biu

See also: biù, bìu, bĩu, bíu, and bịu

Balinese

Etymology

Compare Buginese biyu (“plantain”).

Noun

biu (Balinese script ᬩᬶᬬᬸ)

  1. banana

Mandarin

Interjection

biu

  1. alternative form of biù

Old Irish

Verb

biu

  1. first-person singular future absolute of benaid

Verb

·biu

  1. first-person singular future conjunct of benaid

Mutation

Mutation of biu
radical lenition nasalization
biu biu
pronounced with /βʲ-/		 mbiu

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Sardinian

Etymology

From Latin vivus. Compare Italian vivo.

Adjective

biu

  1. (Campidanese) alive
  2. (Logudorese) lively

Ternate

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbi.u]

Noun

biu

  1. a kind of traditional medicine

References

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
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