bayi

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Bikol Central

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbaji/
  • Hyphenation: ba‧yi

Noun

báyi (Basahan spelling ᜊᜌᜒ)

  1. Clipping of babayi.

Brunei Malay

Etymology

Cognate with Malay babi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baji/
  • Hyphenation: ba‧yi

Noun

bayi

  1. pig (mammal of genus Sus)

Derived terms

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ba‧yi

Noun

bayí, bayi

  1. Alternative spelling of baye (female, woman)

Indonesian

bayi

Etymology

From Malay bayi.

Pronunciation

Noun

bayi (plural bayi-bayi)

  1. baby (young human being)
  2. infant

Derived terms

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Malay

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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Noun

bayi (Jawi spelling بايي, plural bayi-bayi, informal 1st possessive bayiku, 2nd possessive bayimu, 3rd possessive bayinya)

  1. baby, infant (young human being)
    kadar kematian bayiinfant mortality rate
Compounds
Descendants
  • Indonesian: bayi
  • Javanese: bayi
  • Madurese: bhâji'

Etymology 2

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Noun

bayi (Jawi spelling بايي, plural bayi-bayi, informal 1st possessive bayiku, 2nd possessive bayimu, 3rd possessive bayinya)

  1. (dialectal, Brunei) pig (animal)
    Synonym: babi

Further reading

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish بایع (bayiʼ), from Arabic بَائِع (bāʔiʕ).

Noun

bayi (definite accusative bayiyi, plural bayiler)

  1. vendor, seller, dealer

Declension

Declension of bayi
singular plural
nominative bayi bayiler
definite accusative bayiyi bayileri
dative bayiye bayilere
locative bayide bayilerde
ablative bayiden bayilerden
genitive bayinin bayilerin

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