bij

bij

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

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Kwanka terms

• bîj — Gheg

From Proto-Albanian *būnja, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to grow”) (compare Ancient Greek φύω (phúō), Old Armenian բուսանիմ (busanim, “to plant, germinate”), Sanskrit भुवन (bhúvana, “existence”).

bij (aorist biva, participle birë)

1. to sprout, grow out

• rritem

• mbij

• bimë, bisht, bisk

See bir and bijë.

bij

1. indefinite nominative/accusative plural of bir (“son”)

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɪj]
• Rhymes: -ɪj

bij

1. second-person singular imperative of bít

• IPA^(key): /bɛi̯/

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• Hyphenation: bij
• Rhymes: -ɛi̯

From Middle Dutch bi, from Old Dutch bī, from Proto-West Germanic *bī, from Proto-Germanic *bi.

bij

1. at, with

   Bij ons is het altijd feest. ― With us it's always a party.

2. by, close to

   Ik woon in een hutje bij de zee. ― I live in a little hut by the sea.

3. to, towards

   Kom bij mij! ― Come to me!

4. (obsolete) by, through, by means of, through the action or presence of

• (obsolete) by

• Jersey Dutch: bai
• Negerhollands: bi, bie
• Petjo: bij
• Skepi Creole Dutch: bi

bij

2. alongside, with
3. in order to adjust or improve

• (obsolete) by

bij (used only predicatively, not comparable)

2. caught up, not lagging behind

   Eerst leek hij te langzaam, maar nu is hij weer bij. ― First he seemed too slow, but now he has caught up again.

From Middle Dutch bië, from Old Dutch *bīa, from Proto-West Germanic *bijā, from Proto-Germanic *bijō.

bij f (plural bijen, diminutive bijtje n)

1. bee, insect of the clade Anthophila

• (obsolete) bije, bye, by

• Afrikaans: by
• Jersey Dutch: bāi

• IPA^(key): [bʲij]

bij

1. second-person singular imperative of biś

• IPA^(key): /ˈbij/

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• Rhymes: -ij
• Syllabification: bij

bij

1. second-person singular imperative of bić

From Old Frisian bē, from Proto-West Germanic *bijā.

• IPA^(key): /bɛi̯/

bij c (plural bijen, diminutive bijke)

1. bee

• “bij”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011