Biig
See also: biig
Alemannic German
Alternative forms
- Biig, Big, Bīg (Appenzell, St Gallen, Schaffhausen, Thurgau, Zurich, Solothurn)
- Biige, Bige (Bern, Graubünden, Lucerne, Schwyz, Uri, Zug)
- Biigi (Aarau, Basel, Glarus, Lucerne, Solothurn, Uri, Wallis)
Etymology
From Middle High German bīge, from Old High German bīga (“pile, heap”), further origin uncertain. Cognate with German Beige.
Pronunciation
- (Zurich) IPA(key): /b̥iːɡ̊/
Noun
Biig f (plural Biige, diminutive Biigli)
- pile, stack
- 2017, Margrit Staub-Hadorn, ‘Di ungschribne Briefe’, Härzschmärz, p. 107:
- Gäbt is vo Öine ungschribne Briefe o ne ganzi Bige?
- Do you have any unwritten letters – even a whole pile of them?
- Gäbt is vo Öine ungschribne Briefe o ne ganzi Bige?
- 2017, Margrit Staub-Hadorn, ‘Di ungschribne Briefe’, Härzschmärz, p. 107:
- (regional) woodpile
Related terms
- biige
- biigewiis
References
- Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 24.