бити

Serbo-Croatian

/bîti/, /bîti/

verb
Definitions
  • (intransitive) to be
  • (intransitive) to exist
  • (intransitive) to be, appear
  • (intransitive)
  • (intransitive) to be worth
  • (intransitive) it will happen
  • (intransitive) to be located
  • (intransitive)
  • (intransitive)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *byti 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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Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

曲

Emoji
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