بيس
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Arabic[edit]
Verb[edit]
Ternate[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
بيس (Rumi besa)
- rain
- بيس فوفراي ― besa fofurai ― a drizzle, a drizzling rain
Verb[edit]
بيس (Rumi besa)
- to rain
References[edit]
- Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
Yemeni Arabic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Plural of Arabic بيسة (“the smallest copper coin”), from an Indian language (compare पैसा (paisā)) likely via Persian.
Noun[edit]
بْيَس (byas) (plural)
- (Tihamah, Aden) money