bim
Translingual
Etymology
Clipping of English Bimoba.
Symbol
bim
See also
- Wiktionary’s coverage of Bimoba terms
English
Etymology
From bimbo.
Pronunciation
Audio (General Australian): (file)
Noun
bim (plural bims)
- (slang) A woman.
See also
References
- Tony Thorne (2014), “bim”, in Dictionary of Contemporary Slang, 4th edition, London; […]: Bloomsbury
Anagrams
Gullah
Etymology
From Temne bim (“sound of beating of striking”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɪm/
Adverb
bim
Interjection
bim
- imitating a loud sound
References
- Lorenzo Dow Turner, Africanisms in the Gullah Dialect (1969)
Kamkata-viri
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Nuristani *buma, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰúHma, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to be”).
Noun
bim m (Western (Ktivi), Northeastern)[1][2]
References
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *biumi, from Proto-Germanic *biumi.
Verb
bim
- first-person singular present indicative of sīn
Descendants
Vietnamese
Etymology
short for bim bim (“crisps, potato chips”)
Pronunciation
Noun
bim
- short for bim bim (“crisps, potato chips”)
Volapük
Etymology
Borrowed from English beam and/or German Baum (“tree”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [bim]
Noun
bim (genitive bima, plural bims)
- tree
- 1952, Arie de Jong, Diatek nulik: Gospul ma ‚Matthaeus’. Kapit: VII:
- Bim gudik no kanon prodön flukis badik, ed i no bim puridik flukis jönik.
- A sound tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor a rotten tree bear good fruit.
Declension
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | bim | bims |
| Genitive | bima | bimas |
| Dative | bime | bimes |
| Accusative | bimi | bimis |
| Predicative1 | bimu | bimus |
| Vocative | o bim | o bims |
- Introduced in Volapük Nulik.
Derived terms
- bimabled
- bimafrog
- bimag
- bimagad
- bimagik
- bimajal
- bimakrut
- bimalaud
- bimaletuig
- bimanijal
- bimaplöjal
- bimasüm
- bimasümik
- bimem
- bimibrid
- bimibridöp
- bimik
- bimil
- bimisaov
- bimoin
- bimül
- bimülem
- bimülik
- bledabim
- bledabimaboad
- bledabimem
- bovälabim
- brikodabim
- bärgamotabim
- bünabim
- celabim
- daetabim
- dogarosadabimül
- figabim
- flukabim
- gailakvärabim
- gianagretabim
- granatabim
- gumabim
- kafabimül
- kakabim
- kamforabim
- kirfatabim
- koegakvärabim
- konüdabim
- konüdabimaboad
- kvärabim
- laedemabim
- lanilabim
- lemunabim
- lifabim
- loracelabim
- lügabim
- mayulabim
- möritabim
- mügdalabim
- natädabim
- nänöfabim
- padudabim
- plömabim
- podarosadabimül
- rosadabimül
- rosadabimülafotil
- rufabim
- skäulabim
- sorbabim
- tribütabim
- vomitanötabim
- xänabim
- zitronabim
Volscian
Etymology
Unknown. From Proto-Italic *gʷōs, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws. Cognates with Latin bos, Umbrian bum, Ancient Greek βοῦς (boûs), Sanskrit गो (go). This etymology is disputed, Blanca María Prósper argues that the Proto-Indo-European accusative singular *gʷṓm should have evolved into *bum, not bim. Other, controversial, proposals to rectify this concern are that the vocalism may have adapted itself to match sim or that bim may have merely evolved from *bum.
Another theory holds that it may derive from Proto-Italic *wīs, from Proto-Indo-European *wéyh₁s, itself from Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁-. If this were true, the term would be cognates with Latin vis, Sanskrit वयस् (vayas), and Ancient Greek ῑ̓́ς (ī́s). It has also been connected to Paelignian biam (“sacellum”), although hypothesis is not supported by the majority of linguists.
Noun
bim (accusative singular)
References
- 2022, Blanca María Prósper, “The Tabula Veliterna: a sacred law from Central Italy”, in Rivista Italiana di Linguistica e dialettologia[2], number XXIV (quotation in English; overall work in English), pages 10-11:
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN