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Yorùbá Dictionary
bí verb /bí/ high-tone /bī/ mid-tone /bì/ low-tone
bẹ́ (alternative)
Definitions
  1. to give birth to transitive
    Ọmọ mẹ́rin l'ó bí. She gave birth to four children.
  2. to increase intransitive
Other entries with this spelling
Wiktionary records 8 entries spelled “bí”. You're reading one of them; here are the others.
bí noun · etym. 1 The name of the Latin script letter B/b. bí conj · etym. 2 if bí conj · etym. 3 how bí conj · etym. 4 when, as soon as bí conj · etym. 5 subordinating conjunction used solely with intensifiers such as àfi, àyàmọ̀, àyàṣe, and àdàmọ̀ bí particle · etym. 6 question marker that can be used at the end of a yes-no question bí verb · etym. 8 to be angry
Etymology
Cognate with Igala bí (“to give birth to”)
Used in
Àbẹ̀bínameÀbíbáAbídèmíàbígbẹ̀yìnnounÀbíìbáàbíìkọ́nounÀbíkẹ́nameàbíkúnounAbím̄bọ́lánameabínibíAbíọ́dúnnameAbíọ́láAbíọ́nànameAbíọ́sẹ̀àbísínwínnounÀdùbínameàìrọ́mọbínounàkọ́bínounÀlàbínamebíbíbímọÈṣúbíyìínameẹbínounẹ̀bínounẹ̀bínẹ́yìnnounìbejìnounìbínounÌbídùnmóyènameÌbídùnọ̀únníÌbíkúnlóríòbínounÒgúnbíyìínameọmọ bíbíọmọlúwàbínounrọbíverb
Possibly used in
bóyáadvbéèrèverbbírọ̀verbìbínúnoun
Source: Wiktionary · etymology 7, where this word is spelled “bi”. Reference: en-bi-yo-verb-lvCUO4a5