bique
Chibcha
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /βike/
Noun
bique
- face, countenance
- color
References
- Gómez Aldana D. F., Análisis morfológico del Vocabulario 158 de la Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia. Grupo de Investigación Muysccubun. 2013.
- Quesada Pacheco, Miguel Ángel. 1991. El vocabulario mosco de 1612. En estudios de Lingüística Chibcha. Programa de investigación del departamento de lingüística de la Universidad de Costa Rica. Serie Anual Tomo X San José (Costa Rica). Universidad de Costa Rica.
French
Etymology
From Middle French bique, originally dialectal (northern France), of obscure origin. Perhaps a blend of biche + bouc or from Frankish *bik or *bukkju (“goat”) (for vowel alternation from u to i, compare similarly formed variants in Middle Dutch crucke, crocke, cricke all from Frankish *krukkju (“crutch”)); or related to Icelandic bikkja (“old mare, nag”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bik/
Audio (file)
Noun
bique f (plural biques)
- (colloquial) she-goat
- (derogatory) bat, bag, witch (old woman)
Further reading
- “bique”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician
Verb
bique
- first-person singular present subjunctive of bicar
- third-person singular present subjunctive of bicar
Portuguese
Verb
bique
- inflection of bicar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative