bi

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bi"

EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Clipping of bisexual.

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

bi (not comparable)

  1. (LGBT, slang) Bisexual.[1]
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:bisexual
    Coordinate terms: pan, mono
    I'm straight, but my oldest sister is bi.
TranslationsEdit

NounEdit

bi (plural bis)

  1. (LGBT, slang) A bisexual person.[1]
    • 1991 October 10, Ken Jones, “Re: Bisexual privilege? (Was Re: Tom Robinson Concert”, in soc.motss, Usenet‎[2]:
      For some reason, I'm feeling _very_ sensitive to bi-discrimination tonight. I'm really not trying to mock the points being made here, it's just that many of the same arguments can be turned around and used to describe the discrimination that bis face.
    Synonyms: bisexual; see also Thesaurus:bisexual person

See alsoEdit

Etymology 2Edit

Mandarin 璧 (bì)

Alternative formsEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

bi (plural bi)

  1. A type of jade disk produced in ancient China.

See alsoEdit

AnagramsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 A. F. Niemoeller, "A Glossary of Homosexual Slang," Fact 2, no. 1 (Jan-Feb 1965): 25

AlbanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

A short form of bijë, from archaic bilë ("daughter, girl").

InterjectionEdit

bi

  1. A friendly exclamation to a person (female).
    Fol bi, Dritë!
    Speak, therefore, Dritë!
  2. An exclamation of surprise (to a female person).
    Bi! Po ç'është kjo?
    Girl! What is this?
    Po ç'është kjo, bi?
    What is this, girl?
Related termsEdit

BasqueEdit

Basque numbers (edit)
20
 ←  1 2 3  → 
    Cardinal: bi
    Ordinal: bigarren
    Multiplier: bikoitz
    Fractional: erdi

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

Probably from Proto-Basque *biga (“two”), given the fact that dialectal form like biga and bida (with *-g- > -d-) are phonetically more conservative.[1][2] Often compared with Iberian bi (“two”).[3]

PronunciationEdit

NumeralEdit

bi

  1. two

Usage notesEdit

This number can appear after the noun, especially in Biscay; but, just like all other numerals apart from bat, it is much more commonly placed before the noun.

DeclensionEdit

Declension of bi (inan, -V)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive bi bia biak
ergative bik biak biek
dative biri biari biei
genitive biren biaren bien
comitative birekin biarekin biekin
causative birengatik biarengatik biengatik
benefactive birentzat biarentzat bientzat
instrumental biz biaz biez
inessive bitan bian bietan
locative bitako biko bietako
allative bitara bira bietara
terminative bitaraino biraino bietaraino
directive bitarantz birantz bietarantz
destinative bitarako birako bietarako
ablative bitatik bitik bietatik
partitive birik ― ―
prolative bitzat ― ―

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ “bi” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk
  2. ^ Mitxelena, Koldo L. (1961) Fonética histórica vasca [Basque Historical Phonetics] (Obras completas de Luis Michelena; 1) (in Spanish), Diputación Foral de Guipuzkoa, published 1990, →ISBN, page 413
  3. ^ Orduña A., Eduardo (2011) , “Los numerales ibéricos y el protovasco [Iberian numerals and Proto-Basque]”, in Veleia‎[1] (in Spanish), volume 28, pages 125–139

Further readingEdit

  • “bi” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia, euskaltzaindia.eus
  • “bi” in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia, euskaltzaindia.eus
  • Azkue, Resurrección María de (1905–1906) , “bi”, in Diccionario vasco-español-francés = Dictionnaire basque-espagnol-français [Basque-Spanish-French Dictionary] (in Spanish and French), volume 1, Bilbao, page 162

BislamaEdit

EtymologyEdit

From English bee.

NounEdit

bi

  1. bee

BorôroEdit

VerbEdit

bi

  1. to die

BuraEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

bì

  1. bin for grain storage

ReferencesEdit

DanishEdit

 
Danish Wikipedia has articles on:
bi and Bier
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PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Norse bý, from Proto-Germanic *bijō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰī-.

NounEdit

bi c (singular definite bien, plural indefinite bier)

  1. bee
InflectionEdit
Declension of bi
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bi bien bier bierne
genitive bis biens biers biernes

See alsoEdit

Etymology 2Edit

Borrowed from Middle Low German bī, from Proto-Germanic *bi (“near, around”). Related to English by and German bei

AdverbEdit

bi

  1. by
Usage notesEdit
  • Only in certain fixed phrases that are borrowed from German, like stå bi (German beistehen).

Etymology 3Edit

See the etymology of the main entry.

VerbEdit

bi

  1. imperative of bie

DongxiangEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Mongolic *bi (“I”), compare Mongolian би (bi).

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

bi (Xiaojing spelling بی‎)

  1. I (first-person singular personal pronoun)

DutchEdit

EtymologyEdit

Clipping of biseksueel.

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

bi (invariable, comparative meer bi, superlative meest bi)

  1. (colloquial) bisexual

FinnishEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈbi/, [ˈbi]
  • IPA(key): /ˈbiː/, [ˈbiː]
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Syllabification: bi

NounEdit

bi

  1. (colloquial) bi (bisexual)

DeclensionEdit

Declension of bi (type maa)
singular plural
nominative bi bit
genitive bin biiden
biitten
partitive bitä biitä
accusative bi
bin 		bit
inessive bissä biissä
elative bistä biistä
illative bihin biihin
adessive billä biillä
ablative biltä biiltä
allative bille biille
essive binä biinä
translative biksi biiksi
instructive – biin
abessive bittä biittä
comitative – biineen

FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From bissexuel, or possibly directly from English bi

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

bi m or f (plural bis)

  1. bi, bisexual person

AdjectiveEdit

bi (invariable)

  1. bi, bisexual

Further readingEdit

GermanEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

bi (not comparable)

  1. (informal) bi

GothicEdit

RomanizationEdit

bi

  1. Romanization of 𐌱𐌹

Guerrero AmuzgoEdit

AdjectiveEdit

bi

  1. green

Isthmus ZapotecEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

bi

  1. wind

ItalianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin bē (the name of the letter B).

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /bi/
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Hyphenation: bì

NounEdit

bi f (invariable)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter B.; bee

See alsoEdit

JapaneseEdit

RomanizationEdit

bi

  1. Rōmaji transcription of び
  2. Rōmaji transcription of ビ

KalashaEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Sanskrit बीज (bīja), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bíHȷ́am. Cognate with Konkani बी (bī) and Parachi bīz (“seed-corn”).

NounEdit

bi

  1. a seed
  2. semen
  3. moth larva

Related termsEdit

KaureEdit

NounEdit

bi

  1. water

ReferencesEdit

  • C. L. Voorhoeve, 1975. Languages of Irian Jaya Checklist, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, p.108
  • Bill Palmer, editor (2018) The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide, Padua: De Gruyter Mouton, OCLC 1050042990, page 457

Low GermanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Saxon bī, from Proto-Germanic *bi.

PronunciationEdit

PrepositionEdit

bi

  1. at, with
    Bi us is dat ümmer Feest.
    With us it's always a party.
  2. by
    Wi wahnt in en Huus bi de Meer.
    I live in a house by the lake.
  3. around, about (often in combination with üm)
    Dat weer üm bi so'n twintig Johr vör.
    It was about twenty years ago.

InflectionEdit

Pronominal adverbs of bi
preposition bi
postpositional adv. bi
+ her (hither) —
+ düt (this) hierbi
+ dat (that) dorbi
+ wat (what) wobi
+ wat (something) enerwegens bi
+ nix (nothing) nargens bi
+ allens (everything) överall bi

AdverbEdit

bi

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

MandarinEdit

RomanizationEdit

bi

  1. Nonstandard spelling of bī.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of bí.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of bǐ.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of bì.

Usage notesEdit

  • English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Middle DutchEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

PrepositionEdit

bi

  1. by, near, around
  2. beside, alongside
  3. at, with
  4. among
  5. during
  6. by (the work of)
  7. because of

DescendantsEdit

  • Dutch: bij
  • Limburgish: bie

AdverbEdit

bi

  1. by, near, around

DescendantsEdit

Further readingEdit

  • “bi (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “bi (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “bi”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Middle EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old English bi, from Proto-Germanic *bi.

PronunciationEdit

PrepositionEdit

bi

  1. by
    • 1407, The Testimony of William Thorpe, pages 40–41
      And I seide, “Ser, in his tyme maister Ioon Wiclef was holden of ful many men the grettis clerk that thei knewen lyuynge vpon erthe. And therwith he was named, as I gesse worthili, a passing reuli man and an innocent in al his lyuynge. And herfore grete men of kunnynge and other also drowen myche to him, and comownede ofte with him. And thei sauouriden so his loore that thei wroten it bisili and enforsiden hem to rulen hem theraftir… Maister Ion Aston taughte and wroot acordingli and ful bisili, where and whanne and to whom he myghte, and he vsid it himsilf, I gesse, right perfyghtli vnto his lyues eende. Also Filip of Repintoun whilis he was a chanoun of Leycetre, Nycol Herforde, dane Geffrey of Pikeringe, monke of Biland and a maistir dyuynyte, and Ioon Purueye, and manye other whiche weren holden rightwise men and prudent, taughten and wroten bisili this forseide lore of Wiclef, and conformeden hem therto. And with alle these men I was ofte homli and I comownede with hem long tyme and fele, and so bifore alle othir men I chees wilfulli to be enformed bi hem and of hem, and speciali of Wiclef himsilf, as of the moost vertuous and goodlich wise man that I herde of owhere either knew. And herfore of Wicleef speciali and of these men I toke the lore whiche I haue taughte and purpose to lyue aftir, if God wole, to my lyues ende.”

DescendantsEdit

ReferencesEdit

MirandeseEdit

VerbEdit

bi

  1. first-person singular preterite indicative of ber: I saw.
    • 2011, Ana Afonso, L Princepico Chapter 1:
      Quando you tenie seis anhos, bi ua beça ua eimaige mi guapa nun lhibro subre la floresta birge que se chamaba "Stórias Bibidas".
      • 1948 translation by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
        Once when I was six years old I saw a magnificent picture in a book, called True Stories from Nature, about the primeval forest.

North FrisianEdit

NounEdit

bi f

  1. (Mooring) bee

Northern KurdishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Iranian Proto-Iranian *pati-.

PronunciationEdit

PrepositionEdit

bi

  1. by
  2. with

NzadiEdit

PronounEdit

bǐ

  1. we (first-person plural pronoun)

See alsoEdit

Nzadi personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person mǐ` bǐ
2nd person yǎ` byɛ̌n
3rd person human ndé bɔ̌
3rd person nonhuman nɔ̌ mɔ̌

Old DutchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-West Germanic *bī.

PrepositionEdit

bī

  1. by, near
  2. at, with

DescendantsEdit

  • Middle Dutch: bi

Further readingEdit

  • “bī”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Germanic *bi (“near, by, around, about”), q.v.

PronunciationEdit

PrepositionEdit

bī

  1. about (concerning)
  2. by, in various senses:
    1. near or next to
    2. not later than
    3. based on, according to

DescendantsEdit

Old High GermanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Germanic *bi, whence also Old English bi.

PrepositionEdit

bī

  1. by
  2. at

DescendantsEdit

Old SaxonEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Germanic *bi, whence also Old English bi.

PrepositionEdit

bī

  1. by, near, to
  2. beside

DescendantsEdit

PhaluraEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

ParticleEdit

bi (discourse, Perso-Arabic spelling بیۡ)

  1. also, too
  2. else, at all
  3. even

ReferencesEdit

  • Liljegren, Henrik; Haider, Naseem (2011) Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎[3], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

PortugueseEdit

AdjectiveEdit

bi (plural bi, comparable)

  1. bisexual (sexually attracted to persons of either sex)
    Synonym: bissexual

NounEdit

bi m, f (plural bis)

  1. bisexual (bisexual person)
    Synonym: bissexual

SardinianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin ibi.

PronounEdit

bi (adverbial)

  1. there (at a place)
  2. there, thither (to there)
    Synonym: i, nche

ScotsEdit

PrepositionEdit

bi

  1. by

Scottish GaelicEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Irish bí (imperative singular of at·tá), from Proto-Celtic *buyeti, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-

VerbEdit

bi (past bha, future bidh, verbal noun bhith)

  1. be, exist

InflectionEdit

Infinitive a bhith
Imperative bi
Present participle a' bhith
Past participle air a bhith
Present tense Past tense Future tense Conditional
Basic form tha bha bidh/bithidh bhithinn/bhiodh/bhiomaid
Dependent form bheil robh bi bithinn/biodh/biomaid
Impersonal form thathar bhathar bithear bhiteadh/bhite

Related termsEdit

MutationEdit

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
bi bhi
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • “bi” in Edward Dwelly, Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic–English Dictionary, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, 1911, →ISBN.

Serbo-CroatianEdit

VerbEdit

bi

  1. second-person singular aorist of biti
    On bi tamo jučer. (archaic)
    He was there yesterday.
  2. third-person singular aorist of biti
    On bi u školi tad. (archaic)
    She was at school then.
  3. (colloquial, conditional) aorist of biti; would
    Ja bi također išao da mogu. ― I would go as well if I could.
    Je li bi htio ići s nama? ― Would you like to go with us?
    Ivana bi htjela ići s nama. ― Ivana would like to go with us.
    Mi/Oni bi voljeli jednog dana posjetiti Japan. ― We/They would like to visit Japan one day.
    Voljeli bi jednog dana posjetiti Japan. ― We/They would like to visit Japan one day.

Usage notesEdit

  • In colloquial Serbo-Croatian, bi is commonly used in place of other aorist forms when forming conditional of biti in both singular and plural if the subject is deducible from context (usually from the conjugated form of the verb). That is, bi is a shared shorthand for bih, bismo, biste and biše.

SolonEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Tungusic *bi. Cognate with Evenki би (bi), Manchu ᠪᡳ (bi).

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

bi

  1. I

Southern NdebeleEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Bantu *-bɪ́ɪ̀.

AdjectiveEdit

-bí

  1. bad
  2. evil
  3. ugly

InflectionEdit

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

SpanishEdit

AdjectiveEdit

bi (invariable)

  1. bi (bisexual)

SwaziEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Bantu *-bɪ́ɪ̀.

AdjectiveEdit

-bí

  1. bad
  2. evil
  3. ugly

InflectionEdit

Adjective concord, tone H
Modifier Copulative
1st singular lengimubi ngimubi
2nd singular lomubi umubi
1st plural lesibabi sibabi
2nd plural lenibabi nibabi
Class 1 lomubi mubi
Class 2 lababi babi
Class 3 lomubi mubi
Class 4 lemibi mibi
Class 5 lelibi libi
Class 6 lamabi mabi
Class 7 lesibi sibi
Class 8 letimbi timbi
Class 9 lembi imbi
Class 10 letimbi timbi
Class 11 lolubi lubi
Class 14 lobubi bubi
Class 15 lokubi kubi
Class 17 lokubi kubi

SwedishEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Swedish bī, bȳ, from Old Norse bý, from Proto-Germanic *bijō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰī-.

NounEdit

bi n

  1. bee
Usage notesEdit
  • More rare spellings of the definite forms are bit/bits (singular) and bien/biens (plural). However, the spellings in the inflection box are the most common.
DeclensionEdit
Declension of bi 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative bi biet bin bina
Genitive bis biets bins binas

See alsoEdit

Etymology 2Edit

AdjectiveEdit

bi

  1. (informal) bisexual

Etymology 3Edit

AdverbEdit

bi (not comparable)

  1. (in some fixed expressions) by
Related termsEdit

Tok PisinEdit

EtymologyEdit

From English bee.

NounEdit

bi

  1. bee

TurkishEdit

NumeralEdit

bi

  1. Contraction of bir.

VietnameseEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from French bille.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

(classifier cục, hòn, viên) bi

  1. a marble (spherical ball)
    bắn bi ― to shoot marbles
  2. (billiards, snooker) a ball
    bi cái ― a cue ball
  3. (slang) a ball (testicle)
    Á! Dập bi tao rồi!
    Ow! Mah bawlls pahpped!

Derived termsEdit

VolapükEdit

ConjunctionEdit

bi

  1. because

WelshEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

bi f (plural biau)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter B.

MutationEdit

This word cannot be mutated.

See alsoEdit

XhosaEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Bantu *-bɪ́ɪ̀.

AdjectiveEdit

-bí

  1. bad
  2. evil
  3. ugly

InflectionEdit

Adjective concord, tone H
Modifier Copulative
positive negative positive negative
1st singular endimbi endingembi ndimbi andimbi
2nd singular ombi ongembi umbi awumbi
1st plural esibabi esingebabi sibabi asibabi
2nd plural enibabi eningebabi nibabi anibabi
Class 1 ombi ongembi mbi akambi
Class 2 ababi abangebabi babi abababi
Class 3 ombi ongembi mbi awumbi
Class 4 emibi engemibi mibi ayimibi
Class 5 elibi elingelibi libi alilibi
Class 6 amabi angemabi mabi awamabi
Class 7 esibi esingesibi sibi asisibi
Class 8 ezimbi ezingezimbi zimbi azizimbi
Class 9 embi engembi imbi ayiyimbi
Class 10 ezimbi ezingezimbi zimbi azizimbi
Class 11 olubi olungelubi lubi alulubi
Class 14 obubi obungebubi bubi abububi
Class 15 okubi okungekubi kubi akukubi
Class 17 okubi okungekubi kubi akukubi

YorubaEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

NounEdit

bí

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter B.

See alsoEdit

Etymology 2Edit

ParticleEdit

bí

  1. (conditional) if

Derived termsEdit

Etymology 3Edit

VerbEdit

bí

  1. (transitive) to give birth to

Derived termsEdit

Etymology 4Edit

VerbEdit

bi

  1. (transitive) to ask, to interrogate

Derived termsEdit

Etymology 5Edit

VerbEdit

bi

  1. (transitive) to push, to jostle

Etymology 6Edit

VerbEdit

bì

  1. (transitive) to vomit, to throw up

VerbEdit

bi

  1. Alternative form of bì used before object nouns

Derived termsEdit

ZaghawaEdit

NounEdit

bi

  1. water

ReferencesEdit

  • Ehret, Christopher (2001) A Historical-Comparative Reconstruction of Nilo-Saharan (SUGIA, Sprache und Geschichte in Afrika: Beihefte; 12)‎[4], Cologne: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, →ISBN.

ZhuangEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Proto-Tai *piːᴬ (“year”). Cognate with Thai ปี (bpii), Northern Thai ᨸᩦ, Lao ປີ (pī), Lü ᦔᦲ (ṗii), Shan ပီ (pǐi), Tai Nüa ᥙᥤ (pi), Ahom 𑜆𑜣 (pii), Bouyei bil.

ClassifierEdit

bi (Sawndip forms 𭯌 or 𭽨 or 𭙂, old orthography bi)

  1. year
    Synonym: nienz
  2. year old
Derived termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

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

VerbEdit

bi (old orthography bi)

  1. (intransitive) to swing; to sway; to rock
  2. (transitive) to swing; to rock; to wag
  3. to swing (on a swing)

ZouEdit

NounEdit

bi

  1. thatch

ReferencesEdit

ZuluEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Bantu *-bɪ́ɪ̀.

AdjectiveEdit

-bí

  1. bad
  2. evil
  3. ugly

InflectionEdit

Adjective concord, tone H
Modifier Copulative
positive negative positive negative
1st singular engimubi engingemubi ngimubi angimubi
2nd singular omubi ongemubi umubi awumubi
1st plural esibabi esingebabi sibabi asibabi
2nd plural enibabi eningebabi nibabi anibabi
Class 1 omubi ongemubi mubi akamubi
Class 2 ababi abangebabi babi abababi
Class 3 omubi ongemubi mubi awumubi
Class 4 emibi engemibi mibi ayimibi
Class 5 elibi elingelibi libi alilibi
Class 6 amabi angemabi mabi awamabi
Class 7 esibi esingesibi sibi asisibi
Class 8 ezimbi ezingezimbi zimbi azizimbi
Class 9 embi engembi, engeyimbi imbi, yimbi ayiyimbi
Class 10 ezimbi ezingezimbi zimbi azizimbi
Class 11 olubi olungelubi lubi alulubi
Class 14 obubi obungebubi bubi abububi
Class 15 okubi okungekubi kubi akukubi
Class 17 okubi okungekubi kubi akukubi

Derived termsEdit

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