biri-biri

See also: biribiri

Balinese

Romanization

biri-biri

  1. Romanization of ᬩᬶᬭᬶᬩᬶᬭᬶ

Dairi Batak

Etymology

From Malay biri-biri.

Noun

biri-biri

  1. sheep (animal)

Indonesian

Alternative forms

  • biri2 (text messaging, pre-1972)

Etymology

From Malay biri-biri, biri2, from Classical Malay بيري٢ (biri-biri), بيري٢ (biri2), from Hindi भेड़ (bheṛ), from Sauraseni Prakrit, from Sanskrit भेड्र (bheḍra).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbi.ri ˈbi.ri]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: bi‧ri‧bi‧ri

Noun

biri-biri (plural banyak biri-biri, first-person possessive biri-biriku, second-person possessive biri-birimu, third-person possessive biri-birinya)

  1. sheep (animal)
    Synonym: domba

Further reading

Karo Batak

Etymology

From Malay biri-biri.

Noun

biri-biri

  1. sheep (animal)

Makasar

Etymology

From Malay biri-biri.

Noun

biri-biri

  1. sheep (animal)

Malay

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unknown,

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /biri biri/
  • Rhymes: -iri, -ri, -i

Noun

biri-biri

  1. sheep (animal)

Descendants

References

  1. Tom G. Hoogervorst (2023 January 19) “Lexical Influence from South Asia”, in Marian Klamer, Francesca Moro, editors, Traces of Contact in the Lexicon, BRILL, →DOI, →ISBN, page 32

Nias

Etymology

From Malay biri-biri.

Noun

biri-biri

  1. sheep (animal)

Simeulue

Etymology

From Malay biri-biri.

Noun

biri-biri

  1. sheep (animal)
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