bini

See also: Bini, bînî, and bíniʼ

Ambonese Malay

Noun

bini

  1. wife

Betawi

Noun

bini

  1. wife

Bikol Central

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: bi‧ni
  • IPA(key): /ˈbiniʔ/

Noun

binì

  1. modesty; charm; daintiness

Derived terms

Brunei Malay

Etymology

Cognate with Malay bini.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bi.ni/

Noun

bini

  1. wife

Usage notes

Antonyms
  • laki (“husband”)

Italian

Noun

bini m

  1. plural of bino

Latin

Adjective

bīnī

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

Usage notes

See usage notes at binus.

References
  • “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, 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

Noun

bini

  1. tuft; cluster

Malay

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bi.ni/

Noun

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

  1. wife
    Synonym: isteri
    Antonyms: laki, suami

Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

  • berbini [stative / habitual] (beR-)

Further reading

Maltese
Root
b-n-j
5 terms

Etymology

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).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbɪ.nɪ/

Noun

bini m (plural binjiet)

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

Megleno-Romanian

Etymology

From Latin bene. Compare Romanian bine, Aromanian ghini.

Adverb

bini

  1. well

See also

Papiamentu

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Spanish venir and Kabuverdianu ben.

Verb

bini

  1. to come

Tagalog

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

Noun

binì

  1. modesty; coyness
    Synonym: hinhin

Derived terms

Turkish

Noun

bini

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

Xhosa

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-bàdɪ́.

Adjective

-biní

  1. two

Inflection
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
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