びる

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Japanese

Etymology 1

From Old Japanese. First cited to the Man'yōshū of circa 759 CE.[1]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Needs reference to older form ぶ, likely connection to む, and possibly even 見る”)

Suffix

びる • (biru) ichidan (stem び (bi), past びた (bita))

  1. (non-productive) to act like (something); to act (in a certain manner)
    古(ふる)い (furui, “old”) → 古(ふる)びる (furubiru, “to become old”)
    大人(おとな) (otona, “adult”) → 大人(おとな)びる (otonabiru, “to act like an adult”)
Usage notes
  • Some verbs with this suffix irregularly evolved to godan verbs.
    真似(まな) (mana, “imitation”, ancient bound form) → 学(まな)ぶ (manabu, “to learn”)
Conjugation
Conjugation of "びる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") び bi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") び bi
Shūshikei ("terminal") びる biru
Rentaikei ("attributive") びる biru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") びれ bire
Meireikei ("imperative") びよ¹
びろ² 		biyo¹
biro²
Key constructions
Passive びられる birareru
Causative びさせる
びさす 		bisaseru
bisasu
Potential びられる
びれる³ 		birareru
bireru³
Volitional びよう biyō
Negative びない
びぬ
びん 		binai
binu
bin
Negative continuative びず bizu
Formal びます bimasu
Perfective びた bita
Conjunctive びて bite
Hypothetical conditional びれば bireba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

References

  1. ^ “びる”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of びる – see the following entry.
【ビル】
clipping of ビルディング (birudingu, “(non-residential) building”).
bill of sale, invoice
banknote, note, draft, coupon, certificate, promissory note
A transliteration of the English male given name Bill
A transliteration of the German surname Bill
(This term, びる (biru), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as びる, see Category:Japanese kanji read as びる.)
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