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Kashubian
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German bin／binnen (“within”).[1] Cognate with Slovincian bën, German binnen and Dutch binnen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɜnɜ/
- Rhymes: -ɜnɜ
- Syllabification: bë‧në
Adverb
bënë (not comparable)
- inside, indoors
- Coordinate term: bùten
Preposition
bënë
- inside, within
- Coordinate term: bùten
Derived terms
References
Further reading
- Sychta, Bernard (1967) “bëne”, in Słownik gwar kaszubskich [Dictionary of Kashubian dialects] (in Polish), volumes 1 (A – Ǵ), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 34
- Jan Trepczyk (1994) “wewnątrz”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
- Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “wewnątrz”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi
- “bënë”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022