gibi

== Gagauz == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish كِبِی (gibi, gebi), from Proto-Turkic *kēpi, from Proto-Turkic *kēp (“form, image, example”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ɟiˈbi] Hyphenation: gi‧bi === Conjunction === gibi (with -dik) when, just as, right as, as soon as as if, as though === Postposition === gibi (+ genitive pronoun nominative noun) like, similar to such as as, to such degree, to a certain degree Synonyms: nicä, kadar ==== Usage notes ==== Governs the genitive case only when used with some pronouns and demonstratives, and governs the nominative with nouns and other pronouns. o > onun gibi but onnar > onnar gibi === Pronoun === gibi something or someone similar to === Further reading === N. A Baskakov, editor (1972), “гиби”, in Gagauzsko-Russko-Moldavskij Slovarʹ [Gagauz-Russian-Moldovan Dictionary], Moskva: Izdatelʹstvo Sovetskaja Enciklopedija, →ISBN, pages 113-114 Mavrodi M. F., editor (2019), Gagauzça-rusça sözlük: klaslar 1-4, Komrat: Gagauziya M.V. Maruneviç adına Bilim-Aaraştırma merkezi, →ISBN, page 35 == Portuguese == === Etymology === Genericized trademark from Gibi, a comic book with a black boy as its mascot. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -i Hyphenation: gi‧bi === Noun === gibi m (plural gibis) (Brazil) comics; comic book Synonyms: história em quadrinhos, revista em quadrinhos, (Portugal) banda desenhada (obsolete, derogatory, Brazil) black boy ==== Derived terms ==== === See also === romance gráfico fanzine === Further reading === “gibi”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “gibi”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN “gibi”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Turkish == === Etymology === Inherited from Ottoman Turkish گبی (gibi), from Old Anatolian Turkish كِبِی (gibi, gebi), from Proto-Turkic *kēpi (“like”), from Proto-Turkic *kēp (“form, image, example”). Doublet of kip and possibly equivalent to kip +‎ -i. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡiˈbi/, (occasionally when used alone) /ˈɡi.bi/ Hyphenation: gi‧bi === Postposition === gibi like, similar to such as === Pronoun === gibi something like; anything similar to something previously mentioned ==== Usage notes ==== Because this sense always has a previous referent, it always takes the relational suffix -si and is declined accordingly. === Further reading === “gibi”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu