bibi
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Etymology ===
From Hindi बीबी (bībī), from Classical Persian بیبی (bī-bī).
=== Noun ===
bibi (plural bibis)
(India) A grandmother.
(India, obsolete) A European woman in British India; sometimes a married man's mistress.
==== Alternative forms ====
beebee
==== Related terms ====
bibiji
== Acehnese ==
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-Chamic *bibir, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bibiʀ.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /bibi/
=== Noun ===
bibi
lip
== Alangan ==
=== Noun ===
bibî
mouth
== Azerbaijani ==
=== Etymology ===
From Persian بیبی (bi-bi).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [biˈbi]
Hyphenation: bi‧bi
=== Noun ===
bibi (definite accusative bibini, plural bibilər)
paternal aunt ("sister of one's father")
Coordinate terms: əmi (“paternal uncle”), dayı (“maternal uncle”), xala (“maternal aunt”)
==== Declension ====
==== See also ====
əmioğlu (“male paternal cousin”)
əmiqızı (“female paternal cousin”)
dayıoğlu (“male maternal cousin”)
dayıqızı (“female paternal cousin”)
qardaşoğlu (“fraternal nephew”)
qardaşqızı (“fraternal niece”)
=== Further reading ===
Orucov, Əliheydər, editor (2006), “bibi”, in Azərbaycan dilinin izahlı lüğəti [Explanatory Dictionary of the Azerbaijani Language][2] (in Azerbaijani), 2nd edition, volume 1, Baku: Şərq-Qərb, page 295
== Barngarla ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈbibi/
=== Noun ===
bibi
egg
Synonym: bardi
=== References ===
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.
== Cebuano ==
=== Pronunciation ===
Hyphenation: bi‧bi
IPA(key): /ˈbibi/ [ˈbi.bɪ]
=== Etymology 1 ===
Borrowed from Malay bebek.
==== Noun ====
bíbi (Badlit spelling ᜊᜒᜊᜒ)
a duck; any member of the form taxon of ducks
Synonyms: pato, itik
===== Derived terms =====
=== Etymology 2 ===
Unknown.
==== Noun ====
bíbi (Badlit spelling ᜊᜒᜊᜒ)
an edible saltwater clam, Venerupis philippinarum
===== See also =====
== Central Bikol ==
=== Etymology 1 ===
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bibi.
==== Pronunciation ====
IPA(key): /ˈbibi/ [ˈbi.bi]
Hyphenation: bi‧bi
==== Noun ====
bíbi (Basahan spelling ᜊᜒᜊᜒ)
clam (freshwater type)
Synonym: punaw
===== See also =====
=== Etymology 2 ===
==== Pronunciation ====
IPA(key): /ˈbiʔbiʔ/ [ˈbiʔ.biʔ]
Hyphenation: bi‧bi
==== Verb ====
bîbî (Basahan spelling ᜊᜒᜊᜒ)
alternative form of mibi
== Dutch ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from French bibi.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /bi.bi/
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Hyphenation: bi‧bi
=== Pronoun ===
bibi
(informal, Belgium) yours truly (I, me or myself)
Synonyms: ik, ikzelf
==== Usage notes ====
The accompanying verb is conjugated in the 3rd person singular.
The word also has a diminutive: bibieke.
== French ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /bi.bi/
=== Adjective ===
bibi (invariable)
dual-mode
=== Noun ===
bibi m (plural bibis)
a small, lady's hat
a bauble or trinket
=== Pronoun ===
bibi m or f
(informal) yours truly (I, me or myself)
==== Synonyms ====
moi
ma pomme
=== Further reading ===
“bibi”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
== Guinea-Bissau Creole ==
=== Etymology ===
From Portuguese beber. Cognate with Kabuverdianu bebi.
=== Verb ===
bibi
to drink
== Hiligaynon ==
=== Etymology 1 ===
Borrowed from Malay bebek.
==== Noun ====
bíbi
duck
=== Etymology 2 ===
Unknown.
==== Noun ====
bîbî or bíbì
shore; beach
== Hungarian ==
=== Etymology ===
Probably a nominalization of the present participle (formed with -i, a variant of -e (obsolete present-participle suffix)) of an unattested stem. The stem is of onomatopoeic origin and is possibly the same as in bíbelődik; it may also be related to the stem of babrál and babirkál. First attested in 1566. The term developed alongside bibe through a semantic split.
For phonetically similar equivalents of the “minor injury” sense (sense 1), see German Wehweh, Wehwehchen, French bobo, Czech bebé, bebíčko.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [ˈbibi]
Hyphenation: bi‧bi
Rhymes: -bi
=== Noun ===
bibi (plural bibik)
(now often childish) disease, illness, especially a minor injury or wound
Synonyms: bibe, baj, betegség, seb, sérülés, sebesülés
(archaic, often in the possessive) weak spot, vulnerability
Synonyms: bibe, gyenge, gyengeség, gyenge pont
(informal, often in the possessive) snag, hitch (problem or difficulty with something)
Synonyms: bibe, bökkenő, probléma
==== Declension ====
==== Derived terms ====
=== References ===
=== Further reading ===
bibi in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
bibi in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2026).
== Indonesian ==
=== Etymology ===
From Malay bibi.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈbi.bi/, [ˈbi.bi]
=== Noun ===
bibi (plural bibi-bibi)
(formal) aunt
Synonym: tante
Antonym: paman
elderly woman (assumed have similar age to her/his aunt or based on appearance)
(chiefly Jakarta, derogatory) female servant; maid
==== Synonyms ====
(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 ==
=== Romanization ===
bibi
Rōmaji transcription of びび
== Latin ==
=== Verb ===
bibī
first-person singular perfect active indicative of bibō
== Malay ==
=== Etymology ===
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=== Pronunciation ===
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=== Noun ===
bibi (plural bibi-bibi or bibi2)
(Pontianak) Madurese female seller or peddler
== Romani ==
=== Etymology ===
Possibly Borrowed from Persian بیبی. Compare Hindi बीबी (bībī).
=== Noun ===
bibi f (nominative plural bibǎ)
aunt
=== References ===
=== Further reading ===
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] (overall work in Hungarian and 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 ==
=== Etymology ===
From Malay bebek.
=== Noun ===
bibi
duck
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
Short for biberón.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈbibi/ [ˈbi.β̞i]
Rhymes: -ibi
Syllabification: bi‧bi
=== Noun ===
bibi m (plural bibis)
(colloquial) baby bottle
== Swahili ==
=== Alternative forms ===
(abbreviation) Bi.
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Omani Arabic بيبي (bībi), from Persian بیبی (bī-bī / bi-bi). See there for more.
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Noun ===
bibi class V (plural mabibi class VI)
lady; mistress (female master or the female equivalent of a gentleman)
Mrs.
grandmother
(card games) queen
==== Coordinate terms ====
bwana
==== Derived terms ====
kibibi (“young lady”)
=== See also ===
== Talysh ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Azerbaijani bibi, ultimately from Persian بیبی.
=== Noun ===
bibi
paternal aunt
== Ternate ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [ˈbi.bi]
=== Noun ===
bibi
any of several fish in Tetraodontidae and Ostraciidae
=== References ===
Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
== Tetum ==
=== Noun ===
bibi
goat
== Thao ==
=== Noun ===
bibi
(anatomy) chin
== Turkish ==
=== Etymology ===
From Ottoman Turkish بی بی (bîbî), from Persian بیبی (bi-bi).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /biˈbi/
Hyphenation: bi‧bi
=== Noun ===
bibi (definite accusative bibiyi, plural bibiler)
(colloquial) paternal aunt (sister of someone's father)
==== Synonyms ====
hala
=== See also ===
teyze
== Tyap ==
=== Etymology ===
Short for a̱bi + a̱bi.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /bíbí/
=== Noun ===
bibi
graves
== Yami ==
=== Etymology ===
From Malay bebek. Compare Rukai bibi & Saisiyat bibi.
=== Noun ===
bibi
duck