bijë

== Albanian == === Etymology === From archaic and dialectal bilë, from Proto-Albanian *bir(i)lā, derivative of *bira. More at bir. Phonetically and semantically close to Messapic *bilia (“daughter”) and Messapic *biles (“son”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbij(ə)/, [biːj] === Noun === bijë f (plural bija, definite bija, definite plural bijat) daughter girl ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Serbo-Croatian: bija (Montenegrin, Kosovar) → Macedonian: bija === References === === Further reading === “bijë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006 FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980 Newmark, Leonard (1999), “bijë”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎[2]