betri
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Faroese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse betri, from Proto-Germanic *batizô.
Adjective[edit]
betri
Icelandic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse betri, from Proto-Germanic *batizô.
Adjective[edit]
betri
- better (comparative of góður)
Anagrams[edit]
Old Norse[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *batizô. Compare Old English betera (English better), Old Frisian betera (West Frisian better), Old Saxon betiro (Low German beter), Dutch beter, Old High German bezziro (German besser), Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌶𐌰 (batiza).
Adjective[edit]
betri
Declension[edit]
Declension of betri
Descendants[edit]
- Icelandic: betri
- Faroese: betri
- Norwegian Nynorsk: betre
- Norwegian: bere, bære, beire (dialectal)
- Old Swedish: bætre, bættre
- Swedish: bättre
- Danish: bedre
- Norwegian Bokmål: bedre
References[edit]
- “betri”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Swahili[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English battery.
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Noun[edit]
betri (n class, plural betri)
- battery (device storing electricity)
Further reading[edit]
- betri in Swahili Oxford Living Dictionaries, Oxford University Press
Tok Pisin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
betri
- battery (clarification of this definition is needed)
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- Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
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