biis

See also: bíis

Ahtna

Stem

biis

1. Verbal stem occurring in the following root, aspect, and mode combinations:

Aspect	Imperfective	Perfective	Future	Optative
Momentaneous	ben (water level moves) bets (broad)			bets (broad)
Perambulative				bets (broad)
Customary	ben (water level moves)	ben (water level moves)	ben (water level moves)	ben (water level moves)

Fiji Hindi

Etymology

From Awadhi बीस (bīs), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀯𑀻𑀲𑀢𑀺 (vīsati), from Sanskrit विंशति (viṃśatí), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *HwiHśatí, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HwiHćati, from Proto-Indo-European *dwi(h₁)dḱm̥ti.

Numeral

biis

1. twenty

Further reading

• Fiji Hindi Dictionary
• Moag, Rodney F. (1977), Fiji Hindi: A basic course and reference grammar, Canberra, Australia: Australian National University Press, →ISBN, page 54