bibi
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Hindi बीबी (bībī), from Classical Persian بیبی (bī-bī).
Noun[edit]
bibi (plural bibis)
- (India) A grandmother.
- (India, obsolete) A European woman in British India; sometimes a married man's mistress.
- 2010, Stephen Markel, Tushara Bindu Gude, India's Fabled City: The Art of Courtly Lucknow, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, page 59:
- The bibis of European men were treated in the same way as upper-class Muslim women, that is, they were kept hidden from view and did not mingle socially with men.
Alternative forms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Alangan[edit]
Noun[edit]
bibî
Azerbaijani[edit]
Cyrillic | биби | |
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Perso-Arabic | بیبی |
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
bibi (definite accusative bibini, plural bibilər)
- paternal aunt ("syster of one's father")
Declension[edit]
Declension of bibi | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
nominative | bibi |
bibilər | ||||||
definite accusative | bibini |
bibiləri | ||||||
dative | bibiyə |
bibilərə | ||||||
locative | bibidə |
bibilərdə | ||||||
ablative | bibidən |
bibilərdən | ||||||
definite genitive | bibinin |
bibilərin |
See also[edit]
- əmioğlu (“male paternal cousin”)
- əmiqızı (“female paternal cousin”)
- dayıoğlu (“male maternal cousin”)
- dayıqızı (“female paternal cousin”)
- qardaşoğlu (“fraternal nephew”)
- qardaşqızı (“fraternal niece”)
Barngarla[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
bibi
References[edit]
- Page 61 of Zuckermann, Ghil'ad, Emmalene Richards and the Barngarla (2021), Mangiri Yarda (Healthy Country: Barngarla Wellbeing and Nature), Adelaide: Revivalistics Press.
- Goldsworthy, Anna (2014), Voices of the land: In Port Augusta, an Israeli linguist is helping the Barngarla people reclaim their language, The Monthly.
Bikol Central[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bibi.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
bíbi (Basahan spelling ᜊᜒᜊᜒ)
See also[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
bîbî (Basahan spelling ᜊᜒᜊᜒ)
Derived terms[edit]
Cebuano[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Compare Hiligaynon bibi and Tagalog bibe.
Noun[edit]
bíbi (Badlit spelling ᜊᜒᜊᜒ)
- a duck; any member of the form taxon of ducks
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Unknown.
Noun[edit]
bíbi (Badlit spelling ᜊᜒᜊᜒ)
- an edible saltwater clam, Venerupis philippinarum
See also[edit]
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
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- Hyphenation: bi‧bi
Pronoun[edit]
bibi
Usage notes[edit]
The accompanying verb is conjugated in the 3rd person singular. The word also has a diminutive: bibieke.
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
bibi (invariable)
Noun[edit]
bibi m (plural bibis)
Pronoun[edit]
bibi
- (informal) yours truly (I, me or myself)
Synonyms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “bibi”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Guinea-Bissau Creole[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Portuguese beber. Cognate with Kabuverdianu bebi.
Verb[edit]
bibi
- to drink
Hiligaynon[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
bíbi
Etymology 2[edit]
Unknown.
Noun[edit]
bîbî or bíbì
Hungarian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
bibi (plural bibik)
Declension[edit]
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | bibi | bibik |
accusative | bibit | bibiket |
dative | bibinek | bibiknek |
instrumental | bibivel | bibikkel |
causal-final | bibiért | bibikért |
translative | bibivé | bibikké |
terminative | bibiig | bibikig |
essive-formal | bibiként | bibikként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | bibiben | bibikben |
superessive | bibin | bibiken |
adessive | bibinél | bibiknél |
illative | bibibe | bibikbe |
sublative | bibire | bibikre |
allative | bibihez | bibikhez |
elative | bibiből | bibikből |
delative | bibiről | bibikről |
ablative | bibitől | bibiktől |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
bibié | bibiké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
bibiéi | bibikéi |
Possessive forms of bibi | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | bibim | bibijeim |
2nd person sing. | bibid | bibijeid |
3rd person sing. | bibije | bibijei |
1st person plural | bibink | bibijeink |
2nd person plural | bibitek | bibijeitek |
3rd person plural | bibijük | bibijeik |
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- bibi in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- bibi in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2023)
Indonesian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
bibi (first-person possessive bibiku, second-person possessive bibimu, third-person possessive bibinya)
- (formal) aunt
- elderly woman (assumed have similar age to her/his aunt or based on appearance)
- (chiefly Jakarta, derogatory) female servant; maid
Synonyms[edit]
- (mother's older sister): bude, encang
- (father's older sister): bude, encang
- (mother's younger sister): bulik, encing
- (father's younger sister): bulik, encing
Japanese[edit]
Romanization[edit]
bibi
Latin[edit]
Verb[edit]
bibī
Romani[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Possibly Borrowed from Persian بیبی.[1] Compare Hindi बीबी (bībī).[2]
Noun[edit]
bibi f (nominative plural bibǎ)
References[edit]
- ^ Yaron Matras (2002), “Historical and linguistic origins”, in Romani: A Linguistic Introduction[1], Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 25
- ^ Boretzky, Norbert; Igla, Birgit (1994), “bibí”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 26
Further reading[edit]
- Marcel Courthiade (2009), “i/e bib/i, -ǎ ʒ. -ǎ, -ěn”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (in Hungarian; English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN
- Yūsuke Sumi (2018), “bibi”, in ニューエクスプレスプラス ロマ(ジプシー)語 [New Express Plus Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, published 2021, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 22
Rukai[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Compare Malay bebek and Tagalog bibe.
Noun[edit]
bibi
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Short for biberón.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
bibi m (plural bibis)
Swahili[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- (abbreviation) Bi.
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Omani Arabic بيبي (bībi), from Persian بیبی (bi-bi).
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Noun[edit]
bibi (ma class, plural mabibi)
- lady; mistress (female master or the female equivalent of a gentleman)
- Mrs.
- grandmother
- (card games) queen
Coordinate terms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
- kibibi (“young lady”)
See also[edit]
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nane | tisa | kumi | ghulamu, mzungu wa tatu | malkia, mzungu wa pili, bibi | mfalme, mzungu wa nne, basha | jokari |
Ternate[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
bibi
- any of several fish in Tetraodontidae and Ostraciidae
References[edit]
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
Tetum[edit]
Noun[edit]
bibi
Thao[edit]
Noun[edit]
bibi
Turkish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ottoman Turkish بی بی (bîbî), from Persian بیبی (bi-bi).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
bibi (definite accusative bibiyi, plural bibiler)
- (colloquial) paternal aunt (sister of someone's father)
Synonyms[edit]
See also[edit]
Tyap[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
bibi
Yami[edit]
Noun[edit]
bibi
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