berebere
Rukai
Noun
berebere
- cartilage of the rib of pigs or other hunting prey
Spanish
Noun
berebere m or f (plural bereberes)
- Alternative spelling of bereber
Further reading
- “berebere”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
West Makian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /be.re.ˈbe.re/
Verb
berebere
- (stative) to be weak
Conjugation
Conjugation of berebere (stative verb) | ||||
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singular | plural | |||
inclusive | exclusive | |||
1st person | tiberebere | miberebere | aberebere | |
2nd person | niberebere | fiberebere | ||
3rd person | inanimate | iberebere | diberebere | |
animate | maberebere | |||
imperative | —, berebere | —, berebere |
References
- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours, Pacific linguistics
Yoruba
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bé.ɾé.bé.ɾé/
Ideophone
bérébéré
- (of a weapon or tongue) sharp
- Idà tó mú bérébéré ― A sword that is exceptionally sharp
- (of knowledge, figurative) sharp