биш

Bashkir

Bashkir cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : биш (biş)     Ordinal : бишенсе (bişense)

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bẹ̄ĺ (“five”).

Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰋𐰃𐱁 (béš, “five”), Turkish beş (“five”), Yakut биэс (bies, “five”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bʲiʃ]

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• Hyphenation: биш (one syllable)

Numeral

биш • (biş)

1. five

   Биш минут ҡына ваҡытым бар.

   Biş minut qına vaqıtım bar.

   I have only five minutes of time.

   Табаҡҡа биш йомортҡа һытығыҙ, ондо ҡушып болғағыҙ.

   Tabaqqa biş yomortqa hıtığıź, ondo quşıp bolğağıź.

   Crack five eggs into the bowl, add flour and stir.

Derived terms

• бишәү (bişəw, “five”, collective numeral)

Kalmyk

Etymology

From Written Oirat ᡋᡅᠱᡅ (biši). Cognate with Mongolian биш (biš).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biˈʃə/

Particle

биш • (biş)

1. (negative copula) amn't, aren't, isn't
   • 1980, Эрнҗәнә Константин, Цецн булг, Элст: Хальмг дегтр һарһач, page 6:

     Нәрн шинҗ һарһҗах күн хара күн биш.

     Närn şinj ğarğjax kün xara kün biş.

     The man who solves the riddle of the twelve horn rings is not a usual man.

Derived terms

• эрк биш (erk biş)

Mongolian

Mongolian	Cyrillic
ᠪᠢᠰᠢ (bisi)	биш (biš)

Etymology

A colloquial variant of бус (bus), originally pronoun meaning another

Pronoun

биш • (biš)

1. (uncommon) other, different

Adjective

биш • (biš)

1. odd, weird

Verb

биш • (biš)

1. amn't, aren't, isn't (negates the equation of two terms)

Further reading

• “биш”, in Монгол хэлний их тайлбар толь [Dictionary of the Mongolian Language] (in Mongolian), Institute of Linguistics of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences, 2016–present

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Cardinal : биш (biş)

Numeral

биш • (biş)

1. five