bly
Afrikaans
/bləi/
verb
Definitions
- to live (somewhere)
- to stay; to remain
Etymology
Derived from Dutch, Flemish blijven (remain, stay).
Origin
Dutch (Brabantic)
blijven
Gloss
remain, stay
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- blithe English
- blitheful English
- blitheless English
- blithely English
- blithen English
- blitheness English
- blithesome English
- aanblijven Dutch, Flemish
- achterblijven Dutch, Flemish
- afblijven Dutch, Flemish
- blijven Dutch, Flemish
- nablijven Dutch, Flemish
- nestblijver Dutch, Flemish
- opblijven Dutch, Flemish
- overblijven Dutch, Flemish
- thuisblijver Dutch, Flemish
- uitblijven Dutch, Flemish
- verblijven Dutch, Flemish
- blithe Middle English
- bliven Middle Dutch