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beri

See also: Beri, berî, bêrî, bēri, bērī, berī, and bəri

Basque

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Noun

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beri

  1. dative indefinite of be

Faroese

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Verb

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beri

  1. first-person singular present of bera

Iberian

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Etymology

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Unambiguously connected to Proto-Basque *beRi (“new”), compare Basque berri and Aquitanian *berri, possibly a direct borrowing

Adjective

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beri

  1. new
    Tas beŕi un erna bor aka u
    The importance of a new help
  2. recent
  3. first-time
    Tigirs beŕi
    First-time pregnant

References

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  • Villamor, Fernando (2020) A basic dictionary and grammar of the Iberian language

Icelandic

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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beri m (genitive singular bera, nominative plural berar)

  1. bearer, carrier (usually in compounds)
    ‎bréf (“letter (mail)”) + ‎beri → ‎bréfberi (“mailman, letter carrier”)
    ‎boð (“message”) + ‎beri → ‎boðberi (“messenger, harbinger”)
Declension
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Declension of beri (masculine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative beri berinn berar berarnir
accusative bera berann bera berana
dative bera beranum berum berunum
genitive bera berans bera beranna

Etymology 2

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Noun

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beri n

  1. indefinite dative singular of ber

Etymology 3

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Verb

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beri

  1. first-person singular active present subjunctive of bera
  2. third-person singular active present subjunctive of bera
  3. third-person plural active present subjunctive of bera

Indonesian

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Malay beri, from Proto-Malayic *bəri, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀay, from Proto-Austronesian *bəʀay.

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bêri (active memberi, passive diberi)

  1. (chiefly formal or dialectal) to give
    Synonyms: berikan, (colloquial) kasih
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from English berry, from Middle English berye, from Old English berġe, from Proto-West Germanic *baʀi, from Proto-Germanic *bazją.

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Noun

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beri (plural beri)

  1. berry (a small succulent fruit, of any one of many varieties)
  2. (botany) berry (a soft fruit which develops from a single ovary and contains seeds not encased in pits)

References

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  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*beRay”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

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Latin

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Adjective

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bērī

  1. inflection of bērus:
    1. nominative/vocative masculine plural
    2. genitive masculine/neuter singular

Malay

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • (Etymology 1) IPA(key): [bə.ri]
    • Audio (Malaysia):(file)
  • (Etymology 2) IPA(key): [bɛ.ri]
  • Rhymes: -ri, -i
  • Hyphenation: be‧ri

Etymology 1

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Inherited from Proto-Malayic *bəri, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀay, from Proto-Austronesian *bəʀay (“to give”).

Verb

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beri (Jawi spelling بري, formal active memberi, 3rd person passive diberi)

  1. (ditransitive, transitive) To give.[1]
    Synonyms: bagi, kasih
    Adam memberi adiknya duit belanja.
    Adam gives his little sibling pocket money.
  2. (informal, transitive) To allow, to let.
    Synonyms: bagi, kasih
    Jangan beri dia masuk!
    Don't let him enter!
  3. (ditransitive, transitive) To cause.
    Synonyms: bagi, kasih
  4. (transitive) To show.
    Synonyms: bagi, kasih
  5. (informal, transitive) To hit.
    Synonyms: bagi, kasih, pukul, palu
Usage notes
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  1. ^ The Malay dictionary, Kamus Dewan differentiates between beri and berikan in a way whereby the former should only be followed by an indirect object while the latter should only be followed by a direct object, but this distinction is rarely followed.
Affixations
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Compounds
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Descendants
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  • Indonesian: beri

Adjective

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beri (Jawi spelling بري)

  1. Able to be bended; elastic.

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from English berry, from Middle English berye, from Old English berġe, from Proto-West Germanic *baʀi, from Proto-Germanic *bazją.

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beri (Jawi spelling بيري, plural beri-beri)

  1. A berry:
    1. A small succulent fruit, of any one of many varieties.
    2. (botany) A soft fruit which develops from a single ovary and contains seeds not encased in pits.

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Old High German

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *baʀi, see also Old English berġe, Old Norse ber.

Noun

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beri n

  1. (botany) A berry

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

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beri

  1. positive degree weak masculine nominative singular of berr (“bare”)

Noun

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beri

  1. indefinite dative singular of ber (“berry”)

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beri

  1. third-person present subjunctive active of bera (“to carry”)
  2. third-person present subjunctive active of bera (“to make bare”)
  3. third-person present subjunctive active of berja (“to beat”)

Romanian

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beri f pl

  1. plural of bere

Sranan Tongo

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Etymology

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From English bury.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbeɾi/, [ˈbɪ̞ɾi], [ˈbe̝ɾi]

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beri

  1. burial, funeral

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beri

  1. to bury

Swahili

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English berry.

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Noun

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beri class IX (plural beri class X)

  1. berry

Turkish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Ottoman Turkish بری (beri, berü), from Old Anatolian Turkish برو (berü), from Proto-Turkic *bērü. Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰋𐰃𐰼𐰏𐰼𐰇 (b²ir²gr²ü /⁠bérgerü, birigerü⁠/, “since, towards here, southward”). Compare ileri (“forward”), geri (“backward”), dışarı (“outside”).

Cognate to Gagauz beeri, Turkmen bäri, Azerbaijani bəri.

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Postposition

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beri (+ ablative)

  1. since
    Antonym: kadar
    1993'ten beri burada çalışıyorum.
    I have been working here since 1993.
    Sen doğduğundan beri burada yaşıyoruz.
    We have been living here since you were born

Adverb

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beri

  1. onwards

Declension

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Declension of beri
singular plural
nominative beri beriler
definite accusative beriyi berileri
dative beriye berilere
locative beride berilerde
ablative beriden berilerden
genitive berinin berilerin

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Further reading

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  • “beri”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu

Vietnamese

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Chemical element
Be
Previous: liti (Li)
Next: bo (B)

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Etymology

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Ultimately from New Latin beryllium.

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Noun

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beri

  1. beryllium
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