beri

beri

See also: Beri, berî, bêrî, bēri, bērī, and berī

Basque

Noun

beri

1. dative indefinite of be

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Faroese

Verb

beri

1. first-person singular present of bera

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Icelandic

Noun

beri n

1. indefinite dative singular of ber

Verb

beri

1. first-person singular active present subjunctive of bera
2. third-person singular active present subjunctive of bera
3. third-person plural active present subjunctive of bera

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Indonesian

Etymology 1

From Malay beri, from Proto-Malayic *bəri, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀay (compare Tagalog bigay).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bəri/
• Hyphenation: bê‧ri

Verb

bêri

1. to give (used in the form memberi)

Derived terms

• berian
• beri-memberi
• memberi
• memberikan
• pemberi
• pemberian

 

Etymology 2

From English berry, from Middle English berye, from Old English berġe, from Proto-Germanic *bazją.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɛ.ri]
• Hyphenation: bè‧ri

Noun

bèri (first-person possessive beriku, second-person possessive berimu, third-person possessive berinya)

1. berry.

Further reading

• “beri” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbeː.riː/, [ˈbeːriː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbe.ri/, [ˈbɛːri]

Adjective

bērī

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

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Malay

Alternative forms

• berek (Sambas)

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *bəri, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀay, from Proto-Austronesian *bəʀay (“to give”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bəri/
• Rhymes: -əri, -ri, -i

Verb

beri (Jawi spelling بري‎)

1. to give (transfer the possession of something to someone else)

   Synonym: bagi

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• pemberi [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
• pemberian [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
• berian [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
• berikan [causative benefactive] (-kan)
• memberi [agent focus] (meN-)
• memberikan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
• diberi [patient focus] (di-)
• diberikan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)

Descendants

• Indonesian: beri

References

• "beri" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.
• “beri” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

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Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *baʀi, see also Old English berġe, Old Norse ber.

Noun

beri n

1. (botany) A berry

Descendants

• Middle High German: ber
  • Alemannic German: Berri
  • Bavarian:

    Cimbrian: per

    Mòcheno: per

  • German: Beere
  • Hunsrik: Beer
  • Luxembourgish: Bier
  • Pennsylvania German: Beer
  • Vilamovian: bjēr

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Old Norse

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

beri

1. positive degree weak masculine nominative singular of berr (“bare”)

Noun

beri

1. indefinite dative singular of ber (“berry”)

Verb

beri

1. third-person present subjunctive active of bera (“to carry”)
2. third-person present subjunctive active of bera (“to make bare”)
3. third-person present subjunctive active of berja (“to beat”)

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [berʲ]

Noun

beri f pl

1. plural of bere

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Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English bury.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbe.ri/

Verb

beri

1. to bury

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Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from English berry.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

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Noun

beri (n class, plural beri)

1. berry

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Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish بری‎ (beri, berü). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰋𐰃𐰼𐰏𐰼𐰇‎ (b²ir²gr²ü /bérgerü, birigerü/, “since, towards here, southward”). Compare ileri (“forward”), geri (“backward”), dışarı (“outside”).

Postposition

beri (+ ablative)

1. since

   1993'den beri burada çalışıyorum.

   I have been working here since 1993.

Adverb

beri

1. onwards

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	beri
Definite accusative	beriyi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	beri	beriler
Definite accusative	beriyi	berileri
Dative	beriye	berilere
Locative	beride	berilerde
Ablative	beriden	berilerden
Genitive	berinin	berilerin

Further reading

• beri in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu

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Vietnamese

Chemical element
Be
Previous: liti (Li)
Next: bo (B)

Etymology

Ultimately from New Latin beryllium.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɛ˧˧ ɹi˧˧] ~ [ʔɓɛ˧˧ zi˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɛ˧˧ ɹɪj˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɛ˧˧ ɹɪj˧˧]
• Phonetic: be Ri

Noun

beri

1. beryllium

   Synonym: berili