bixi

See also: bíxī and bǐxǐ

Ligurian

Adjective

bixi

1. masculine plural of bixo

Salar

Alternative forms

• bihi, biyki

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bedük (“big”). Cognate with Gagauz büük, Turkish büyük, etc.

Pronunciation

• (Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA^(key): /piːxi/
• (Mengda, Xunhua, Qinghai, Gansu) IPA^(key): /peːxe/, /pex/, /pix/
• (Baizhuang, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA^(key): /pexi/
• (Ili, Yining, Xinjiang) IPA^(key): /pijki/, /piji/, /pijix/

Adjective

bixi

1. high

   Antonym: aşaq

   bixi üşgen tırna bir günöre qumar.

   High flying cranes will come down one day.

2. expensive

   Synonym: güy

   Antonyms: aşaq, az

3. loud

   Aqıl attuq yaş ullıda yoxdır, söz yaççuq ün bixide yoxdır.

   Having more intelligence does not depend on being older, and being eloquent does not depend on the loudness of your voice.

   Goda aba üni bixi, öyde ama üni bixi.

   Outside, it's the father's word that matters; at home, the mother has the final say.

   (literally, “At the door, father's voice is loud; in the house, mother's voice is loud.”)

References

• Poyarkov, Alexei; Ladygin, Vasiliy (1893), “Салары. Этнографический очерк [Salary. Etnografičeskij očerk, The Salars: An Ethnographic Sketch]”, in Этнографическое ОбозрѢніе: Императорскаго Общества Любителей Естествознанія, Антропологіи и Этнографіи [Etnografičeskoje ObozrĚnije: Imperatorskago Obščestva Ljubitelej Jestestvoznanija, Antropologii i Etnografii, Ethnographical Review: Imperial Society of Lovers of Natural History, Anthropology and Ethnography]‎^[1] (in Russian), Moscow: Publication of the Ethnographic Department, page 33
• Kakuk, S. (1962), “bixi”, in “Un vocabulaire Salar”, in Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae‎^[2], volume 14, number 2, Akadémiai Kiadó, →ISBN, pages 173-196
• 林莲云 [Lin Lianyun] (1985), “bixi”, in 撒拉语简志 [A Brief History of Salar]‎^[3], Beijing: 民族出版社: 琴書店, →OCLC, page 43
• Tenishev, Edhem (1976), “bixi”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow: Nauka, pages 445-446, 450
• Yakup, Abdurishid (2002), “bixi”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon‎^[4], Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 59
• 阿伊草·张进锋 [Salar: Ayso Cañ Cinfen] (2008), 乌璐别格 [Salar: Ulubeğ], 鄭初陽 [Salar: Çuyañ Yebey oğlı Ceñ], editors, 撒拉尔谚语 [Salar: Salar İbret Sözler, Salar Proverbs]‎^[5], China Salar Youth League, pages 57, 61, 93
• Ma, Chengjun; Han, Lianye; Ma, Weisheng (December 2010), “bixi”, in 米娜瓦尔·艾比布拉 [Minavar Abibra], editor, 撒维汉词典 [Sā-Wéi-Hàn cídiǎn, Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 46
• 马伟 [Ma Wei] (2016), “bixi”, in 濒危语言——撒拉语研究 [Endangered Languages ​​- Salar Language Studies], 青海 [Qīnghǎi, Qinghai]: 青海师范大学 [Qinghai Normal University], unpublished finalized project manuscript (国家社会科学基金项目结项稿, 定稿; National Social Science Fund of China), page 294

Somali

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Verb

bixi

1. pay

Conjugation

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Venetan

Adjective

bixi

1. masculine plural of bixo

Noun

bixi m pl

1. plural of bixo