See also: Bini, bînî, and bíniʼ

Ambonese Malay

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Noun

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bini

  1. wife

Betawi

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Noun

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bini

  1. wife

Bikol Central

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbiniʔ/ [ˈbi.n̪iʔ]
  • Hyphenation: bi‧ni

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binì (Basahan spelling ᜊᜒᜈᜒ)

  1. modesty; daintiness
  2. charm
    Synonym: karinyo

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Brunei Malay

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Etymology

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Cognate with Malay bini.

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bini

  1. wife

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Antonyms

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  • laki (husband)

Iban

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayic *bini, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *binahi (woman, wife); compare Urak Lawoi' บีนี (bini), Jarai bơnai.

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bini

  1. wife
    Antonym: laki

Italian

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bini m

  1. plural of bino

Latin

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Numeral

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bīnī

  1. inflection of bīnus:
    1. nominative/vocative masculine plural
    2. genitive masculine/neuter singular

Usage notes

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See usage notes at binus.

References

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  • bini”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • bini”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • bini in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) to be absolutely ignorant of arithmetic: bis bina quot sint non didicisse
    • (ambiguous) to lend at 24 per cent.[TR1: binis centesimis fenerari

Lindu

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bini

  1. tuft; cluster

Malay

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayic *bini, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *binahi (woman, wife); compare Urak Lawoi' บีนี (bini), Jarai bơnai.

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bini (Jawi spelling بيني, plural bini-bini, informal 1st possessive biniku, 2nd possessive binimu, 3rd possessive bininya)

  1. wife
    Synonym: isteri
    Antonyms: laki, suami

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Maltese

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Root
b-n-j
5 terms

Etymology

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From Arabic بِناء (bināʔ). The final -i either by influence of binja or as a relict of word-final imala, for whose existence in older Maltese there is good evidence (it may have been lost through influence of the Romance feminine -a); compare also biki from Arabic بُكاء (bukāʔ).

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bini m (plural binjiet)

  1. (uncountable) the act of building
  2. Synonym of binja (a building, structure).

Megleno-Romanian

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Etymology

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From Latin bene. Compare Romanian bine, Aromanian ghini.

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bini

  1. well

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Papiamentu

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Etymology

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From Spanish venir and Kabuverdianu ben.

Verb

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bini

  1. to come

Tagalog

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Etymology

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See also Bikol Central bini, Malay bini, and Brunei Malay bini.

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binì (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜈᜒ)

  1. modesty; coyness
    Synonym: hinhin

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Further reading

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  • bini”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero[2], La Noble Villa de Pila
    • page 420: Meſurado) Bini (pp) y ſoſegado
    • page 426: Modeſto) Bini (pp) ſoſegado y repoſado
    • page 527: Repoſado) Bini (pp) en todas ſus coſas

Turkish

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Noun

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bini

  1. accusative singular of bin
  2. third-person singular possessive of bin

Xhosa

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Etymology

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From Proto-Bantu *-bàdɪ́.

Adjective

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-biní

  1. two

Inflection

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Adjective concord, tone LH
Modifier Copulative
positive negative positive negative
1st singular endimbini endingembini ndimbini andimbini
2nd singular ombini ongembini umbini awumbini
1st plural esibabini esingebabini sibabini asibabini
2nd plural enibabini eningebabini nibabini anibabini
Class 1 ombini ongembini mbini akambini
Class 2 ababini abangebabini babini abababini
Class 3 ombini ongembini mbini awumbini
Class 4 emibini engemibini mibini ayimibini
Class 5 elibini elingelibini libini alilibini
Class 6 amabini angemabini mabini awamabini
Class 7 esibini esingesibini sibini asisibini
Class 8 ezimbini ezingezimbini zimbini azizimbini
Class 9 embini engembini imbini ayiyimbini
Class 10 ezimbini ezingezimbini zimbini azizimbini
Class 11 olubini olungelubini lubini alulubini
Class 14 obubini obungebubini bubini abububini
Class 15 okubini okungekubini kubini akukubini
Class 17 okubini okungekubini kubini akukubini