biyo

Central Bikol

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /biˈoʔ/ [biˈjoʔ]
  • Hyphenation: bi‧yo

Adjective

biyô (plural biriyo, Basahan spelling ᜊᜒᜌᜓ) (literary)

  1. complete
    Synonym: kompleto
  2. entire; whole
    Synonyms: entero, bilog, lagdo

Derived terms

  • biyuon
  • kabiyuan
  • magbiyo

Somali

Alternative forms

  • (dialectal) ― bish (Af-Ashraaf)

Etymology

From Proto-Somaloid *bice, from Proto-Lowland East Cushitic *bikee- ("water"),[1] perhaps an old borrowing from Southern Nilotic, compare Nandi beek (“water”).[2]

Cognate with Maay biyə, Aweer bii, Rendille biche, Baiso beke, Arbore biče, Daasanach bie, El Molo pice, Oromo bishaan, Konso pishaa, Bussa pishe.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɪˈjɔ́/

Noun

biyó m pl

  1. water

References

  1. ^ Sasse, H.-J. (1979). The consonant phonemes of Proto-East Cushitic (PEC): A first approximation. Hamburg: Helmut Buske Verlag. (p. 60)
  2. ^ Fleming, H. C. (1964). Baiso and Rendille: Somali outliers, University of Chicago Press, page 40
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