би

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bi"

Contents

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

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 Proto-Mongolic *bi, no doubt related somehow with Proto-Turkic *ben and Proto-Tungusic *bi.

Compare Dongxiang bi, Turkish ben, Evenki би (bi).

Pronoun

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

1. I (personal pronoun)

See also

Mongolian personal pronouns

		singular	plural
1st person		би (bi)	бид (bid)
2nd person	familiar	чи (či)	та (ta)
	polite	та (ta)
3rd person		тэр (ter)	тэд нар (ted 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, 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!

   Заче́м же сра́зу «яби», я про́сто спроси́л. ― Začém že srázu “jabi”, ja prósto sprosíl. ― Why "you may fuck me" at once? I've just asked.

   (pun)

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Udihe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi/

Pronoun

би (bi)

1. I (personal pronoun)