Wiktionary

biri-biri

See also: biribiri

Balinese

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Romanization

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biri-biri

  1. Romanization of ᬩᬶᬭᬶᬩᬶᬭᬶ

Dairi Batak

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Etymology

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From Malay biri-biri.

Noun

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biri-biri

  1. sheep (animal)

Indonesian

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Alternative forms

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  • biri2 (text messaging, pre-1972)

Etymology

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From Malay biri-biri, biri2, from Classical Malay بيري٢ (biri-biri), بيري٢ (biri2), from Hindi भेड़ (bheṛ), from Sauraseni Prakrit, from Sanskrit भेड्र (bheḍra).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈbi.ri ˈbi.ri]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: bi‧ri‧bi‧ri

Noun

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biri-biri (plural banyak biri-biri, first-person possessive biri-biriku, second-person possessive biri-birimu, third-person possessive biri-birinya)

  1. sheep (animal)
    Synonym: domba

Further reading

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Karo Batak

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Etymology

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From Malay biri-biri.

Noun

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biri-biri

  1. sheep (animal)

Makasar

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Etymology

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From Malay biri-biri.

Noun

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biri-biri

  1. sheep (animal)

Malay

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Unknown,

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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biri-biri

  1. sheep (animal)

Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Tom G. Hoogervorst (2023 January 19) “Lexical Influence from South Asia”, in Marian Klamer, Francesca Moro, editors, Traces of Contact in the Lexicon‎[1], BRILL, →DOI, →ISBN, page 32

Nias

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Etymology

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From Malay biri-biri.

Noun

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biri-biri

  1. sheep (animal)

Simeulue

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Etymology

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From Malay biri-biri.

Noun

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biri-biri

  1. sheep (animal)
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