biesse

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French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Walloon biesse.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bjɛs/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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biesse m or f (plural biesses, masculine biesse)

  1. (Belgium, somewhat humorous) dummy, nitwit, nincompoop

Adjective

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biesse

  1. (Belgium, somewhat humorous) not bright, dumdum

Lule Sami

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Samic *peasē.

Noun

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biesse

  1. nest
Inflection
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Even e-stem, ss-s gradation
Nominative biesse
Genitive biese
Singular Plural
Nominative biesse biese
Accusative biesev biesijt
Genitive biese biesij
Illative bässáj biesijda
Inessive biesen biesijn
Elative bieses biesijs
Comitative biesijn biesij
Abessive biesedagá
biesedagi
biesijdagá
biesijdagi
Essive biessen
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person bässám bässáma bässáma
2nd person bässát bässáda bässáda
3rd person biesses biesseska biessesa
Further reading
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  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Etymology 2

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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biesˈse

  1. beech bark
Inflection
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Even e-stem, sˈs-ss gradation
Nominative biesˈse
Genitive biesse
Singular Plural
Nominative biesˈse biesse
Accusative biessev biessijt
Genitive biesse biessij
Illative bäsˈsáj biessijda
Inessive biessen biessijn
Elative biesses biessijs
Comitative biessijn biessij
Abessive biessedagá
biessedagi
biessijdagá
biessijdagi
Essive biesˈsen
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person bäsˈsám bäsˈsáma bäsˈsáma
2nd person bäsˈsát bäsˈsáda bäsˈsáda
3rd person biesˈses biesˈseska biesˈsesa
Further reading
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  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Pite Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *peasē.

Noun

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biesse

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Inflection

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This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

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  • biesse in Bidumsáme Báhkogirrje (Pite Sami word list)
  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[3], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Walloon

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Etymology

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From Old French beste, from Classical Latin bēstia (beast).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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biesse f (plural biesses)

  1. animal

Adjective

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biesse (masculine and feminine, plural biesses)

  1. stupid