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Bikol Central
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /biˈoʔ/
- Hyphenation: bi‧yo
Adjective
biyô (plural biriyo, Basahan spelling ᜊᜒᜌᜓ) (literary)
- complete
- Synonym: kompleto
- entire; whole
- Synonyms: entero, bilog, lagdo
Derived terms
Somali
Etymology
From Proto-Somaloid *biče,[1] from Eastern Proto-Cushitic *bikee,[2] whence also Arbore biče and Oromo bishaan. Further cognates might include Burunge ma'ay and Iraqw ma'ay.
Pronunciation
Noun
biyo m
- water
References
- ^ Heine, Bernd (1978) “The Sam languages. A History of Rendille, Boni and Somali”, in Afroasiatic Linguistics, volume 6, number 2, pages 1–93
- ^ Sasse, Hans-Jürgen (1979) “The Consonant Phonemes of Proto-East Cushitic (PEC)”, in Afroasiatic Linguistics, volume 7, number 1