bim

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "bim"

English

Etymology

From bimbo.

Pronunciation

Noun

bim (plural bims)

  1. (slang) A woman.

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References

Anagrams

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *biumi, from Proto-Germanic *biumi.

Verb

bim

  1. first-person singular present indicative of sīn

Descendants

  • Middle High German: bin

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from English beam and/or German Baum (“tree”).

Pronunciation

Noun

bim (nominative plural bims)

  1. tree
    • 1952, Arie de Jong, Diatek nulik: Gospul ma ‚Matthaeus’. Kapit: VII:
      Bim gudik no kanon prodön flukis badik, ed i no bim puridik flukis jönik.
      A sound tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor a rotten tree bear good fruit.

Declension

Declension of bim
singular plural
nominative bim bims
genitive bima bimas
dative bime bimes
accusative bimi bimis
vocative 1 o bim! o bims!
predicative 2 bimu bimus

1 status as a case is disputed
2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

Derived terms

(Terms derived from bim "tree"):

Volscian

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *gʷōs, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws. Cognates with Latin bos, Umbrian bum, Ancient Greek βοῦς (boûs), Sanskrit गो (go). This etymology is disputed, Blanca María Prósper argues that the Proto-Indo-European accusative singular *gʷṓm should have evolved into *bum, not bim. Other, controversial, proposals to rectify this concern are that the vocalism may have adapted itself to match sim or that bim may have merely evolved from *bum.

Another theory holds that it may derive from Proto-Italic *wīs, from Proto-Indo-European *wéyh₁s, itself from Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁-. If this were true, the term would be cognates with Latin vis, Sanskrit वयस् (vayas), and Ancient Greek ῑ̓́ς (ī́s). It has also been connected to Paelignian biam (“sacellum”), although hypothesis is not supported by the majority of linguists.

Noun

bim (accusative singular)

  1. The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include: ox, force, power

References

  • 2022, Blanca María Prósper, “The Tabula Veliterna: a sacred law from Central Italy”, in Rivista Italiana di Linguistica e dialettologia‎, number XXIV (quotation in English; overall work in English), pages 10-11:
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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