User:Smashhoof/Sandbox/bi

Yoruba

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /bí/

Etymology 1

Noun

bí

1. The name of the Latin-script letter B/b.

See also

• (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

Etymology 2

Particle

bí

1. (conditional) if

Derived terms

• bí ẹnipé

Etymology 3

Verb

bí

1. (transitive) to give birth to

Derived terms

• bíbí, bímọ, bínú

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /bī/

Etymology 1

Verb

bi

1. (transitive) to ask, to interrogate

Derived terms

• bi léèrè

Etymology 2

Verb

bi

1. (transitive) to push, to jostle

Etymology 3

Verb

bi

1. Alternative form of bì (“to vomit”) used before object nouns

Pronunciation 3

• IPA^(key): /bì/

Etymology

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Verb

bì

1. (transitive) to vomit, to throw up

Derived terms

• bíbì, èébì

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