bbi

See also: bbɨ and BBI

Translingual

Symbol

bbi

(international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Barombi.

See also

Wiktionary’s coverage of Barombi terms

Lolopo

Etymology

From Proto-Loloish *m-bliŋ¹ (Bradley). Cognate with Burmese ပြည် (prany).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [bi³³]

Noun

bbi

(Yao'an) pus

Tashelhit

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber.

Cognate with Central Atlas Tamazight bbey (“to cut, to pinch”), Senhaja de Srair bbi (“to pluck”), Kabyle bbi (“to pinch”), Tarifit bbi (“to pluck”), Northern Saharan Berber bbi (“to take, carry, to pick”), Tachawit bbi (“to cut”), Nefusa bbi (“to gather, to pick”), Awjila ebbok (“to pinch”), and Ghadames ăbbëk (“to gather”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bːi/

Verb

bbi (intensive aorist ttbbi, verbal noun ubbuy or abbay, Tifinagh spelling ⴱⴱⵉ, Arabic spelling بّي)

to cut, to be cut
بّيغت ف سنات تڭزمين. ― Bbiɣ t f snat tgzmin. ― I cut it into two pieces.
to bite, to be bitten
to sting, to be stung
to cease, to stop
to cross, to go through
to decide to fix, to agree

Derived terms

bbi lislam (“to circumcize”)
bbi uɣaras (“to cross the road”)
ubbic (“bread crust”)
ɣʷbi (“to bite”)

References

Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 1 a—e (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/1) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 596b