bibi

See also: Bibi, bìbì, bîbi, bǐbǐ, бибі, بی‌بی, بی بی, ބިބީ, बीबी, and বিবি

English

Etymology

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

Noun

bibi (plural bibis)

1. (India) A grandmother.
2. (India, obsolete) A European woman in British India; sometimes a married man's mistress.
   • 2010, Stephen Markel, Tushara Bindu Gude, India's Fabled City: The Art of Courtly Lucknow, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, page 59:

     The bibis of European men were treated in the same way as upper-class Muslim women, that is, they were kept hidden from view and did not mingle socially with men.

Alternative forms

• beebee

Related terms

• bibiji

Acehnese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bibiʀ

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bibi/

Noun

bibi

1. lip

Alangan

Noun

bibî

1. mouth

Azerbaijani

Other scripts

Cyrillic		биби
Abjad		بیبی

Etymology

From Persian بی‌بی (bi-bi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [biˈbi]

• Audio (Baku):

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• Hyphenation: bi‧bi

Noun

bibi (definite accusative bibini, plural bibilər)

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

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

Declension

Declension of bibi
	singular	plural
nominative	bibi	bibilər
definite accusative	bibini	bibiləri
dative	bibiyə	bibilərə
locative	bibidə	bibilərdə
ablative	bibidən	bibilərdən
definite genitive	bibinin	bibilərin

Possessive forms of bibi
	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	bibim	bibilərim
sənin (“your”)	bibin	bibilərin
onun (“his/her/its”)	bibisi	bibiləri
bizim (“our”)	bibimiz	bibilərimiz
sizin (“your”)	bibiniz	bibiləriniz
onların (“their”)	bibisi or bibiləri	bibiləri
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	bibimi	bibilərimi
sənin (“your”)	bibini	bibilərini
onun (“his/her/its”)	bibisini	bibilərini
bizim (“our”)	bibimizi	bibilərimizi
sizin (“your”)	bibinizi	bibilərinizi
onların (“their”)	bibisini or bibilərini	bibilərini
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	bibimə	bibilərimə
sənin (“your”)	bibinə	bibilərinə
onun (“his/her/its”)	bibisinə	bibilərinə
bizim (“our”)	bibimizə	bibilərimizə
sizin (“your”)	bibinizə	bibilərinizə
onların (“their”)	bibisinə or bibilərinə	bibilərinə
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	bibimdə	bibilərimdə
sənin (“your”)	bibində	bibilərində
onun (“his/her/its”)	bibisində	bibilərində
bizim (“our”)	bibimizdə	bibilərimizdə
sizin (“your”)	bibinizdə	bibilərinizdə
onların (“their”)	bibisində or bibilərində	bibilərində
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	bibimdən	bibilərimdən
sənin (“your”)	bibindən	bibilərindən
onun (“his/her/its”)	bibisindən	bibilərindən
bizim (“our”)	bibimizdən	bibilərimizdən
sizin (“your”)	bibinizdən	bibilərinizdən
onların (“their”)	bibisindən or bibilərindən	bibilərindən
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	bibimin	bibilərimin
sənin (“your”)	bibinin	bibilərinin
onun (“his/her/its”)	bibisinin	bibilərinin
bizim (“our”)	bibimizin	bibilərimizin
sizin (“your”)	bibinizin	bibilərinizin
onların (“their”)	bibisinin or bibilərinin	bibilərinin

See also

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

Barngarla

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbibi/

Noun

bibi

1. egg

   Synonym: bardi

References

• 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.

Bikol Central

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bibi.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

bíbi (Basahan spelling ᜊᜒᜊᜒ)

1. clam (freshwater type)

   Synonym: punaw

See also

• bingkay
• buskay

 

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiʔbiʔ/ [ˈbiʔ.biʔ]
• Hyphenation: bi‧bi

Verb

bîbî (Basahan spelling ᜊᜒᜊᜒ)

1. Alternative form of mibi

Cebuano

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Malay bebek.

Noun

bíbi (Badlit spelling ᜊᜒᜊᜒ)

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

   Synonyms: pato, itik

Derived terms

• bibihan

 

Etymology 2

Unknown.

Noun

bíbi (Badlit spelling ᜊᜒᜊᜒ)

1. an edible saltwater clam, Venerupis philippinarum

See also

• punaw

 

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French bibi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi.bi/

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• Hyphenation: bi‧bi

Pronoun

bibi

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

   Synonyms: ik, ikzelf

Usage notes

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

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi.bi/

• Audio:

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Adjective

bibi (invariable)

1. dual-mode

Noun

bibi m (plural bibis)

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

Pronoun

bibi

1. (informal) yours truly (I, me or myself)
   • 2015 January, Virginie Despentes, Vernon Subutex, volume 1, Éditions Grasset, →ISBN:

     Tu vas chez H&M. Et le crétin qui range derrière toi, c’est bibi.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

• moi
• ma pomme

Further reading

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

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese beber. Cognate with Kabuverdianu bebi.

Verb

bibi

1. to drink

Hiligaynon

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Malay bebek.

Noun

bíbi

1. duck

Etymology 2

Unknown.

Noun

bîbî or bíbì

1. shore; beach

Hungarian

Etymology

Probably a nominalization of the present participle (formed with -i, a variant of -e (obsolete present-participle suffix)) of an unattested stem. The stem is of onomatopoeic origin and is possibly the same as in bíbelődik; it may also be related to the stem of babrál and babirkál. First attested in 1566. The term developed alongside bibe through a semantic split.

For phonetically similar equivalents of the “minor injury” sense (sense 1), see German Wehweh, Wehwehchen, French bobo, Czech bebé, bebíčko.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

bibi (plural bibik)

2. (now often childish) disease, illness, especially a minor injury or wound

   Synonyms: bibe, baj, betegség, seb, sérülés, sebesülés

3. (archaic, often in the possessive) weak spot, vulnerability

   Synonyms: bibe, gyenge, gyengeség, gyenge pont

4. (informal, often in the possessive) snag, hitch (problem or difficulty with something)

   Synonyms: bibe, bökkenő, probléma

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	bibi	bibik
accusative	bibit	bibiket
dative	bibinek	bibiknek
instrumental	bibivel	bibikkel
causal-final	bibiért	bibikért
translative	bibivé	bibikké
terminative	bibiig	bibikig
essive-formal	bibiként	bibikként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	bibiben	bibikben
superessive	bibin	bibiken
adessive	bibinél	bibiknél
illative	bibibe	bibikbe
sublative	bibire	bibikre
allative	bibihez	bibikhez
elative	bibiből	bibikből
delative	bibiről	bibikről
ablative	bibitől	bibiktől
non-attributive possessive - singular	bibié	bibiké
non-attributive possessive - plural	bibiéi	bibikéi

Possessive forms of bibi
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	bibim	bibijeim (or bibiim)
2nd person sing.	bibid	bibijeid (or bibiid)
3rd person sing.	bibije	bibijei (or bibii)
1st person plural	bibink	bibijeink (or bibiink)
2nd person plural	bibitek	bibijeitek (or bibiitek)
3rd person plural	bibijük	bibijeik (or bibiik)

Derived terms

• bibis

 

Further reading

• bibi in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• bibi in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay bibi.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• IPA^(key): /ˈbi.bi/, [ˈbi.bi]

Noun

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

1. (formal) aunt

   Synonym: tante

   Antonym: paman

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

Synonyms

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

Japanese

Romanization

bibi

1. Rōmaji transcription of びび

Latin

Verb

bibī

1. first-person singular perfect active indicative of bibō

Malay

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Noun

bibi (plural bibi-bibi, informal 1st possessive bibiku, 2nd possessive bibimu, 3rd possessive bibinya)

1. (Pontianak) madurese female seller or peddler

Romani

Etymology

Possibly Borrowed from Persian بی‌بی. Compare Hindi बीबी (bībī).

Noun

bibi f (nominative plural bibǎ)

1. aunt

Further reading

• 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] (overall work in Hungarian and 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）語ご [New Express Plus Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, published 2021, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 22

Rukai

Etymology

From Malay bebek.

Noun

bibi

1. duck

Spanish

Etymology

Short for biberón.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbibi/ [ˈbi.βべーた̞i]
• Rhymes: -ibi
• Syllabification: bi‧bi

Noun

bibi m (plural bibis)

1. (colloquial) baby bottle

Swahili

Alternative forms

• (abbreviation) Bi.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

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

Coordinate terms

• bwana

Derived terms

• kibibi (“young lady”)

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbi.bi]

Noun

bibi

1. any of several fish in Tetraodontidae and Ostraciidae

References

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

Tetum

Noun

bibi

1. goat

Thao

Noun

bibi

1. (anatomy) chin

Turkish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

bibi (definite accusative bibiyi, plural bibiler)

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

Synonyms

• hala

See also

• teyze

Tyap

Etymology

Short for a̱bi + a̱bi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bíbí/

Noun

bibi

1. graves

Yami

From Malay bebek. Compare Rukai bibi & Saisiyat bibi.

Noun

bibi

1. duck