bayi

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaji/ [ˈba.ji]
• Hyphenation: ba‧yi

báyi (Basahan spelling ᜊᜌᜒ)

1. Clipping of babayi.

Cognate with Malay babi.

• IPA^(key): /baji/
• Hyphenation: ba‧yi

bayi

1. pig (mammal of genus Sus)

• bayi utan (“wild boar”)

• Hyphenation: ba‧yi

bayí, bayi

1. Alternative spelling of baye (“female, woman”)

 

From Malay bayi, from Javanese bayi.

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bayi (first-person possessive bayiku, second-person possessive bayimu, third-person possessive bayinya)

1. baby (young human being)

• IPA^(key): [ba.ji]
• Rhymes: -ji, -i
• Hyphenation: ba‧yi

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bayi (Jawi spelling بايي, plural bayi-bayi, informal 1st possessive bayiku, 2nd possessive bayimu, 3rd possessive bayinya)

1. baby, infant (young human being)

   kadar kematian bayi ― infant mortality rate

• Indonesian: bayi
• → Javanese: bayi
• → Madurese: bhâji'

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bayi (Jawi spelling بايي, plural bayi-bayi, informal 1st possessive bayiku, 2nd possessive bayimu, 3rd possessive bayinya)

1. (dialectal, Brunei) pig (animal)

   Synonym: babi

• “bayi” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

From Ottoman Turkish بایع (bayiʼ), from Arabic بَائِع (bāʔiʕ).

bayi (definite accusative bayiyi, plural bayiler)

1. vendor, seller, dealer

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “bayi”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 511