Bii

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bii"

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Old High German bīa, from Proto-Germanic *bijō. Cognate with Luxembourgish Bei, West Frisian bij, English bee, Icelandic bý, Swedish bi.

Noun

Bii f

(Uri) honey bee

References

Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 24.

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