beni

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See also: Beni, bení, béni, -beni, and Béni

Esperanto

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French bénir. Related to bona.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈbeni]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -eni
  • Hyphenation: be‧ni

Verb

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beni (present benas, past benis, future benos, conditional benus, volitive benu)

  1. to bless
    Antonym: malbeni

Conjugation

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛ.ni/
  • Rhymes: -ɛni
  • Hyphenation: bè‧ni

Noun

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beni m

  1. plural of bene
  2. property

Anagrams

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Japanese

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Romanization

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beni

  1. Rōmaji transcription of べに

Okodia

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Noun

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beni

  1. water

References

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  • Intelligibility Survey of Biseni, Okordia & Oruma Lects, in Convergence: English and Nigerian Languages: A Festschrift (2016)

Old Saxon

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *banjō. Cognate with Old English benn, Old Norse ben (Norwegian ben).

Noun

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beni f

  1. wound; mortal injury
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Oruma

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Noun

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beni

  1. water

References

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  • Intelligibility Survey of Biseni, Okordia & Oruma Lects, in Convergence: English and Nigerian Languages: A Festschrift (2016)

Sardinian

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Etymology

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From Latin bene (well). Compare Italian bene.

Adverb

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beni

  1. (Campidanese) well

Sassarese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin bene (well), from Old Latin *duenēd, from duenos (good), from Proto-Italic *dwenos.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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beni m (invariable)

  1. good
  2. sake, good
  3. (usually in the plural) good, property, possession, belonging, asset

Further reading

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  • Ugo Solinas (2016) “bèni”, in Vocabolario sassarese-italiano fraseologico ed etimologico, volume 1, Sestu: Domus de Janas, →ISBN, page 240
  • Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) “bene/1”, in Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes

Anagrams

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Sicilian

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Etymology

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From Latin bene.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛ.ni/
  • Hyphenation: bè‧ni

Adverb

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beni

  1. well

Antonyms

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Noun

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beni m (plural beni)

  1. good

Antonyms

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Sranan Tongo

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Etymology

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From English bend.

Noun

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beni

  1. bend
    Synonym: boktu

Verb

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beni

  1. to bend
    Synonym: boigi
  2. to make a turn (change direction)

Adjective

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beni

  1. bent, crooked, curved (not straight)

Turkish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /beni/
  • Hyphenation: be‧ni

Pronoun

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beni

  1. me