bí

bí

1. feces

• R. Blench, Comparative Ogonic

For pronunciation and definitions of bí – see 米 (“hulled or husked uncooked rice; husked seed; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 米).

For pronunciation and definitions of bí – see 美 (“beautiful; pretty; attractive; good-looking; delicious; tasty; flavoursome; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 美).

• IPA^(key): /bʲiː/

From Old Irish bí.

The present indicative independent affirmative analytic form is from Old Irish at·tá, from Proto-Celtic *ad-tāyeti (compare Welsh taw (“there is”)), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“stand”).

bí (present analytic tá, future analytic beidh, verbal noun bheith)

1. (intransitive) to be

• Only used with adjective or prepositional phrases as the predicate, never with noun phrases, for which the copular particle is is used instead.

Although the present dependent is generally used instead, the present independent affirmative is immune to lenition in most dialects and never would be subject to eclipsis.

• bí ann (“exist”, verb, literally “be there”)

From Old Irish bí (“pitch”).

bí f (genitive singular bí)

1. pitch, resin

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

bí

1. (literary) genitive singular masculine of beo (“living”)

bí m sg

1. (literary) genitive singular of beo (“living being”)

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bí	bhí	mbí
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “attá”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 bí”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “bí”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “bí”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

• bi — nonstandard

bí (bi², Zhuyin ㄅㄧˊ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 荸
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 襣
3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 魮／𱇒
4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鼻

bí

1. third person singular and dual pronoun: he, she, it; they two
2. third person singular and dual possessive pronoun: his, hers, its; theirs (for two people)
   • 1995, Irvy W. Goossen, Diné Bizaad: Speak, Read, Write Navajo, Salina Bookshelf, →ISBN, page 73:

     Łį́į́łgaii éí shicheii bí.

     The white horse is my grandfather's.

• daabí

• IPA^(key): /bʲiː/

Inflected forms of at·tá, derived from Proto-Celtic *bwiyeti, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-.

• bii

·bí

1. second/third-person singular habitual present indicative conjunct of at·tá

bí

1. second-person singular imperative of at·tá

The following forms are descended from the imperative:

• Irish: bí
• Manx: bee
• Scottish Gaelic: bi

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

bí

1. third-person singular preterite absolute of benaid

·bí

1. third-person singular preterite conjunct of benaid

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

bí

1. inflection of béo:
   1. vocative/genitive singular masculine
   2. accusative/dative singular feminine
   3. genitive singular neuter
   4. nominative plural masculine

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
bí	bí pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/	mbí
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

• (Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA^(key): [ɓi˧˥]
• (Trùng Khánh) IPA^(key): [ɓi˦]

bí

1. to peel

   bí bắp ― to peel an [ear of] corn

2. to open up; to tear

   Synonyms: déc, xẻ, xon

   bí nựa oóc ― to tear the meat.

   bí pha mo̱ ― to separate the bamboo panels and peek in

   Că̱m bí slí că̱m lắp

   Up for one night, sleep for four nights

   (literally, “One night with opened eyes, four nights with closed eyes”)

• bí nhác

• Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt‎^[1][2] (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
• Léopold Michel Cadière (1910) Dictionnaire Tày-Annamite-Français‎^[3] (in French), Hanoi: Impressions d'Extrême-Orient

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓi˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɪj˨˩˦]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɪj˦˥]

From Proto-Vietic *k-biːrʔ ~ *k-piːrʔ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *cpiir. Cognate with Muong pỉl, proto-Monic *cmpiir (modern Mon သ္ပဳ (həpɔe, “pumpkin”)), Riang sᵊpir¹, Khmu [Cuang] hmpiːr ("melon").

This word was originally referred to some kind of native gourd (pumpkins are from the Americas), most likely the wax gourd, now also commonly called bí đao; or maybe it was (and is still) just the word for cucurbits in general.

• (North Central Vietnam) bín

(classifier cây, trái, quả) bí • (秘, 泌, 費, 𦷬)

1. pumpkin
2. other plants in the Cucurbitaceae family

Sino-Vietnamese word from 秘.

bí

1. (only in compounds) mysterious, secret, unknown

bí

1. (informal or slang) to not know

   Cái đó thì bí.

   I don't know about that.

• → Tày: bỉ