bini

bini

1. wife

bini

1. wife

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

binì (Basahan spelling ᜊᜒᜈᜒ)

1. modesty; daintiness
2. charm

   Synonym: karinyo

Cognate with Malay bini.

• IPA^(key): /bi.ni/

bini

1. wife

• If reduplicated as bini-bini, it means female.

• laki (“husband”)

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

• IPA^(key): /bi.ni/

bini

1. wife

   Antonym: laki

bini m

1. plural of bino

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈbiː.niː/, [ˈbiːniː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.ni/, [ˈbiːni]

bīnī

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

See usage notes at binus.

• “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
    

bini

1. tuft; cluster

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

• IPA^(key): /bi.ni/

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

1. wife

   Synonym: isteri

   Antonyms: laki, suami

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

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).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɪ.nɪ/

bini m (plural binjiet)

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

From Latin bene. Compare Romanian bine, Aromanian ghini.

bini

1. well

• bun

• bin (synonym)

From Spanish venir and Kabuverdianu ben.

bini

1. to come

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

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbiniʔ/ [ˈbiː.n̪ɪʔ]
• Rhymes: -iniʔ
• Syllabification: bi‧ni

binì (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜈᜒ)

1. modesty; coyness

   Synonym: hinhin

• “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”

bini

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

From Proto-Bantu *-bàdɪ́.

-biní

1. two