bini

Ambonese Malay

Noun

bini

1. wife

Betawi

Noun

bini

1. wife

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiniʔ/,
• Hyphenation: bi‧ni

Noun

binì (Basahan spelling ᜊᜒᜈᜒ)

1. modesty; daintiness
2. charm

   Synonym: karinyo

Derived terms

Brunei Malay

Etymology

Cognate with Malay bini.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi.ni/

Noun

bini

1. wife

Usage notes

• If reduplicated as bini-bini, it means female.

Antonyms

• laki (“husband”)

Iban

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *bini, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *binahi (“woman, wife”); compare Urak Lawoi' บีนี (bini), Jarai bơnai.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi.ni/

Noun

bini

1. wife

   Antonym: laki

Italian

Noun

bini m

1. plural of bino

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbiː.niː/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.ni/,

Numeral

bīnī

1. inflection of bīnus:
   1. nominative/vocative masculine plural
   2. genitive masculine/neuter singular

Usage notes

See usage notes at binus.

References

• “bini”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “bini”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• bini in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to be absolutely ignorant of arithmetic: bis bina quot sint non didicisse
    
  • (ambiguous) to lend at 24 per cent.[TR1: binis centesimis fenerari
    

Lindu

Noun

bini

1. tuft; cluster

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *bini, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *binahi (“woman, wife”); compare Urak Lawoi' บีนี (bini), Jarai bơnai.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi.ni/

Noun

bini (Jawi spelling بيني, plural bini-bini, informal 1st possessive biniku, 2nd possessive binimu, 3rd possessive bininya)

1. wife

   Synonym: isteri

   Antonyms: laki, suami

Derived terms

Further reading

• “bini” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic بِناء (bināʔ). The final -i either by influence of binja or as a relict of word-final imala, for whose existence in older Maltese there is good evidence (it may have been lost through influence of the Romance feminine -a); compare also biki from Arabic بُكاء (bukāʔ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɪ.nɪ/

Noun

bini m (plural binjiet)

1. (uncountable) the act of building
2. Synonym of binja (“a building, structure”).

Megleno-Romanian

Etymology

From Latin bene. Compare Romanian bine, Aromanian ghini.

Adverb

bini

1. well

See also

• bun

Papiamentu

Alternative forms

• bin (synonym)

Etymology

From Spanish venir and Kabuverdianu ben.

Verb

bini

1. to come

Tagalog

Etymology

Compare Bikol Central bini, Malay bini, Brunei Malay bini.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiniʔ/,
• Hyphenation: bi‧ni

Noun

binì (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜈᜒ)

1. modesty; coyness

   Synonym: hinhin

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

• “bini”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Turkish

Noun

bini

1. accusative singular of bin
2. third-person singular possessive of bin

Xhosa

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-bàdɪ́.

Adjective

-biní

1. two

Inflection