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bi
Clipping of bisexual and biceps.
bi (not comparable)
- (LGBT, slang) Bisexual.[1]
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:bisexual
- Coordinate terms: pan, mono
I'm straight, but my oldest sister is bi.
- (LGBT, slang, uncommon) Bigender.
bisexual
bi (plural bis)
- (LGBT, slang) A bisexual person.[1]
- Synonyms: bisexual; see also Thesaurus:bisexual person
1991 October 10, Ken Jones, “Re: Bisexual privilege? (Was Re: Tom Robinson Concert”, in soc.motss[2] (Usenet):
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.
- (bodybuilding, colloquial, uncommon) A biceps muscle.
- You cannot train your back without regard to your tris and bis.
bisexual person
- Polish: biseks m (colloquial)
- pi (Wade–Giles)
bi (plural bi)
From Proto-Oceanic *biti.
bi
- to bake
- Lackey, W.J.. & Boerger, B.H. (2021) “Reexamining the Phonological History of Oceanic's Temotu subgroup”, in Oceanic Linguistics.
A short form of bijë, from archaic bilë ("daughter, girl").
bi
- A friendly exclamation to a person (female).
Fol bi, Dritë!
- Speak, therefore, Dritë!
- 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?
bi
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Cardinal: bi Ordinal: bigarren Multiplier: bikoitz Distributive: bina Collective: bikote Fractional: erdi |
Probably from Proto-Basque *biga (“two”), given the fact that dialectal forms like biga and bida (with *-g- > -d-) are phonetically more conservative.[1][2] Often compared with Iberian bi (“two”).[3]
bi
- 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.
Declension of bi (numeral, ending in vowel)
- bi ahoko ezpata
- bi begietaraino sartu
- bi errealeko
- bi hitz
- bi pareta
- bi plegu egin
- bi puntu (“colon”)
- bi-biak
- bi-bitara
- biak ala biak
- biak bietara
- bibira (“twin”)
- biburdina
- bika
- biki (“twin”)
- bikoitz (“double”)
- bitarte (“interval”)
- bizpahiru (“two or three”)
- ^ “bi” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk
- ^ 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
- ^ 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
- “bi”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
- “bi”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
- Azkue, Resurrección María de (1905–1906) “bi”, in Diccionario vasco-español-francés = Dictionnaire basque-espagnol-français [Basque-Spanish-French Dictionary], volume 1 (overall work in Spanish and French), Bilbao, page 162
bi
bi
- to die
bì
- 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.
From Old Norse bý, from Proto-Germanic *bijō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰey-. Cognate with English bee.
bi c (singular definite bien, plural indefinite bier)
- hveps c
Borrowed from Middle Low German bī, from Proto-Germanic *bi (“near, around”). Related to English by and German bei.
bi
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
bi
- imperative of bie
From Proto-Mongolic *bi (“I”). Compare Mongolian би (bi).
- I (first-person singular personal pronoun)
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-bəj-n/k.
bi
- to give
- Ross Perlin (2019) A Grammar of Trung[3], Santa Barbara: University of California
Clipping of biseksueel.
bi (invariable, comparative meer bi, superlative meest bi)
bi (colloquial)
- bi (bisexual)
singular | plural | |
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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 |
abessive | bittä | biittä |
instructive | – | biin |
comitative | – | biineen |
- “bi”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][4] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
From bisexuel, or possibly directly from English bi.
bi m or f by sense (plural bis)
- bi, bisexual person
bi (invariable)
- bi, bisexual
- “bi”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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bi (strong nominative masculine singular bier, not comparable)
bi
- Romanization of 𐌱𐌹
bi
bi
- be (obsolete, regional)
From Latin bē (the name of the letter B).
bi f (invariable)
- The name of the Latin-script letter B/b.; bee
bi
From Sanskrit बीज (bīja), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bíHȷ́am. Cognate with Konkani बी (bī) and Parachi bīz (“seed-corn”).
bi
From Proto-Mongolic *bi. Compare Mongolian би (bi) and Dongxiang bi.
bi
bi
- 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, page 457
From Old Saxon bī, from Proto-Germanic *bi.
bi
- at, with
Bi us is dat ümmer Feest.
- With us it's always a party.
- by
Wi wahnt in en Huus bi de Meer.
- I live in a house by the lake.
- around, about (often in combination with üm)
Dat weer üm bi so'n twintig Johr vör.
- It was about twenty years ago.
Pronominal adverbs of bi
bi
bi
- Alternative form of b’: used before a consonant cluster
bi
- Romanization of ᠪᡳ
bi
- Nonstandard spelling of bī.
- Nonstandard spelling of bí.
- Nonstandard spelling of bǐ.
- Nonstandard spelling of bì.
- Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.
Inherited from Old Polish by.
bi
bi
From Old Dutch bi, from Proto-West Germanic *bī.
bi
bi
- “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
bi
- Alternative form of by
bi
- 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.
- 1948 translation by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
- Quando you tenie seis anhos, bi ua beça ua eimaige mi guapa nun lhibro subre la floresta birge que se chamaba "Stórias Bibidas".
bi
- (intransitive) to go
- Štěpán Pavlík (2017) The Description of Namuzi Language[5], Prague: Charles University (PhD Thesis), page 50
bi f
From Proto-Iranian *pati-.
- Rhymes: -ɪ
bi
bǐ
- we (first-person plural pronoun)
From Proto-West Germanic *bī.
bī
- “bī”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
From Proto-West Germanic *bī (“near, by, around, about”).
bī
From Proto-West Germanic *bī, from Proto-Germanic *bi, whence also Old English bi.
bī
From Proto-West Germanic *bī, whence also Old English bi.
bī
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
bi (discourse, Perso-Arabic spelling بیۡ)
- also, too
- else, at all
- even
- Rhymes: -i
bi (invariable)
- (LGBT, colloquial) Abbreviation of bissexual (“sexually attracted to persons of either sex”).
bi m or f by sense (plural bis)
- (LGBT, colloquial) Abbreviation of bissexual (“bisexual person”).
bi f (plural bis)
- (Brazil, LGBT, slang) Abbreviation of bicha (“flammer”).
bi (adverbial)
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bi
From Old Irish bí. Cognate with Irish bí and Manx bee.
bi (past bha, future bidh, verbal noun bhith)
- (copulative) to be
- (intransitive) to exist
- (auxiliary) Used with air to form various tenses with perfect meaning
Conjugation of thathar (highly irregular, defective, impersonal)
Present | Past | Future | Conditional | |
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Independent | thathar, thatar, thathas1 | bhathar, bhatar, bhathas1 | bithear, bitear, bitheas1 | bhite(adh), bhithist(e)1 |
Negative | chan eilear, chan eileas1 | cha robhar, cha robhas1 | cha bithear, cha bitear, cha bitheas1 | cha bhite(adh), cha bhithist(e)1 |
Affirmative interrogative | am beilear? am beileas?1 a bheilear? a bheileas?1 |
an robhar? an robhas?1 | am bithear? am biteas?1 | am bite(adh)? am bithist(e)?1 |
Negative interrogative | nach eilear? nach eileas?1 | nach robhar? nach robhas?1 | nach bithear? nach bitear? nach bitheas?1 | nach bite(adh)? nach bithist(e)?1 |
1 Lewis dialect form
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
bi | bhi |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
- Colin Mark (2003) “bi”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 75
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “bi”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][7], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
bi
- second-person singular aorist of biti
On bi tamo jučer. (archaic)
- He was there yesterday.
- third-person singular aorist of biti
On bi u školi tad. (archaic)
- She was at school then.
- (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.
From Proto-Tungusic *bi. Cognate with Evenki би (bi) and Manchu ᠪᡳ (bi).
bi
From Proto-Bantu *-bɪ́ɪ̀.
-bí
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
bi (invariable)
- bi (bisexual)
From Proto-Bantu *-bɪ́ɪ̀.
-bí
Adjective concord, tone H | ||
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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 |
From Old Swedish bī, bȳ, from Old Norse bý, from Proto-Germanic *bijō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰī-.
bi n
- bee
Bin producerar honung
- Bees produce honey
- 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.
- See the usage notes for geting (“wasp”) for a note on bee stings.
Declension of bi | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | bi | biet | bin | bina |
Genitive | bis | biets | bins | binas |
- bikupa (“beehive”)
- biodlare (“beekeeper”)
- biodling (“beekeeping”)
- bisvärm (“swarm of bees”)
- blommor och bin (“birds and bees”)
bi
bi (not comparable)
- (in some fixed expressions) by
Borrowed from English bee, the English name of the letter B/b. Ultimately from Latin bē. Doublet of be.
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /bi/ [bɪ]
- Rhymes: -i
- Syllabification: bi
bi (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒ)
- the name of the Latin-script letter B/b, in the Filipino alphabet
- (Latin-script letter names) titik; ey, bi, si, di, i, ef, dyi, eyts, ay, dyey, key, el, em, en, enye, en dyi, o, pi, kyu, ar, es, ti, yu, vi, dobolyu, eks, way, zi
- “bi”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
bi (plural mabi)
bi
From Proto-Bantu *-bɪ́ɪ̀.
-bi (declinable)
- kubi (“badly, in a bad way”)
- -biiha (“to become bad; to be ugly; to deceive”)
bi
- Alternative spelling of bi'
bi
- Alternative spelling of bi'
bi
- Alternative spelling of bi'
Borrowed from French bille (“marble, ball”).
(classifier cục, hòn, viên) bi
- a marble (spherical ball)
- bắn bi ― to shoot marbles
- (billiards, snooker) a ball
- bi cái ― a cue ball
- (slang) a ball (testicle)
Á! Dập bi tao rồi!
- Ow! My bawlls popped!
Probably from French bille (“tree log, trunk”).
(classifier cái) bi
- big concrete sewer
- (by extension) a type of water tank made from concrete
bi
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 悲
bi
bi f (plural biau)
- The name of the Latin-script letter B/b.
This word cannot be mutated.
From Proto-Bantu *-bɪ́ɪ̀.
-bí
Adjective concord, tone H | ||||
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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 |
bí
- The name of the Latin-script letter B/b.
- (Latin-script letter names) lẹ́tà; á, bí, dí, é, ẹ́, fí, gí, gbì, hí, í, jí, kí, lí, mí, ní, ó, ọ́, pí, rí, sí, ṣí, tí, ú, wí, yí
bí
- (conditional) if
bí
- (subordinating conjunction) how
Wọ́n kọ́ wa bí a ti lè ṣe é.
- They taught us how to do it.
- Alternative spelling of bíi (“like, as”)
bí
- when, as soon as
Bí a ti jáde ni wọ́n dé.
- As soon as we left, they arrived.
bí
- subordinating conjunction used solely with intensifiers such as àfi, àyàmọ̀, àyàṣe, and àdàmọ̀
bí
- question marker that can be used at the end of a yes-no question
- Ẹ̀yin lọ bí? ― Did you go?
Cognate with Igala bí (“to give birth to”)
- bẹ́ (Ìjẹ̀bú)
bí
- (transitive) to give birth to
Ọmọ mẹ́rin l'ó bí.
- She gave birth to four children.
- (intransitive) to increase
bí
- bínú (“to be angry”)
Likely cognate with Igala bi (“to beg for; to pray for”)
bi
- (transitive) to ask, to interrogate
Mo bi í nípa àwọn ọ̀rẹ́ rẹ̀.
- I asked him about his friends.
bi
- (transitive) to push, to jostle
bi
- (transitive) to cause one to gain an evil reward for a prior evil committed
bì
- (transitive) to vomit, to throw up
bi
- Alternative form of bì (“to vomit”) used before object nouns
Ó ti bi oúnjẹ rẹ̀.
- He's thrown up his food.
bì
- (intransitive) to sway, to push back
bi
- Ehret, Christopher (2001) A Historical-Comparative Reconstruction of Nilo-Saharan (SUGIA, Sprache und Geschichte in Afrika: Beihefte; 12)[9], Cologne: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, →ISBN, →ISSN.
- Beria-English English-Beria Dictionary [provisional] ADESK, Iriba, Kobe Department, Chad
- (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /pi˨˦/
- Tone numbers: bi1
- Hyphenation: bi
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), Phake ပီ (pī), Ahom 𑜆𑜣 (pī), Bouyei bil.
bi (Sawndip forms 𭯌 or 𭽨 or 𭙂, 1957–1982 spelling bi)
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
bi (1957–1982 spelling bi)
- (intransitive) to swing; to sway; to rock
- (transitive) to swing; to rock; to wag
- to swing (on a swing)
From Proto-Kuki-Chin *ɓuu, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pru(w). Cognates include Mandarin 胞 (bāo, “womb”).
bí
- Philip Thanglienmang (2014) “Zou Tonology”, in Indian Linguistics, volume 75, numbers 1-2, →ISSN
From Proto-Bantu *-bɪ́ɪ̀.
-bí
Adjective concord, tone H | ||||
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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 |