bili

Ndebele (in South Africa)

adj

Definitions

two

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Nguni *-bilí inherited from Proto-Bantu *-bàdɪ́ (two).

Origin

Proto-Bantu

*-bàdɪ́

Gloss

two

Concept

Semantic Field

Quantity

Ontological Category

Number

`Kanji`

二

Emoji

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Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

wili Swahili
*-bàdɪ́ Proto-Bantu
*-bɪ̀dɪ́ Proto-Bantu
bili Zulu
bini Xhosa
bili Swati
*-bilí Proto-Nguni
bili North Ndebele
pedi Southern Sotho
mbili Venda
bedi Tswana
pedi Northern Sotho
mbirhi Tsonga
wili Yao