biti

Serbo-Croatian

/bîti/, /bîti/

verb
Definitions
  • (intransitive) to be, to exist
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  • (transitive) to equal, to total, to add up to (indicates the equivalence of values)
  • (intransitive) ; there will be, there is going to be, to be coming

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *byti inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bū́ˀtei derived 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
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Kanji

曲

Emoji
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