biri-biri

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See also: biribiri

Balinese

Romanization

biri-biri

  1. Romanization of ᬩᬶᬭᬶᬩᬶᬭᬶ

Dairi Batak

Etymology

From Malay biri-biri.

Noun

biri-biri

  1. sheep (animal)

Indonesian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Malay biri-biri. See there for further etymology.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˌbiri ˈbiri/
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  • Rhymes: -iri
  • Syllabification: bi‧ri-bi‧ri

Noun

biri-biri (plural biri-biri)

  1. (chiefly chiefly dialectal or literary) Synonym of domba (“sheep”)

Further reading

Karo Batak

Etymology

From Malay biri-biri.

Noun

biri-biri

  1. sheep (animal)

Makasar

Etymology

From Malay biri-biri.

Noun

biri-biri

  1. sheep (animal)

Malay

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unknown,

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Noun

biri-biri

  1. sheep (animal)

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Tom G. Hoogervorst (2023 January 19) “Lexical Influence from South Asia”, in Marian Klamer, Francesca Moro, editors, Traces of Contact in the Lexicon‎, BRILL, →DOI, →ISBN, page 32

Nias

Etymology

From Malay biri-biri.

Noun

biri-biri

  1. sheep (animal)

Simeulue

Etymology

From Malay biri-biri.

Noun

biri-biri

  1. sheep (animal)
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