biyo

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /biˈoʔ/ [biˈjoʔ]
Hyphenation: bi‧yo

Adjective

biyô (plural biriyo, Basahan spelling ᜊᜒᜌᜓ) (literary)

complete
Synonym: kompleto
entire; whole
Synonyms: entero, bilog, lagdo

Derived terms

biyuon
kabiyuan
magbiyo

Somali

Etymology

From the plural form of Proto-Somaloid *bice- (“water”).^[1] Only found in Lowland East Cushitic from *bikee-,^[2] perhaps an old borrowing from Southern Nilotic, compare Nandi beek (“water”).^[3]

Cognate with Rendille biche, Aweer bi, Baiso beke, Arbore biče, Daasanach bie, El Molo pice, Oromo bishaan, Khonso pishaa, Bussa pishe.

Pronunciation

(Standard) IPA^(key): /bi.jo/
(Maay) IPA^(key): /bi.ja/

Noun

biyo m

water

References

De Larajasse, E. (1897). Somali-English and English-Somali dictionary (p. 21). BIH-BIY.
Puglielli, A., & Mansuur, C. C. (2012). Qaamuuska Af‒Soomaaliga (in Somali) Roma: Istituto Italiano per l’Africa e l’Oriente. (p. 92)

^ Heine, Bernd (1978) “The Sam languages. A History of Rendille, Boni and Somali”, in Afroasiatic Linguistics, volume 6, number 2, pages 1–93
^ Sasse, H.-J. (1979). The consonant phonemes of Proto-East Cushitic (PEC): A first approximation. Hamburg: Helmut Buske Verlag. (p. 60)
^ Fleming, H. C. (1964). Baiso and Rendille: Somali outliers, University of Chicago Press, page 40

[1] Heine, Bernd (1978) “The Sam languages. A History of Rendille, Boni and Somali”, in Afroasiatic Linguistics, volume 6, number 2, pages 1–93

[2] Sasse, H.-J. (1979). The consonant phonemes of Proto-East Cushitic (PEC): A first approximation. Hamburg: Helmut Buske Verlag. (p. 60)

[3] Fleming, H. C. (1964). Baiso and Rendille: Somali outliers, University of Chicago Press, page 40

[1]

[2]

[3]