biil

Cimbrian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German vil, from Old High German filu, from Proto-Germanic *felu. Cognate with German viel, Dutch veel, English fele, Icelandic fjöl-.

Adjective

biil

  1. (Sette Comuni) many, much

References
  • “biil” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

Noun

biil

  1. (clothing) traditional Pueblo-type dress, squaw dress

Tzotzil

Noun

biil

  1. name
    Kʼusi abi?
    What's your name?

Inflection
possessive forms of biil
indefinite possession
biil
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st jbi jbitik jbikutik (Chenalhó)
jbitikotik (Zinacantán)
2nd abi Unattested
3rd sbi sbiik

References
  • John B. Haviland, Person reference in Tzotzil gossip: referring dupliciter (2007, →ISBN, in Person Reference in Interaction: Linguistic, Cultural and Social Perspectives (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press), page 234
  • “bi(1)” in Laughlin, Robert M. (1975) The Great Tzotzil Dictionary of San Lorenzo Zinacantán. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press.
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