bira	bietara
terminative	anim.	birenganaino	biarenganaino	bienganaino
	inanim.	bitaraino	biraino	bietaraino
directive	anim.	birenganantz	biarenganantz	bienganantz
	inanim.	bitarantz	birantz	bietarantz
destinative	anim.	birenganako	biarenganako	bienganako
	inanim.	bitarako	birako	bietarako
ablative	anim.	birengandik	biarengandik	biengandik
	inanim.	bitatik	bitik	bietatik
partitive		birik	—	—
prolative		bitzat	—	—

Derived terms

• bi ahoko ezpata
• bi begietaraino sartu
• bi errealeko
• bi hitz
• bi pareta
• bi plegu egin
• bi puntu(“colon”)
• bi-biak
• bi-bitara
• biak ala biak
• biak bietara
• bibira(“twin”)
• biburdina
• bika
• biki(“twin”)
• bikoitz(“double”)
• bitarte(“interval”)
• bizpahiru(“two or three”)

Further reading

• “bi”,inOrotariko Euskal Hiztegia,Euskaltzaindia,1987–2005
• “bi”,inEuskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia,Euskaltzaindia
• Azkue, Resurrección María de(1905–1906) “bi”,inDiccionario vasco-español-francés = Dictionnaire basque-espagnol-français,volume 1 (overall work in Spanish and French), Bilbao,page162

Bislama

Etymology

FromEnglishbee.

Noun

bi

1. bee

Borôro

Verb

bi

1. todie

Bura

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):[bì]

Noun

bì

1. binforgrainstorage

References

• 2007.The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive.Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):[ˈb̥iˀ]
• Rhymes:-iː

Etymology 1

FromOld Norsebý,fromProto-Germanic*bijō,fromProto-Indo-European*bʰey-.Cognate withEnglishbee.

Noun

bic(singular definitebien,plural indefinitebier)

1. bee

Inflection

Declension ofbi

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bi	bien	bier	bierne
genitive	bis	biens	biers	biernes

See also

• hvepsc

Etymology 2

Borrowed fromMiddle Low Germanbī,fromProto-Germanic*bi(“near, around”).Related toEnglishbyandGermanbei.

Adverb

bi

1. by

Usage notes

• Only in certain fixed phrases that are borrowed from German, likestå bi(Germanbeistehen).

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the correspondinglemmaform.

Verb

bi

1. imperativeofbie

Dongxiang

Etymology

FromProto-Mongolic*bi(“I”).CompareMongolianби(bi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/pi/

Pronoun

bi(Xiaojingspellingبی)

1. I(first-person singular personal pronoun)

Drung

Etymology

FromProto-Sino-Tibetan*s-bəj-n/k.

Verb

bi

1. togive

References

• Ross Perlin (2019)A Grammar of Trung‎^[3],Santa Barbara: University of California

Dutch

Etymology

Clipping ofbiseksueel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/bi/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation:bi
• Rhymes:-i

Adjective

bi(invariable,comparativemeerbi,superlativemeestbi)

1. (colloquial)bisexual

Finnish

Etymology

FromEnglishbi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈbi/,[ˈbi]
• IPA^(key):/ˈbiː/,[ˈbiː]
• Rhymes:-i
• Syllabification^(key):bi

Noun

bi(colloquial)

1. bi(bisexual)

Declension

Inflectionofbi(irregular) singular plural nominative bi bit genitive bin biiden biitten partitive bitä biitä accusative bi bin bit inessive bissä biissä elative bistä biistä illative bihin biihin adessive billä biillä ablative biltä biiltä allative bille biille essive binä biinä translative biksi biiksi abessive bittä biittä instructive – biin comitative – biineen

Derived terms

compounds

• bi-mies
• bi-nainen

Further reading

• “bi”,inKielitoimiston sanakirja‎^[4](in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki:Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus(Institute for the Languages of Finland),2004–,retrieved2023-07-02

French

Etymology

Frombisexuel,or possibly directly fromEnglishbi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/bi/

• Audio:

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• Audio(Canada):

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Noun

bimorfby sense(pluralbis)

1. bi,bisexual person

Adjective

bi(invariable)

1. bi,bisexual

Further reading

• “bi”,inTrésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language],2012.

German

Etymology

(Thisetymologyis missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):[biː]

• Audio:

  (file)

Adjective

bi(strong nominative masculine singularbier,not comparable)

1. (informal)bi

Gothic

Romanization

bi

1. Romanization of𐌱𐌹

Guerrero Amuzgo

Adjective

bi

1. green

Isthmus Zapotec

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):[ˈbì]

Noun

bi

1. wind

Italian

Alternative forms

• be(obsolete, regional)

Etymology

FromLatinbē(the name of the letterB).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈbi/
• Rhymes:-i
• Hyphenation:bì

Noun

bif(invariable)

1. The name of theLatin-scriptletterB/b.;bee

See also

• (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

Japanese

Romanization

bi

1. Thehiraganasyllableび(bi)or thekatakanasyllableビ(bi)inHepburnromanization.

Kalasha

Etymology

FromSanskritबीज(bīja),fromProto-Indo-Iranian*bíHȷ́am.Cognate withKonkaniबी(bī)andParachibīz(“seed-corn”).

Noun

bi

1. seed
2. semen
3. mothlarva

Related terms

• bíyak

Kangjia

Etymology

FromProto-Mongolic*bi.CompareMongolianби(bi)andDongxiangbi.

Pronoun

bi

1. I

Kaure

Noun

bi

1. water

References

• C. L. Voorhoeve, 1975.Languages of Irian Jaya Checklist,Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, p.108
• Bill Palmer, editor (2018),The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide,Padua: De Gruyter Mouton,→OCLC,page457

Low German

Etymology

FromOld Saxonbī,fromProto-Germanic*bi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/biː/

Preposition

bi

1. at,with

   Bius is dat ümmer Feest.

   Withus it's always a party.

2. by

   Wi wahnt in en Huusbide Meer.

   I live in a housebythe lake.

3. around,about(often in combination withüm)

   Dat weerüm biso'n twintig Johr vör.

   It wasabouttwenty years ago.

Inflection

Pronominal adverbs ofbi

preposition	bi
postpositional adv.	bi
+her(hither)	—
+düt(this)	hierbi
+dat(that)	dorbi
+wat(what)	wobi
+wat(something)	enerwegens bi
+nix(nothing)	nargens bi
+allens(everything)	överall bi

Adverb

bi

1. alongside,with
2. in order toadjustorimprove

Maltese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/bɪ/

Preposition

bi

1. Alternative form ofb’:used before a consonant cluster

Manchu

Romanization

bi

1. Romanization ofᠪᡳ

Mandarin

Romanization

bi

1. Nonstandardspelling ofbī.
2. Nonstandardspelling ofbí.
3. Nonstandardspelling ofbǐ.
4. Nonstandardspelling ofbì.

Usage notes

• Transcriptionsof Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the criticaltonaldifferences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Middle Dutch

Etymology

FromOld Dutchbi,fromProto-West Germanic*bī.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/biː/

Preposition

bi

1. by,near,around
2. beside,alongside
3. at,with
4. among
5. during
6. by(the work of)
7. because of

Descendants

• Dutch:bij
• Limburgish:bie

Adverb

bi

1. by,near,around

Descendants

• Dutch:bij
• Limburgish:bie

Further reading

• “bi (I)”,inVroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek,2000
• “bi (II)”,inVroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek,2000
• Verwijs, E.,Verdam, J.(1885–1929) “bi”,inMiddelnederlandsch Woordenboek,The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff,→ISBN

Middle English

Preposition

bi

1. Alternative form ofby

Mirandese

Verb

bi

1. first-personsingularpreteriteindicativeofber:I saw.
   • 2011,Ana Afonso,L PrincepicoChapter 1:

     Quando you tenie seis anhos,biua beça ua eimaige mi guapa nun lhibro subre la floresta birge que se chamaba "Stórias Bibidas".

     • 1948translation by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

       Once when I was six years old I saw a magnificent picture in a book, called True Stories from Nature, about the primeval forest.

Namuyi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):[bi˧]
• Hyphenation:bi

Verb

bi

1. (intransitive)togo

References

• Štěpán Pavlík (2017)The Description of Namuzi Language‎^[5],Prague: Charles University (PhD Thesis), page50

North Frisian

Etymology

FromOld Frisianbē,fromProto-West Germanic*bijā.

Noun

bif(pluralbi)

1. (Mooring)bee

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

FromProto-Iranian*pati-.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes:-ɪ

Preposition

bi

1. with
2. to
3. by

Usage notes

• In a lot of positions,bianddimay not be read unlikejiandli.When the noun comes after the verb with these prepositions, it becomes an-einstead (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).
• Unlikejiandli,which lose theschwabefore any vowel;bianddilose it only before long vowels (ie.a,ê,î).

Nzadi

Pronoun

bǐ

1. we(first-person plural pronoun)

See also

Nzadi personal pronouns

	singular	plural
1st person	mǐ`	bǐ
2nd person	yǎ`	byɛ̌n
3rd person human	ndé	bɔ̌
3rd person nonhuman	nɔ̌	mɔ̌

Old Dutch

Etymology

FromProto-West Germanic*bī.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/biː/

Preposition

bī

1. by,near
2. at,with

Descendants

• Middle Dutch:bi
  • Dutch:bij
  • Limburgish:bie

Further reading

• “bī”,inOudnederlands Woordenboek,2012

Old English

Alternative forms

• be

Etymology

FromProto-West Germanic*bī(“near, by, around, about”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/biː/

Preposition

bī

1. about(concerning)
2. by,in various senses:
   • 10th century,The Wanderer:

     Wōriað þā wīnsalo; · waldend liċġað
     drēame bidrorene; · duguþ eal ġecrong,
     wloncbīwealle. · Sume wīġ fornōm,

     The wine-halls ramble; lords lie still,
     deprived of mirth; army completely perished,
     proudbythe wall. The war took away some men,

   1. nearornext to
   2. notlaterthan
   3. based on,according to

Descendants

• Middle English:by,be,bi
  • English:by
    • →Mandarin:by(bāi),BY(bāi)
  • Scots:by,bye,bi',be,b'
  • Yola:bee,bie,be,by

Old High German

Etymology

FromProto-West Germanic*bī,fromProto-Germanic*bi,whence alsoOld Englishbi.

Preposition

bī

1. by
2. at

Descendants

• Alemannic German:
  • Alsatian:bii
• German:bei
• Vilamovian:by
• Yiddish:בײַ(bay)

Old Saxon

Etymology

FromProto-West Germanic*bī,whence alsoOld Englishbi.

Preposition

bī

1. by,near,to
2. beside

Descendants

• Low German:bi,by

Phalura

Etymology

(Thisetymologyis missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/bi/

Particle

bi(discourse,Perso-Arabic spellingبیۡ)

1. also, too
2. else, at all
3. even

References

• Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “bi”, inPalula Vocabulary(FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎^[6],Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives,→ISBN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil)IPA^(key):/ˈbi/

• (Portugal)IPA^(key):/ˈbi/

• Rhymes:-i

Adjective

bi(invariable)

1. (LGBTQ,colloquial)Abbreviationofbissexual(“sexually attracted to persons of either sex”).

Noun

bimorfby sense(pluralbis)

1. (LGBTQ,colloquial)Abbreviationofbissexual(“bisexual person”).

Noun

bif(pluralbis)

1. (Brazil,LGBTQ,slang)Abbreviationofbicha(“flammer”).

Sardinian

Etymology

FromLatinibi.

Pronoun

bi(adverbial)

1. there(at a place)
2. there,thither(to there)

   Synonyms:i,nche

Scots

Preposition

bi

1. by

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

FromOld Irishbí.Cognate withIrishbíandManxbee.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/pi/,lengthened to/piː/when emphatic.
• Hyphenation:bi

Verb

bi(pastbha,futurebidh,verbal nounbhith)

1. (copulative)tobe
2. (intransitive)toexist
3. (auxiliary)Used withairto form various tenses withperfectmeaning

Inflection

Conjugation ofbi(highly irregular)

			singular			plural
			first	second	thirdm/f	first	second	third
independent	present		thami	thathu	thae/i	thasinn	thasibh	thaiad
	past		bhami	bhathu	bhae/i	bhasinn	bhasibh	bhaiad
	future	simple	bidhmi	bidhtu	bidhe/i	bidhsinn	bidhsibh	bidhiad
		emphatic	bithidhmi	bithidhtu	bithidhe/i	bithidhsinn	bithidhsibh	bithidhiad
	conditional	simple	bhithinn	bhiodhtu	bhiodhe/i	bhiodhsinn bhiomaid	bhiodhsibh	bhiodhiad
		emphatic		bhitheadhtu	bhitheadhe/i	bhitheadhsinn bhitheamaid	bhitheadhsibh	bhitheadhiad
negative	present		chaneilmi	chaneilthu	chaneile/i	chaneilsinn	chaneilsibh	chaneiliad
	past		charobhmi	charobhthu	charobhe/i	charobhsinn	charobhsibh	charobhiad
	future		chabhimi	chabhithu	chabhie/i	chabhisinn	chabhisibh	chabhiiad
	conditional	simple	chabhithinn	chabhiodhtu	chabhiodhe/i	chabhiodhsinn chabhiomaid	chabhiodhsibh	chabhiodhiad
		emphatic		chabhitheadhtu	chabhitheadhe/i	chabhitheadhsinn chabhitheamaid	chabhitheadhsibh	chabhitheadhiad
affirmative interrogative	present		abheilmi?	abheilthu?	abheile/i?	abheilsinn?	abheilsibh?	abheiliad?
	past		anrobhmi?	anrobhthu?	anrobhe/i?	anrobhsinn?	anrobhsibh?	anrobhiad?
	future		ambimi?	ambithu?	ambie/i?	ambisinn?	ambisibh?	ambiiad?
	conditional	simple	ambithinn?	ambiodhtu?	ambiodhe/i?	ambiodhsinn? ambiomaid?	ambiodhsibh?	ambiodhiad?
		emphatic		ambitheadhtu?	ambitheadhe/i?	ambitheadhsinn ambitheamaid?	ambitheadhsibh?	ambitheadhiad?
negative interrogative	present		nacheilmi?	nacheilthu?	nacheile/i?	nacheilsinn?	nacheilsibh?	nacheiliad?
	past		nachrobhmi?	nachrobhthu?	nachrobhe/i?	nachrobhsinn?	nachrobhsibh?	nachrobhiad?
	future		nachbimi?	nachbithu?	nachbie/i?	nachbisinn?	nachbisibh?	nachbiiad?
	conditional	simple	nachbithinn?	nachbiodhtu?	nachbiodhe/i?	nachbiodhsinn? nachbiomaid?	nachbiodhsibh?	nachbiodhiad?
		emphatic		nachbitheadhtu?	nachbitheadhe/i?	nachbitheadhsinn? nachbitheamaid?	nachbitheadhsibh?	nachbitheadhiad?
relative future		simple	(a)bhiosmi	(a)bhiostu	(a)bhiose/i	(a)bhiossinn	(a)bhiossibh	(a)bhiosiad
		emphatic	(a)bhitheasmi	(a)bhitheastu	(a)bhithease/i	(a)bhitheassinn	(a)bhitheassibh	(a)bhitheasiad
imperative		simple	bitheam	bi	biodhe/i	biomaid	bithibh	biodhiad
		emphatic			bitheadhe/i	bitheamaid		bitheadhiad
verbal noun			abhith

Impersonal forms can be found atthathar.

Conjugation ofis(highly irregular, defective)

		singular			plural
		first	second	thirdm/f	first	second	third
independent	present	ismi	istu	ise/i	issinn	issibh	isiad
	past	bumhi	butu	b'e/i	businn	busibh	b'iad
	conditional
negative	present	chamhi	chatu	chane/i	chasinn	chasibh	chaniad
	past	chabumhi	chabutu	chab'e/i	chabusinn	chabusibh	chab'iad
	conditional
affirmative interrogative	present	ammi?	antu?	ane/i?	ansinn?	ansibh?	aniad?
	past	ambumhi?	ambutu?	amb'e/i?	ambusinn?	ambusibh?	amb'iad?
	conditional
Negative interrogative	present	nachmi?	nachtu?	nache/i?	nachsinn?	nachsibh?	nachiad?
	past	nachbumhi?	nachbutu?	nachb'e/i?	nachbusinn?	nachbusibh?	nachb'iad?
	conditional

Conjugation ofthathar(highly irregular, defective, impersonal)

	Present	Past	Future	Conditional
Independent	thathar,thatar,thathas1	bhathar,bhatar,bhathas1	bithear,bitear,bitheas1	bhite(adh),bhithist(e)1
Negative	chaneilear,chaneileas1	charobhar,charobhas1	chabithear,chabitear,chabitheas1	chabhite(adh), chabhithist(e)1
Affirmative interrogative	ambeilear?ambeileas?1 abheilear?abheileas?1	anrobhar?anrobhas?1	ambithear?ambiteas?1	ambite(adh)? ambithist(e)?1
Negative interrogative	nacheilear?nacheileas?1	nachrobhar?nachrobhas?1	nachbithear?nachbitear?nachbitheas?1	nachbite(adh)? nachbithist(e)?1

¹Lewis dialect form

Related terms

• beò

Mutation

Mutationofbi

radical	lenition
bi	bhi

Note:Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Colin Mark(2003) “bi”, inThe Gaelic-English dictionary,London: Routledge,→ISBN,page75
• Edward Dwelly (1911) “bi”, inFaclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan‎^[7],10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited,→ISBN

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

bi

1. second-personsingularaoristofbiti

   Onbitamo jučer.(archaic)

   He was there yesterday.

2. third-personsingularaoristofbiti

   Onbiu školi tad.(archaic)

   She was at school then.

3. (colloquial,conditional)aoristofbiti;would

   Jabitakođer išao da mogu.―I would go as well if I could.

   Je libihtio ići s nama?―Would you like to go with us?

   Ivanabihtjela ići s nama.―Ivana would like to go with us.

   Mi/Onibivoljeli jednog dana posjetiti Japan.―We/They would like to visit Japan one day.

   Voljelibijednog dana posjetiti Japan.―We/They would like to visit Japan one day.

Usage notes

• In colloquial Serbo-Croatian,biis commonly used in place of other aorist forms when forming conditional ofbitiin both singular and plural if the subject is deducible from context (usually from the conjugated form of the verb). That is,biis a shared shorthand forbih,bismo,bisteandbiše.

Solon

Etymology

FromProto-Tungusic*bi.Cognate withEvenkiби(bi)andManchuᠪᡳ(bi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/bi/

Pronoun

bi

1. I

Southern Ndebele

Etymology

FromProto-Bantu*-bɪ́ɪ̀.

Adjective

-bí

1. bad
2. evil
3. ugly

Inflection

This adjective needs aninflection-table template.

Spanish

Adjective

bi(invariable)

1. bi(bisexual)

Swazi

Etymology

FromProto-Bantu*-bɪ́ɪ̀.

Adjective

-bí

1. bad
2. evil
3. ugly

Inflection

Adjective concord, tone H
	Modifier	Copulative
1st singular	lengimubi	ngimubi
2nd singular	lomubi	umubi
1st plural	lesibabi	sibabi
2nd plural	lenibabi	nibabi
Class 1	lomubi	mubi
Class 2	lababi	babi
Class 3	lomubi	mubi
Class 4	lemibi	mibi
Class 5	lelibi	libi
Class 6	lamabi	mabi
Class 7	lesibi	sibi
Class 8	letimbi	timbi
Class 9	lembi	imbi
Class 10	letimbi	timbi
Class 11	lolubi	lubi
Class 14	lobubi	bubi
Class 15	lokubi	kubi
Class 17	lokubi	kubi

Swedish

ett bi (honungsbi)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/biː/
• Rhymes:-iː

Etymology 1

FromOld Swedishbī,bȳ,fromOld Norsebý,fromProto-Germanic*bijō,fromProto-Indo-European*bʰī-.

Noun

bin

1. bee

   surrandebin

   buzzingbees

   Binproducerar honung

   Beesproduce honey

Usage notes

• More 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.

Declension

Declension ofbi

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	bi	bis
	definite	biet	biets
plural	indefinite	bin	bins
	definite	bina	binas

Derived terms

• bikupa(“beehive”)
• biodlare(“beekeeper”)
• biodling(“beekeeping”)
• bisvärm(“swarm of bees”)
• blommor och bin(“birds and bees”)

See also

• bålgetingc
• getingc(“wasp”)
• humlac(“bumblebee”)

Etymology 2

Adjective

bi

1. (informal)bisexual

   Synonym:bisexuell

See also

• hetero
• homo

Etymology 3

Adverb

bi(notcomparable)

1. (in some fixed expressions)by

   lyckan står den djärvebi

   fortune favors the bold

   (literally, “fortune standsbythe brave”)

Related terms

• stå någon bi

References

• biinSvensk ordbok(SO)
• biinSvenska Akademiens ordlista(SAOL)
• biinSvenska Akademiens ordbok(SAOB)
• Svensk MeSH

Tagalog

Etymology

BorrowedfromEnglishbee,the English name of the letterB/b.Ultimately fromLatinbē.Doubletofbe.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)IPA^(key):/bi/[bɪ]
• Rhymes:-i
• Syllabification:bi

Noun

bi(Baybayin spellingᜊᜒ)

1. the name of theLatin-scriptletterB/b,in theFilipino alphabet

   Synonyms:(in the Abakada alphabet)ba,(in the Abecedario)be

See also

• (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

Further reading

• “bi”,inPambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph,Manila,2018

Teke-Tyee

Noun

bi(pluralmabi)

1. egg

Tok Pisin

Etymology

FromEnglishbee.

Noun

bi

1. bee

Tooro

Etymology

FromProto-Bantu*-bɪ́ɪ̀.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/βi/

Adjective

-bi(declinable)

1. bad

   Antonym:-rungi

2. hideous,ugly

   Synonym:-rofu(“dirty, ugly”)

   Antonyms:-ecumi(“clean, pretty”),-rungi(“pretty”)

Declension

Inflected forms of-bi

Noun class	indefinite		definite
	singular	plural	singular	plural
1/2	mubi	babi	omubi	ababi
3/4	mubi	mibi	omubi	emibi
5/6	libi	mabi	eribi	amabi
7/8	kibi	bibi	ekibi	ebibi
9/10	mbi	mbi	embi	embi
11/10	rubi		orubi
12/14	kabi	bubi	akabi	obubi
13		tubi		otubi
14/6	bubi	mabi	obubi	amabi
15/6	kubi		okubi
16	habi		ahabi

Derived terms

• kubi(“badly, in a bad way”)

Related terms

• -biiha(“to become bad; to be ugly; to deceive”)

References

• Kaji, Shigeki (2007)A Rutooro Vocabulary‎^[8],Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA),→ISBN,page377

Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/bi/

Adjective

bi

1. Alternative spelling ofbi'

Adverb

bi

1. Alternative spelling ofbi'

Numeral

bi

1. Alternative spelling ofbi'

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội)IPA^(key):[ʔɓi˧˧]
• (Huế)IPA^(key):[ʔɓɪj˧˧]
• (Saigon)IPA^(key):[ʔɓɪj˧˧]

Etymology 1

Borrowed fromFrenchbille(“marble, ball”).

Noun

(classifiercục,hòn,viên)bi

1. amarble(spherical ball)

   bắn bi―to shoot marbles

2. (billiards,snooker)aball

   bi cái―a cue ball

3. (slang)aball(testicle)

   Á! Dậpbitao rồi!

   Ow! My bawlls popped!

See also

Derived terms

• bi cái
• bút bi

Etymology 2

Probably fromFrenchbille(“tree log, trunk”).

Noun

(classifiercái)bi

1. bigconcretesewer
2. (by extension)a type ofwater tankmade fromconcrete

Etymology 3

Romanization

bi

1. Sino-Vietnamesereading ofBi

See also

Derived terms

• bi ai
• bi kịch
• bi thảm
• bi thương
• bi tráng
• sầu bi
• từ bi

Volapük

Conjunction

bi

1. because

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/biː/
• Rhymes:-iː

Noun

bif(pluralbiau)

1. The name of theLatin-scriptletterB/b.

Mutation

This word cannot be mutated.

See also

• (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

Xhosa

Etymology

FromProto-Bantu*-bɪ́ɪ̀.

Adjective

-bí

1. bad
2. evil
3. ugly

Inflection

Adjective concord, tone H
	Modifier		Copulative
	positive	negative	positive	negative
1st singular	endimbi	endingembi	ndimbi	andimbi
2nd singular	ombi	ongembi	umbi	awumbi
1st plural	esibabi	esingebabi	sibabi	asibabi
2nd plural	enibabi	eningebabi	nibabi	anibabi
Class 1	ombi	ongembi	mbi	akambi
Class 2	ababi	abangebabi	babi	abababi
Class 3	ombi	ongembi	mbi	awumbi
Class 4	emibi	engemibi	mibi	ayimibi
Class 5	elibi	elingelibi	libi	alilibi
Class 6	amabi	angemabi	mabi	awamabi
Class 7	esibi	esingesibi	sibi	asisibi
Class 8	ezimbi	ezingezimbi	zimbi	azizimbi
Class 9	embi	engembi	imbi	ayiyimbi
Class 10	ezimbi	ezingezimbi	zimbi	azizimbi
Class 11	olubi	olungelubi	lubi	alulubi
Class 14	obubi	obungebubi	bubi	abububi
Class 15	okubi	okungekubi	kubi	akukubi
Class 17	okubi	okungekubi	kubi	akukubi

Yoruba

Pronunciation

• (high-tone):IPA^(key):/bí/
• (mid-tone):IPA^(key):/bī/
• (low-tone):IPA^(key):/bì/

Etymology 1

Noun

bí

1. The name of theLatin-scriptletterB/b.

See also

• (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

Etymology 2

Conjunction

bí

1. (conditional)if

Derived terms

• bí ẹnipé

Etymology 3

Conjunction

bí

1. (subordinating conjunction)how

   Wọ́n kọ́ wabía ti lè ṣe é.

   They taught ushowto do it.

2. Alternative spelling ofbíi(“like, as”)

Etymology 4

Conjunction

bí

1. when,as soon as

   Bía ti jáde ni wọ́n dé.

   As soon aswe left, they arrived.

Etymology 5

Conjunction

bí

1. subordinating conjunction used solely withintensifierssuch asàfi,àyàmọ̀,àyàṣe,andàdàmọ̀

Etymology 6

Particle

bí

1. question marker that can be used at the end of a yes-no question

   Ẹ̀yin lọbí?―Did you go?

Etymology 7

Cognate withIgalabí(“to give birth to”)

Alternative forms

• bẹ́(Ìjẹ̀bú)

Verb

bí

1. (transitive)togive birthto

   Ọmọ mẹ́rin l'óbí.

   Shegave birthto four children.

2. (intransitive)toincrease

Derived terms

• Abídèmí
• abínibí
• Abíọ̀nà
• Abíọ́dún
• Abíọ́lá
• Abíọ́sẹ̀
• bíbí
• bímọ
• ẹbí
• obí
• ọmọ bíbí
• Àbíbá
• àbígbẹ̀yìn
• Àbíkẹ́
• àbíkú
• Àbíìbá
• àbíìkọ́
• àkọ́bí
• ìbí
• Ìbídùnmóyè
• Ìbídùnọ̀únní
• Ìbíkúnlórí
• òbí

Etymology 8

Verb

bí

1. (withinú)to beangry

   Synonym:bínú

   Inú ńbími―I'm angry

Derived terms

• bínú(“to be angry”)

Etymology 9

Likely cognate withIgalabi(“to beg for; to pray for”)

Verb

bi

1. (transitive)toask,tointerrogate

   Mobií nípa àwọn ọ̀rẹ́ rẹ̀.

   Iaskedhim about his friends.

Derived terms

• bi léèrè
• bèèrè

Etymology 10

Verb

bi

1. (transitive)topush,tojostle

Etymology 11

Verb

bi

1. (transitive)to cause one to gain anevilreward for a prior evil committed

Etymology 12

Verb

bì

1. (transitive)tovomit,tothrow up

   Synonyms:dà,pọ̀

Verb

bi

1. Alternative form ofbì(“to vomit”)used before object nouns

   Ó tibioúnjẹ rẹ̀.

   He'sthrown uphis food.

Derived terms

• bíbì,èbíbì,èébì,ìbì

Etymology 13

Verb

bì

1. (intransitive)tosway,topush back

Zaghawa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/bi/

Noun

bi

1. water

References

• Ehret, Christopher(2001)A Historical-Comparative Reconstruction of Nilo-Saharan(SUGIA, Sprache und Geschichte in Afrika: Beihefte;12)‎^[9],Cologne: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag,→ISBN,→ISSN.
• Beria-English English-Beria Dictionary[provisional] ADESK, Iriba, Kobe Department, Chad

Zhuang

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang)IPA^(key):/pi˨˦/
• Tone numbers: bi¹
• Hyphenation: bi

Etymology 1

FromProto-Tai*piːᴬ(“year”).Cognate withThaiปี(bpii),Northern Thaiᨸᩦ,Laoປີ(pī),Lüᦔᦲ(ṗii),Shanပီ(pǐi),Tai Nüaᥙᥤ(pi),Phakeပီ(pī),Ahom𑜆𑜣(pī),Bouyeibil.

Classifier

bi(Sawndip forms𭯌or𭽨or𭙂,1957–1982 spellingbi)

1. year

   Synonym:nienz

2. yearold

Derived terms

• bide
• bigeq
• bi'gyai
• bi'gyaihaenx
• bihaenx
• bimoq
• binaengz
• bineix
• bi'nyinh
• birawz
• biriengh
• hopbi

Etymology 2

(Thisetymologyis missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)

Verb

bi(1957–1982 spellingbi)

1. (intransitive)toswing;tosway;torock
2. (transitive)to swing; to rock; towag
3. to swing (on a swing)

Zou

Etymology

FromProto-Kuki-Chin*ɓuu,fromProto-Sino-Tibetan*pru(w).Cognates includeMandarinBào(bāo,“womb”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/bǐ/
• Hyphenation:bi

Noun

bí

1. nest

References

• Philip Thanglienmang (2014) “Zou Tonology”, inIndian Linguistics,volume75,numbers1-2,→ISSN

Zulu

Etymology

FromProto-Bantu*-bɪ́ɪ̀.

Adjective

-bí

1. bad
2. evil
3. ugly

Inflection

Adjective concord, tone H
	Modifier		Copulative
	positive	negative	positive	negative
1st singular	engimubi	engingemubi	ngimubi	angimubi
2nd singular	omubi	ongemubi	umubi	awumubi
1st plural	esibabi	esingebabi	sibabi	asibabi
2nd plural	enibabi	eningebabi	nibabi	anibabi
Class 1	omubi	ongemubi	mubi	akamubi
Class 2	ababi	abangebabi	babi	abababi
Class 3	omubi	ongemubi	mubi	awumubi
Class 4	emibi	engemibi	mibi	ayimibi
Class 5	elibi	elingelibi	libi	alilibi
Class 6	amabi	angemabi	mabi	awamabi
Class 7	esibi	esingesibi	sibi	asisibi
Class 8	ezimbi	ezingezimbi	zimbi	azizimbi
Class 9	embi	engembi,engeyimbi	imbi,yimbi	ayiyimbi
Class 10	ezimbi	ezingezimbi	zimbi	azizimbi
Class 11	olubi	olungelubi	lubi	alulubi
Class 14	obubi	obungebubi	bubi	abububi
Class 15	okubi	okungekubi	kubi	akukubi
Class 17	okubi	okungekubi	kubi	akukubi

Derived terms

• -bana
• isibi
• okubi
• ububi