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bibi
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "bibi"
English
Etymology
From Hindi बीबी (bībī), from Classical Persian بیبی (bī-bī).
Noun
bibi (plural bibis)
- (India) A grandmother.
- (India, obsolete) A European woman in British India; sometimes a married man's mistress.
- 2010, Stephen Markel, Tushara Bindu Gude, India's Fabled City: The Art of Courtly Lucknow, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, page 59:
- The bibis of European men were treated in the same way as upper-class Muslim women, that is, they were kept hidden from view and did not mingle socially with men.
Alternative forms
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Acehnese
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
bibi
Alangan
Noun
bibî
Azerbaijani
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
bibi (definite accusative bibini, plural bibilər)
- paternal aunt ("sister of one's father")
Declension
See also
- əmioğlu (“male paternal cousin”)
- əmiqızı (“female paternal cousin”)
- dayıoğlu (“male maternal cousin”)
- dayıqızı (“female paternal cousin”)
- qardaşoğlu (“fraternal nephew”)
- qardaşqızı (“fraternal niece”)
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Barngarla
Pronunciation
Noun
bibi
References
- Page 61 of Zuckermann, Ghil'ad, Emmalene Richards and the Barngarla (2021), Mangiri Yarda (Healthy Country: Barngarla Wellbeing and Nature), Adelaide: Revivalistics Press.
- Goldsworthy, Anna (2014), Voices of the land: In Port Augusta, an Israeli linguist is helping the Barngarla people reclaim their language, The Monthly.
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Bikol Central
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bibi.
Pronunciation
Noun
bíbi (Basahan spelling ᜊᜒᜊᜒ)
See also
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Verb
bîbî (Basahan spelling ᜊᜒᜊᜒ)
- alternative form of mibi
Cebuano
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
bíbi (Badlit spelling ᜊᜒᜊᜒ)
- a duck; any member of the form taxon of ducks
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Unknown.
Noun
bíbi (Badlit spelling ᜊᜒᜊᜒ)
- an edible saltwater clam, Venerupis philippinarum
See also
Dutch
Etymology
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: bi‧bi
Pronoun
bibi
Usage notes
The accompanying verb is conjugated in the 3rd person singular. The word also has a diminutive: bibieke.
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French
Pronunciation
Adjective
bibi (invariable)
Noun
bibi m (plural bibis)
Pronoun
bibi m or f
- (informal) yours truly (I, me or myself)
- 2015 January, Virginie Despentes, Vernon Subutex, volume 1, Éditions Grasset, →ISBN:
- Tu vas chez H&M. Et le crétin qui range derrière toi, c'est bibi.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Synonyms
Further reading
- “bibi”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Guinea-Bissau Creole
Etymology
From Portuguese beber. Cognate with Kabuverdianu bebi.
Verb
bibi
- to drink
Hiligaynon
Etymology 1
Noun
bíbi
Etymology 2
Unknown.
Noun
bîbî or bíbì
Hungarian
Indonesian
Japanese
Latin
Malay
Romani
Rukai
Spanish
Swahili
Ternate
Tetum
Thao
Turkish
Tyap
Yami
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