bigge

== English == === Adjective === bigge Obsolete spelling of big. == Middle English == === Etymology === Unknown, possibly from a dialect of Old Norse, from a derivative of Proto-Germanic *bugja- (“swollen up, thick”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew-, *bu- (“to swell”). Compare dialectal Norwegian bugge (“great man”). === Adjective === bigge big; large; of considerable size ==== Descendants ==== English: big Yola: big ==== References ==== “bigge, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Northern Sami == === Pronunciation === (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈpiːɡːɡe/ === Verb === bīgge inflection of bieggat: first-person dual present indicative third-person plural past indicative