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Translingual

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bij

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Kwanka.

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Albanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Albanian *būnja, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (to grow) (compare Ancient Greek φύω (phúō), Old Armenian բուսանիմ (busanim, to plant, germinate), Sanskrit भुवन (bhúvana, existence).

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bij (aorist biva, participle birë)

  1. to sprout, grow out

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Czech

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bij

  1. second-person singular imperative of bít

Dutch

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Alternative forms

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  • by (for the preposition)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bɛi̯/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: bij
  • Rhymes: -ɛi̯

Etymology 1

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From Middle Dutch bi, from Old Dutch , from Proto-West Germanic *bī, from Proto-Germanic *bi.

Preposition

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bij

  1. at, with
    Bij ons is het altijd feest.
    With us it's always a party.
  2. by, close to
    Ik woon in een hutje bij de zee.
    I live in a little hut by the sea.
  3. to, towards
    Kom bij mij!
    Come to me!
  4. (obsolete) by, through, by means of, through the action or presence of
Declension
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Descendants
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  • Jersey Dutch: bai
  • Negerhollands: bi, bie
  • Petjo: bij
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: bi

Adverb

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bij

  1. alongside, with
  2. in order to adjust or improve
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Adjective

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bij (used only predicatively, not comparable)

  1. caught up, not lagging behind
    Eerst leek hij te langzaam, maar nu is hij weer bij.First he seemed too slow, but now he has caught up again.
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Etymology 2

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From Middle Dutch bië, from Old Dutch *bīa, from Proto-Germanic *bijō.

Noun

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bij f (plural bijen, diminutive bijtje n)

  1. bee, insect of the clade Anthophila
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  • Afrikaans: by
  • Jersey Dutch: bāi

Lower Sorbian

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bij

  1. second-person singular imperative of biś

Polish

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bij

  1. second-person singular imperative of bić

West Frisian

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Etymology

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From Old Frisian , from Proto-Germanic *bijō.

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Noun

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bij c (plural bijen, diminutive bijke)

  1. bee

Further reading

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  • bij”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011