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See also: Bibi, bìbì, bǐbǐ, бибі, بی‌بی, بی بی, ބިބީ, बीबी, and বিবি

English

Etymology

From Hindi बीबी (bībī), from Classical Persian بی‌بی (bī-bī).

Noun

bibi (plural bibis)

  1. (India) A grandmother.
  2. (India, obsolete) A European woman in British India; sometimes a married man's mistress.
    • 2010, Stephen Markel, Tushara Bindu Gude, India's Fabled City: The Art of Courtly Lucknow, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, page 59:
      The bibis of European men were treated in the same way as upper-class Muslim women, that is, they were kept hidden from view and did not mingle socially with men.

Alternative forms

Related terms

Acehnese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bibiʀ

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /bibi/

Noun

bibi

  1. lip

Alangan

Noun

bibî

  1. mouth

Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillic биби
Abjad بیبی

Etymology

From Persian بی‌بی (bi-bi).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Audio (Baku)(file)
  • Hyphenation: bi‧bi

Noun

bibi (definite accusative bibini, plural bibilər)

  1. paternal aunt ("syster of one's father")
    Coordinate terms: əmi (“maternal uncle”), dayı (“maternal uncle”), xala (“paternal aunt”)

Declension

    Declension of bibi
singular plural
nominative bibi
 bibilər
definite accusative bibini
 bibiləri
dative bibiyə
 bibilərə
locative bibidə
 bibilərdə
ablative bibidən
 bibilərdən
definite genitive bibinin
 bibilərin
    Possessive forms of bibi
nominative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) bibim bibilərim
sənin (“your”) bibin bibilərin
onun (“his/her/its”) bibisi bibiləri
bizim (“our”) bibimiz bibilərimiz
sizin (“your”) bibiniz bibiləriniz
onların (“their”) bibisi or bibiləri bibiləri
accusative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) bibimi bibilərimi
sənin (“your”) bibini bibilərini
onun (“his/her/its”) bibisini bibilərini
bizim (“our”) bibimizi bibilərimizi
sizin (“your”) bibinizi bibilərinizi
onların (“their”) bibisini or bibilərini bibilərini
dative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) bibimə bibilərimə
sənin (“your”) bibinə bibilərinə
onun (“his/her/its”) bibisinə bibilərinə
bizim (“our”) bibimizə bibilərimizə
sizin (“your”) bibinizə bibilərinizə
onların (“their”) bibisinə or bibilərinə bibilərinə
locative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) bibimdə bibilərimdə
sənin (“your”) bibində bibilərində
onun (“his/her/its”) bibisində bibilərində
bizim (“our”) bibimizdə bibilərimizdə
sizin (“your”) bibinizdə bibilərinizdə
onların (“their”) bibisində or bibilərində bibilərində
ablative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) bibimdən bibilərimdən
sənin (“your”) bibindən bibilərindən
onun (“his/her/its”) bibisindən bibilərindən
bizim (“our”) bibimizdən bibilərimizdən
sizin (“your”) bibinizdən bibilərinizdən
onların (“their”) bibisindən or bibilərindən bibilərindən
genitive
singular plural
mənim (“my”) bibimin bibilərimin
sənin (“your”) bibinin bibilərinin
onun (“his/her/its”) bibisinin bibilərinin
bizim (“our”) bibimizin bibilərimizin
sizin (“your”) bibinizin bibilərinizin
onların (“their”) bibisinin or bibilərinin bibilərinin

See also

Barngarla

Pronunciation

Noun

bibi

  1. egg
    Synonym: bardi

References

Bikol Central

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bibi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbibi/,
  • Hyphenation: bi‧bi

Noun

bíbi (Basahan spelling ᜊᜒᜊᜒ)

  1. clam (freshwater type)
    Synonym: punaw
See also

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbiʔbiʔ/,
  • Hyphenation: bi‧bi

Verb

bîbî (Basahan spelling ᜊᜒᜊᜒ)

  1. (archaic) to pray
    Synonyms: adyi, arang
Derived terms

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: bi‧bi
  • IPA(key): /ˈbibi/,

Etymology 1

Compare Hiligaynon bibi and Tagalog bibe.

Noun

bíbi (Badlit spelling ᜊᜒᜊᜒ)

  1. a duck; any member of the form taxon of ducks
    Synonyms: pato, itik
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Unknown.

Noun

bíbi (Badlit spelling ᜊᜒᜊᜒ)

  1. an edible saltwater clam, Venerupis philippinarum
See also

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French bibi.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: bi‧bi

Pronoun

bibi

  1. (informal, Belgium) yours truly (I, me or myself)
    Synonyms: ik, ikzelf

Usage notes

The accompanying verb is conjugated in the 3rd person singular. The word also has a diminutive: bibieke.

French

Pronunciation

Adjective

bibi (invariable)

  1. dual-mode

Noun

bibi m (plural bibis)

  1. a small, lady's hat
  2. a bauble or trinket

Pronoun

bibi

  1. (informal) yours truly (I, me or myself)

Synonyms

Further reading

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese beber. Cognate with Kabuverdianu bebi.

Verb

bibi

  1. to drink

Hiligaynon

Etymology 1

Compare Cebuano bibi.

Noun

bíbi

  1. duck

Etymology 2

Unknown.

Noun

bîbî or bíbì

  1. shore; beach

Hungarian

Pronunciation

Noun

bibi (plural bibik)

  1. (childish) (minor) cut, wound
    Synonyms: seb, sérülés, sebesülés, (minor) karcolás
  2. (informal) something amiss, defect, problem, hitch, snag

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative bibi bibik
accusative bibit bibiket
dative bibinek bibiknek
instrumental bibivel bibikkel
causal-final bibiért bibikért
translative bibivé bibikké
terminative bibiig bibikig
essive-formal bibiként bibikként
essive-modal — —
inessive bibiben bibikben
superessive bibin bibiken
adessive bibinél bibiknél
illative bibibe bibikbe
sublative bibire bibikre
allative bibihez bibikhez
elative bibiből bibikből
delative bibiről bibikről
ablative bibitől bibiktől
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		bibié bibiké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		bibiéi bibikéi
Possessive forms of bibi
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. bibim bibijeim
2nd person sing. bibid bibijeid
3rd person sing. bibije bibijei
1st person plural bibink bibijeink
2nd person plural bibitek bibijeitek
3rd person plural bibijük bibijeik

Derived terms

Further reading

  • bibi in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • bibi in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay bibi.

Pronunciation

Noun

bibi (first-person possessive bibiku, second-person possessive bibimu, third-person possessive bibinya)

  1. (formal) aunt
    Synonym: tante
    Antonym: paman
  2. elderly woman (assumed have similar age to her/his aunt or based on appearance)
  3. (chiefly Jakarta, derogatory) female servant; maid

Synonyms

Japanese

Romanization

bibi

  1. Rōmaji transcription of びび

Latin

Verb

bibī

  1. first-person singular perfect active indicative of bibō

Romani

Etymology

Possibly Borrowed from Persian بی‌بی. Compare Hindi बीबी (bībī).

Noun

bibi f (nominative plural bibǎ)

  1. aunt

References

  1. ^ Yaron Matras (2002) “Historical and linguistic origins”, in Romani: A Linguistic Introduction‎, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 25
  2. ^ Boretzky, Norbert, Igla, Birgit (1994) “bibí”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 26

Further reading

  • Marcel Courthiade (2009) “i/e bib/i, -ǎ ʒ. -ǎ, -ěn”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN
  • Yūsuke Sumi (2018) “bibi”, in ニューエクスプレスプラス　ロマ（ジプシー）語 [New Express Plus Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, published 2021, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 22

Rukai

Etymology

Compare Malay bebek and Tagalog bibe.

Noun

bibi

  1. duck

Spanish

Etymology

Short for biberón.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbibi/
  • Rhymes: -ibi
  • Syllabification: bi‧bi

Noun

bibi m (plural bibis)

  1. (colloquial) baby bottle

Swahili

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Alternative forms

  • (abbreviation) Bi.

Etymology

Borrowed from Omani Arabic بيبي (bībi), from Persian بی‌بی (bi-bi).

Pronunciation

Noun

bibi (ma class, plural mabibi)

  1. lady; mistress (female master or the female equivalent of a gentleman)
  2. Mrs.
  3. grandmother
  4. (card games) queen

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

See also

Playing cards in Swahili · karata za kucheza (layout · text)
ree, rea, rei mbili tatu nne tano sita saba
nane tisa kumi ghulamu, mzungu wa tatu malkia, mzungu wa pili, bibi mfalme, mzungu wa nne, basha jokari

Ternate

Pronunciation

Noun

bibi

  1. any of several fish in Tetraodontidae and Ostraciidae

References

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Tetum

Noun

bibi

  1. goat

Thao

Noun

bibi

  1. (anatomy) chin

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish بی بی (bîbî), from Persian بی‌بی (bi-bi).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /biˈbi/
  • Hyphenation: bi‧bi

Noun

bibi (definite accusative bibiyi, plural bibiler)

  1. (colloquial) paternal aunt (sister of someone's father)

Synonyms

See also

Tyap

Etymology

Short for a̱bi + a̱bi.

Pronunciation

Noun

bibi

  1. graves

Yami

Noun

bibi

  1. duck
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