bija

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See also: biją and bīja

English

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Noun

bija

  1. (Hinduism, Buddhism) The origin or cause of things.

Anagrams

Garo

Etymology

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Noun

bija

  1. bee

References

  • Burling, R. (2003) The Language of the Modhupur Mandi (Garo) Vol. II: The Lexicon‎, Bangladesh: University of Michigan, page 127

Indonesian

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Etymology

From Sanskrit बीज (bīja, “seed”). Doublet of biji.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: bi‧ja

Noun

bija (first-person possessive bijaku, second-person possessive bijamu, third-person possessive bijanya)

  1. (archaic) seed.
    Synonym: biji
  2. (Hinduism) a part of offering.

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Latvian

Verb

bija

  1. (he, she, it) was; third-person singular past indicative of būt
  2. (they) were; third-person plural past indicative of būt

Maltese

Pronunciation

Adverb

bija

  1. first-person singular pronominal form of b’: with me

Northern Sami

Verb

bija

  1. inflection of bidjat:
    1. present indicative connegative
    2. second-person singular imperative
    3. imperative connegative

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Taíno *biha.[1]

Noun

bija f (plural bijas)

  1. (Dominican Republic, Cuba) annatto

References

  1. ^ Granberry, Julian, Vescelius, Gary (2004) Languages of the Pre-Columbian Antilles, Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, →ISBN, page 106

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