bij

bij

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Kwanka.

• Wiktionary's coverage of Kwanka terms

• bîj — Gheg

From Proto-Albanian *būnja, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to grow”) (compare Ancient Greek φύω (phúō), Old Armenian բուսանիմ (busanim, “to plant, germinate”), Sanskrit भुवन (bhúvana, “existence”).

bij (aorist biva, participle birë)

1. to sprout, grow out

• rritem

• mbij

• bimë, bisht

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɪj]
• Rhymes: -ɪj

bij

1. second-person singular imperative of bít

• by (for the preposition)

• IPA^(key): /bɛi̯/

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• Hyphenation: bij
• Rhymes: -ɛi̯

From Middle Dutch bi, from Old Dutch bī, from Proto-West Germanic *bī, from Proto-Germanic *bi.

bij

1. at, with

   Bij ons is het altijd feest.

   With us it's always a party.

2. by, close to

   Ik woon in een hutje bij de zee.

   I live in a little hut by the sea.

3. to, towards

   Kom bij mij!

   Come to me!

4. (obsolete) by, through, by means of, through the action or presence of

• Jersey Dutch: bai
• Negerhollands: bi, bie
• Petjo: bij
• Skepi Creole Dutch: bi

bij

1. alongside, with
2. in order to adjust or improve

bij (used only predicatively, not comparable)

1. caught up, not lagging behind

   Eerst leek hij te langzaam, maar nu is hij weer bij. ― First he seemed too slow, but now he has caught up again.

From Middle Dutch bië, from Old Dutch *bīa, from Proto-Germanic *bijō.

bij f (plural bijen, diminutive bijtje n)

1. bee, insect of the clade Anthophila

• Afrikaans: by
• Jersey Dutch: bāi

• IPA^(key): [bʲij]

bij

1. second-person singular imperative of biś

• IPA^(key): /ˈbij/

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• Rhymes: -ij
• Syllabification: bij

bij

1. second-person singular imperative of bić

From Old Frisian bē, from Proto-Germanic *bijō.

• IPA^(key): /bɛi̯/

bij c (plural bijen, diminutive bijke)

1. bee

• “bij”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011