bini

Inherited from Malay bini, from Proto-Malayic *bini, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *binahi (“woman, wife”).

bini

1. wife

Inherited from Malay bini, from Proto-Malayic *bini, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *binahi (“woman, wife”).

bini

1. wife
   • 1964 July 19, Si Miun, “Lenggang Djakarté: Ibu² Revolusioner [A Jakartan Stroll: Revolutionary Madame]”, in Bintang Timur‎^[1], page 3:

     Ah! Emang adje ngga bole liat bini progresip repolusioner. Maunje prempuan jadi ape, sîh ?!

     [Ah! Èmang ajè ngga' bolé liat bini progrèsip rèpolusionèr. Maunyè prempuan jadi apè, sih?!]

     Ew! You just don't like seeing a progressive, revolutionary wife, don't you. What do you think a woman should be?!

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiniʔ/ [ˈbi.n̪iʔ]
• Hyphenation: bi‧ni

binì (Basahan spelling ᜊᜒᜈᜒ)

1. modesty; daintiness
2. charm

   Synonym: karinyo

From Proto-Malayic *bini, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *binahi (“woman, wife”).

• IPA^(key): /bi.ni/

bini

1. wife

• If reduplicated as bini-bini, it means female.

• laki (“husband”)

From Proto-Malayic *bini, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *binahi (“woman, wife”); compare Urak Lawoi' บีนี (bini), Jarai bơnai.

• IPA^(key): /bi.ni/

bini

1. wife

   Antonym: laki

Inherited from Malay bini, from Proto-Malayic *bini, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *binahi (“woman, wife”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbini/ [ˈbi.ni]
• Rhymes: -ini
• Syllabification: bi‧ni

bini (plural bini-bini)

1. (now colloquial) wife

   Synonym: istri

   Antonyms: laki, suami

• “bini”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

bini m

1. plural of bino

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈbiː.niː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈbiː.ni]

bīnī

1. inflection of bīnus:
   1. nominative/vocative masculine plural
   2. genitive masculine/neuter singular

See usage notes at binus.

• “bini”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “bini”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “bini”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to be absolutely ignorant of arithmetic: bis bina quot sint non didicisse
    
  • (ambiguous) to lend at 24 per cent.[TR1: binis centesimis fenerari
    

bini

1. tuft; cluster

From Proto-Malayic *bini, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *binahi (“woman, wife”); compare Urak Lawoi' บีนี (bini), Jarai bơnai. See also Brunei Malay bini-bini (“woman”).

• IPA^(key): /bi.ni/

bini (Jawi spelling بيني, plural bini-bini)

1. wife

   Synonym: isteri

   Antonyms: laki, suami

• “bini”, in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

From Arabic بِناء (bināʔ). The final -i either by influence of binja or as a relict of word-final imala, for whose existence in older Maltese there is good evidence (it may have been lost through influence of the Romance feminine -a); compare also biki from Arabic بُكاء (bukāʔ).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɪ.nɪ/
• Rhymes: -ɪnɪ

bini m (plural binjiet)

1. (uncountable) the act of building
2. synonym of binja (“a building, structure”)

From Latin bene. Compare Romanian bine, Aromanian ghini.

bini

1. well

• bun

bini

1. in, during (a period of time)

• Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 431

• bin (synonym)

From Spanish venir and Kabuverdianu ben.

bini

1. to come

See also Bikol Central bini, Malay bini, and Brunei Malay bini.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbiniʔ/ [ˈbiː.n̪ɪʔ]
• Rhymes: -iniʔ
• Syllabification: bi‧ni

binì (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜈᜒ)

1. modesty; coyness

   Synonym: hinhin

• “bini”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[3], La Noble Villa de Pila
  • page 420: “Meſurado) Bini (pp) y ſoſegado”
  • page 426: “Modeſto) Bini (pp) ſoſegado y repoſado”
  • page 527: “Repoſado) Bini (pp) en todas ſus coſas”

bini

1. accusative singular of bin
2. third-person singular possessive of bin

From Proto-Bantu *-bàdɪ́.

-biní

1. two