bibi

From Hindi बीबी (bībī), from Persian بی‌بی‎ (bi-bi).

bibi (plural bibis)

1. (India) grandmother

• bibiji

bibî

1. mouth

From Persian بی‌بی‎ (bi-bi).

• IPA^(key): [biˈbi]

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• Hyphenation: bi‧bi

bibi (definite accusative bibini, plural bibilər)

1. paternal aunt ("syster of one's father")

   Coordinate terms: əmi (maternal uncle), dayı (maternal uncle), xala (paternal aunt)

• əmioğlu (“male paternal cousin”)
• əmiqızı (“female paternal cousin”)
• dayıoğlu (“male maternal cousin”)
• dayıqızı (“female paternal cousin”)
• qardaşoğlu (“fraternal nephew”)
• qardaşqızı (“fraternal niece”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈbibi/

bibi

1. egg

   Synonym: bardi

• 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.

• Hyphenation: bi‧bi
• IPA^(key): /ˈbiʔbi/

bîbî

1. (archaic) to pray

   Synonyms: adyi, arang

• Hyphenation: bi‧bi
• IPA^(key): /ˈbibi/, [ˈbi.bɪ]

Compare Hiligaynon bibi and Tagalog bibe.

bibi

1. a duck; any member of the form taxon of ducks

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bibi

1. an edible saltwater clam, Venerupis philippinarum

• punaw

Borrowed from French bibi.

• IPA^(key): /bi.bi/

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• Hyphenation: bi‧bi

bibi

1. (informal, Belgium) yours truly (I, me or myself)

   Synonyms: ik, ikzelf

The accompanying verb is conjugated in the 3rd person singular. The word also has a diminutive: bibieke.

• IPA^(key): /bi.bi/

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bibi (invariable)

1. dual-mode

bibi m (plural bibis)

1. a small, lady's hat
2. a bauble or trinket

bibi

1. (informal) yours truly (I, me or myself)

• moi
• ma pomme

• “bibi”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

From Portuguese beber. Cognate with Kabuverdianu bebi.

bibi

1. to drink

Compare Cebuano bibi.

bíbi

1. duck

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bîbî or bíbì

1. shore; beach

• IPA^(key): [ˈbibi]
• Hyphenation: bi‧bi
• Rhymes: -bi

bibi (plural bibik)

1. (childish) (minor) cut, wound

   Synonyms: seb, sérülés, sebesülés, (minor) karcolás

2. (informal) something amiss, defect, problem, hitch, snag

• bibi in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• bibi in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (’A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2023)

From Malay bibi.

bibi (first-person possessive bibiku, second-person possessive bibimu, third-person possessive bibinya)

1. (less used, probably dated) aunt

   Synonym: tante

2. (chiefly Jakarta, derogatory) female servant; maid
3. elderly woman (assumed have similar age to her/his aunt or based on appearance)

• (mother's older sister): bude, encang
• (father's older sister): bude, encang
• (mother's younger sister): bulik, encing
• (father's younger sister): bulik, encing

bibi

1. Rōmaji transcription of びび

bibī

1. first-person singular perfect active indicative of bibō

Possibly Borrowed from Persian بی‌بی‎.[1] Compare Hindi बीबी (bībī).[2]

bibi f (nominative plural bibǎ)

1. aunt

• Marcel Courthiade (2009), “i/e bib/i, -ǎ ʒ. -ǎ, -ěn”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (in Hungarian; English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN
• Yūsuke Sumi (2018), “bibi”, in ニューエクスプレスプラス　ロマ（ジプシー）語 [New Express Plus Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, published 2021, →ISBN, OCLC 1267332830, page 22

Compare Malay bebek and Tagalog bibe.

bibi

1. duck

Short for biberón.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbibi/ [ˈbi.β̞i]
• Rhymes: -ibi
• Syllabification: bi‧bi

bibi m (plural bibis)

1. (colloquial) baby bottle

Borrowed from Omani Arabic بيبي‎ (bībi), from Persian بی‌بی‎ (bi-bi).

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bibi (ma class, plural mabibi)

1. lady; mistress (female master or the female equivalent of a gentleman)
2. Mrs.
3. grandmother
4. (card games) queen

• bwana

• kibibi (“young lady”)

• IPA^(key): [ˈbi.bi]

bibi

1. any of several fish in Tetraodontidae and Ostraciidae

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

bibi

1. goat

bibi

1. (anatomy) chin

From Ottoman Turkish بی بی‎ (bîbî), from Persian بی‌بی‎ (bi-bi).

• IPA^(key): /biˈbi/
• Hyphenation: bi‧bi

bibi (definite accusative bibiyi, plural bibiler)

1. (colloquial) paternal aunt (sister of someone's father)

• hala

• teyze

bibi

1. duck