bibi
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Hindi बीबी (bībī), from Persian بیبی (bi-bi).
NounEdit
bibi (plural bibis)
Related termsEdit
AlanganEdit
NounEdit
bibî
AzerbaijaniEdit
Cyrillic | биби | |
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Perso-Arabic | بیبی |
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
bibi (definite accusative bibini, plural bibilər)
- paternal aunt ("syster of one's father")
DeclensionEdit
Declension of bibi | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
nominative | bibi |
bibilər | ||||||
definite accusative | bibini |
bibiləri | ||||||
dative | bibiyə |
bibilərə | ||||||
locative | bibidə |
bibilərdə | ||||||
ablative | bibidən |
bibilərdən | ||||||
definite genitive | bibinin |
bibilərin |
See alsoEdit
- əmioğlu (“male paternal cousin”)
- əmiqızı (“female paternal cousin”)
- dayıoğlu (“male maternal cousin”)
- dayıqızı (“female paternal cousin”)
- qardaşoğlu (“fraternal nephew”)
- qardaşqızı (“fraternal niece”)
BarngarlaEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
bibi
ReferencesEdit
- Page 61 of Zuckermann, Ghil'ad, Emmalene Richards and the Barngarla (2021), Mangiri Yarda (Healthy Country: Barngarla Wellbeing and Nature), Adelaide: Revivalistics Press.
- Goldsworthy, Anna (2014), Voices of the land: In Port Augusta, an Israeli linguist is helping the Barngarla people reclaim their language, The Monthly.
Bikol CentralEdit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
bîbî
Derived termsEdit
CebuanoEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Compare Hiligaynon bibi and Tagalog bibe.
NounEdit
bibi
- a duck; any member of the form taxon of ducks
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
Unknown.
NounEdit
bibi
- an edible saltwater clam, Venerupis philippinarum
See alsoEdit
DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
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- Hyphenation: bi‧bi
PronounEdit
bibi
Usage notesEdit
The accompanying verb is conjugated in the 3rd person singular. The word also has a diminutive: bibieke.
FrenchEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
bibi (invariable)
NounEdit
bibi m (plural bibis)
PronounEdit
bibi
- (informal) yours truly (I, me or myself)
SynonymsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “bibi”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Guinea-Bissau CreoleEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Portuguese beber. Cognate with Kabuverdianu bebi.
VerbEdit
bibi
- to drink
HiligaynonEdit
Etymology 1Edit
NounEdit
bíbi
Etymology 2Edit
Unknown.
NounEdit
bîbî or bíbì
HungarianEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
bibi (plural bibik)
DeclensionEdit
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | bibi | bibik |
accusative | bibit | bibiket |
dative | bibinek | bibiknek |
instrumental | bibivel | bibikkel |
causal-final | bibiért | bibikért |
translative | bibivé | bibikké |
terminative | bibiig | bibikig |
essive-formal | bibiként | bibikként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | bibiben | bibikben |
superessive | bibin | bibiken |
adessive | bibinél | bibiknél |
illative | bibibe | bibikbe |
sublative | bibire | bibikre |
allative | bibihez | bibikhez |
elative | bibiből | bibikből |
delative | bibiről | bibikről |
ablative | bibitől | bibiktől |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
bibié | bibiké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
bibiéi | bibikéi |
Possessive forms of bibi | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | bibim | bibijeim |
2nd person sing. | bibid | bibijeid |
3rd person sing. | bibije | bibijei |
1st person plural | bibink | bibijeink |
2nd person plural | bibitek | bibijeitek |
3rd person plural | bibijük | bibijeik |
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- bibi in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- bibi in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (’A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2023)
IndonesianEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
bibi (first-person possessive bibiku, second-person possessive bibimu, third-person possessive bibinya)
- (less used, probably dated) aunt
- Synonym: tante
- (chiefly Jakarta, derogatory) female servant; maid
- elderly woman (assumed have similar age to her/his aunt or based on appearance)
SynonymsEdit
JapaneseEdit
RomanizationEdit
bibi
LatinEdit
VerbEdit
bibī
RomaniEdit
EtymologyEdit
Possibly Borrowed from Persian بیبی.[1] Compare Hindi बीबी (bībī).[2]
NounEdit
bibi f (nominative plural bibǎ)
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Yaron Matras (2002), “Historical and linguistic origins”, in Romani: A Linguistic Introduction[1], Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 25
- ^ Boretzky, Norbert; Igla, Birgit (1994), “bibí”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 26
Further readingEdit
- Marcel Courthiade (2009), “i/e bib/i, -ǎ ʒ. -ǎ, -ěn”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (in Hungarian; English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN
- Yūsuke Sumi (2018), “bibi”, in ニューエクスプレスプラス ロマ(ジプシー)語 [New Express Plus Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, published 2021, →ISBN, OCLC 1267332830, page 22
RukaiEdit
EtymologyEdit
Compare Malay bebek and Tagalog bibe.
NounEdit
bibi
SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Short for biberón.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
bibi m (plural bibis)
SwahiliEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Omani Arabic بيبي (bībi), from Persian بیبی (bi-bi).
PronunciationEdit
Audio (Kenya) (file)
NounEdit
bibi (ma class, plural mabibi)
- lady; mistress (female master or the female equivalent of a gentleman)
- Mrs.
- grandmother
- (card games) queen
Coordinate termsEdit
Derived termsEdit
- kibibi (“young lady”)
See alsoEdit
Playing cards in Swahili · karata za kucheza (layout · text) | ||||||
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ree, rea, rei | mbili | tatu | nne | tano | sita | saba |
nane | tisa | kumi | ghulamu, mzungu wa tatu | malkia, mzungu wa pili, bibi | mfalme, mzungu wa nne, basha | jokari |
TernateEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
bibi
- any of several fish in Tetraodontidae and Ostraciidae
ReferencesEdit
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
TetumEdit
NounEdit
bibi
ThaoEdit
NounEdit
bibi
TurkishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Ottoman Turkish بی بی (bîbî), from Persian بیبی (bi-bi).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
bibi (definite accusative bibiyi, plural bibiler)
- (colloquial) paternal aunt (sister of someone's father)
SynonymsEdit
See alsoEdit
YamiEdit
NounEdit
bibi