би

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bi"

Avar

Noun

би • (bi)

1. blood

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Bulgarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi/

Verb

би • (bi)

1. Second-person singular aorist indicative form of бия.
2. Third-person singular aorist indicative form of бия.

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Buryat

Pronoun

би • (bi)

1. I (personal pronoun)

See also

Buryat personal pronouns

		singular	plural
1st person		би (bi)	бидэ (bide)
2nd person	familiar	ши (ši)	та (ta)
	polite	та (ta)
3rd person		энэ (ene), тэрэ (tere)	эдэ (ede), тэдэ (tede), тэдэнэр (tedener)

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Evenki

Etymology

From Proto-Tungusic *bi, whence Udihe би (bi) and Manchu ᠪᡳ (bi). Compare also Mongolian би (bi), from Proto-Mongolic *bi.

Pronoun

би • (bi)

1. I (personal pronoun)

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Forest Enets

Noun

би

1. water

References

• И. П Сорокина, Д. С Болина, Энецкие тексты (2005), page 225

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Kalmyk

Etymology

From Written Oirat ᡋᡅ (bi), from Proto-Mongolic *bi. Cognate with Mongolian би (bi), Buryat би (bi), etc.

Pronoun

би • (bi)

1. I (first-person singular pronoun)

See also

Kalmyk personal pronouns

		singular	plural
1st person		би (bi)	бидн (bidn)
2nd person		чи (çi)	та (ta), тадн (tadn)
3rd person		эн (en), энтн (entn), тер (ter), тертн (tertn)	эдн (edn), тедн (tedn)

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Komi-Permyak

Etymology

A Permic word. Maybe related to the Finnic and Samic words meaning sun, compare Estonian päev, Finnish päivä and Northern Sami beaivi.

Noun

би • (bi)

1. fire

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Macedonian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bi]

Particle

би • (bi)

1. А verbal particle used to render the conditional mood.

   Тие би јаделе.

   They would eat.

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Mongolian

Etymology

From Classical Mongolian ᠪᠢ (bi), from Middle Mongolian ᠪᠢ (bi), from Proto-Mongolic *bi. Cognate with Buryat би (bi), Kalmyk би (bi), Dongxiang bi, etc.

No doubt related somehow with Proto-Turkic *ben and Proto-Tungusic *bi; compare Turkish ben, Evenki би (bi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pi/

Pronoun

би • (bi) (Mongolian spelling ᠪᠢ (bi))

1. I (personal pronoun)

Declension

    Declension of би

nominative	би (bi)
oblique	над (nad)
possessive determiner	миний (minij)
possessive pronoun	минийх (minijh)
possessive particle	минь (minʹ)
dative-locative	надад (nadad)
accusative	намайг (namajg)
ablative	надаас (nadaas)
instrumental	надаар (nadaar)
comitative	надтай (nadtaj)
directional	над руу (nad ruu)

See also

Mongolian personal pronouns

		singular	plural
1st person		би (bi)	бид (bid)
2nd person	familiar	чи (či)	та нар (ta nar), таануус (taanuus)
	polite	та (ta)
3rd person		тэр (ter)	(over there) тэд (ted), тэд нар (ted nar); (over here) эд (ed), эд нар (ed nar)

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Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bʲi]

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from English B.

Noun

би • (bi) n inan (indeclinable)

1. (English letter) B, b

Etymology 2

Clipping of бисексуа́л (bisɛksuál) or бисексуа́лка (bisɛksuálka).

Noun

би • (bi) m anim or f anim (indeclinable)

1. (colloquial) a bi person (someone who is bisexual)

   Вы гетеро? — Я би! ― Vy getero? — Ja bi! ― Are you hetero? — I'm bi!

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Udihe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi/

Pronoun

би (bi)

1. I (personal pronoun)