bi
Gaelic (Scots)
verb
Definitions
- be, exist
Etymology
Inherited from Old Irish bí (pitch) inherited from Proto-Celtic *buyeti inherited from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (grow, become, be, appear, come into being, rise up, exist, thrive, curve, happen, live, bend, swell, dwell, prosper).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰuH-
Gloss
grow, become, be, appear, come into being, rise up, exist, thrive, curve, happen, live, bend, swell, dwell, prosper
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
曲
Emoji
🌱 💗 🪴
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- fiat English
- physio- English
- probate English
- probation English
- -bo Latin
- -bundus Latin
- adminiculabundus Latin
- aestuabundus Latin
- amorabundus Latin
- fuisset Latin
- futurus Latin
- futūrus Latin
- proba Latin
- probabilis Latin
- probare Latin
- probābilis Latin
- probō Latin
- sum Latin
- Baustelle German
- bugiardino Italian
- fisicamente Italian
- boer Dutch, Flemish
- φυσική Ancient Greek
- φυσικός Ancient Greek
- φυσκικὴ ἐπιστήμη, φυσικός Ancient Greek
- φυτόν Ancient Greek
- φύσις Ancient Greek
- φύω Ancient Greek
- ἀπόφυσις Ancient Greek
- *-eh₂tos Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰeh₂ǵos Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰuHyéti Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰéwH-e-ti Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰéwHeti, *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰúHt Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷeyh₃- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁es- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁ésti Proto-Indo-European
- *pro- Proto-Indo-European
- *pro-bʰuH-s Proto-Indo-European
- *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *tri-dʰh₁o- Proto-Indo-European
- h₁n̥dʰi-bʰuH-om, *h₁n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European
- *beuną Proto-Germanic
- *buskaz Proto-Germanic
- *buþlą Proto-Germanic
- *bōþō Proto-Germanic
- *būaną Proto-Germanic
- *būraz Proto-Germanic
- *būwijaną Proto-Germanic
- *būwiz Proto-Germanic
- *būą Proto-Germanic
- *nēhwagabūrô Proto-Germanic
- buar Norwegian Nynorsk
- nēahġebūr Old English
- असंभावित Sanskrit
- असम्भव Sanskrit
- उद्भव Sanskrit
- भवति Sanskrit
- भाव Sanskrit
- भावना Sanskrit
- भावुक Sanskrit
- भू Sanskrit
- संभव Sanskrit
- स्था Sanskrit
- स्वाभाविक Sanskrit
- bí Irish
- bóndi Old Norse
- bú Old Norse
- búa Old Norse
- búandi Old Norse
- búinn Old Norse
- búr Old Norse
- býr Old Norse
- bœr Old Norse
- nábúi Old Norse
- *byti Proto-Slavic
- भावनात्मक Hindi
- βυζί Greek (modern)
- nabuer Middle Dutch
- buari, bū(w)āri Old High German
- at·tá Old Irish
- bí Old Irish
- boer Afrikaans
- bìth Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- bushtër Albanian
- 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌿𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- פּויער Yiddish
- *gabūr gmw-pro
- ბუჩქი Georgian
- *bitu Proto-Celtic
- *butā Proto-Celtic
- *buyeti Proto-Celtic
- *bʰúHmiš Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *-βuwontnos Proto-Italic
- *fefuai Proto-Italic
- *fuiō Proto-Italic
- bevañ Breton
- *būmā Proto-Albanian
- *būšta Proto-Albanian
- *bū́ˀtei Proto-Balto-Slavic