bibe

See also: Bibe and bibë

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Irish badhb, a variant of badhbh.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baɪb/
• Rhymes: -aɪb

Noun

bibe (plural bibes)

1. (Ireland, Newfoundland) A type of banshee whose cry indicates someone's impending death.
   • 1822, “All Hallow Eve in Ireland”, in Colburn's New Monthly Magazine and Humorist‎^[1], volume IX, number XV, page 257:

     " […] But when Jack lies on his low death-bed, with the clammy dews standing on his brow, the moaning bibe combing her yellow locks, and singing the death-wail at his casement, then will this, and all poor Delaney's other actions, appear to his darkening eye in their true colours."

   • 1952, Shaw Desmond, Love by the Dark Water, page 11:

     Down there where the Bibe had her hole out of which she would howl to the rising moon and to the fairy peoples that would be peeping out at the new moon only to withdraw their small heads as they heard the cry of the Bibe.

   • 1992, William Nolan, Thomas P. Power, Waterford history & Society, page 628:

     He never believed in the bibe although the people were always talking of her.

   • 2006, Coralie Hughes Jensen, Lety's Gift‎^[2]:

     Sophie's face grew serious. "Not the bibe. She comes when we dies."

References

• Story et al. (1990) “bibe”, in Dictionary of Newfoundland English‎^[3], Second Edition with supplement edition, Toronto

Interlingua

Verb

bibe

1. present of biber
2. imperative of biber

Irish

Alternative forms

• bib

Etymology

Borrowed from English bib.

Noun

bibe m (genitive singular bibe, nominative plural bibí)

1. bib; apron-top

   Synonym: sciúlán

Declension

Declension of bibe

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative bibe bibí Vocative a bhibe a bhibí Genitive bibe bibí Dative bibe bibí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an bibe na bibí Genitive an bhibe na mbibí Dative leis an mbibe don bhibe leis na bibí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bibe	bhibe	mbibe
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bibe”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “bibe” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “bibe” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Latin

Verb

bibe

1. second-person singular present active imperative of bibō

Masbatenyo

Noun

bibe

1. duckling

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.bi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.bi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.be/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.bɨ/ [ˈbi.βɨ]

• Hyphenation: bi‧be

Noun

bibe m (plural bibes)

1. bib (item of clothing for babies)

   Synonym: babador

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• bibi

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay bebek. Compare Rukai bibi and Saisiyat bibi꞉.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbibe/, [ˈbi.bɛ]
• Hyphenation: bi‧be

Noun

bibe (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜊᜒ)

1. a species of white duck
2. duckling; young duck

Related terms

• baliwis
• itik
• pato

 

Further reading

• “bibe”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “duck”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary