beni - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (2024)

See also: Beni, bení, béni, -beni, and Béni

Contents

  • 1 Esperanto
    • 1.1 Etymology
    • 1.2 Pronunciation
    • 1.3 Verb
      • 1.3.1 Conjugation
  • 2 Italian
    • 2.1 Pronunciation
    • 2.2 Noun
    • 2.3 Anagrams
  • 3 Japanese
    • 3.1 Romanization
  • 4 Okodia
    • 4.1 Noun
    • 4.2 References
  • 5 Old Saxon
    • 5.1 Etymology
    • 5.2 Noun
      • 5.2.1 Related terms
  • 6 Oruma
    • 6.1 Noun
    • 6.2 References
  • 7 Sardinian
    • 7.1 Etymology
    • 7.2 Adverb
  • 8 Sassarese
    • 8.1 Alternative forms
    • 8.2 Etymology
    • 8.3 Pronunciation
    • 8.4 Noun
    • 8.5 Further reading
    • 8.6 Anagrams
  • 9 Sicilian
    • 9.1 Etymology
    • 9.2 Pronunciation
    • 9.3 Adverb
      • 9.3.1 Antonyms
    • 9.4 Noun
      • 9.4.1 Antonyms
    • 9.5 Related terms
  • 10 Sranan Tongo
    • 10.1 Etymology
    • 10.2 Noun
    • 10.3 Verb
    • 10.4 Adjective
  • 11 Turkish
    • 11.1 Pronunciation
    • 11.2 Pronoun

Esperanto[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French bénir. Related to bona.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

beni (present benas, past benis, future benos, conditional benus, volitive benu)

  1. to bless
    Antonym: malbeni

Conjugation[edit]

Italian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

benim

  1. plural of bene
  2. property

Anagrams[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Romanization[edit]

beni

  1. Rōmaji transcription of べに

Okodia[edit]

Noun[edit]

beni

  1. water

References[edit]

  • Intelligibility Survey of Biseni, Okordia & Oruma Lects, in Convergence: English and Nigerian Languages: A Festschrift (2016)

Old Saxon[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *banjō. Cognate with Old English benn, Old Norse ben (Norwegian ben).

Noun[edit]

benif

  1. wound; mortal injury

Related terms[edit]

Oruma[edit]

Noun[edit]

beni

  1. water

References[edit]

  • Intelligibility Survey of Biseni, Okordia & Oruma Lects, in Convergence: English and Nigerian Languages: A Festschrift (2016)

Sardinian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin bene (well). Compare Italian bene.

Adverb[edit]

beni

  1. (Campidanese) well

Sassarese[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin bene (well), from Old Latin *duenēd, from duenos (good), from Proto-Italic *dwenos, from Proto-Indo-European *dew- (to show favor, revere).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

benim (invariable)

  1. good
  2. sake, good
  3. (usually in the plural) good, property, possession, belonging, asset

Further reading[edit]

  • Ugo Solinas (2016), “bèni”, in Vocabolario sassarese-italiano fraseologico ed etimologico, volume 1, Sestu: Domus de Janas, →ISBN, page240
  • Rubattu, Antoninu (2006), “bene/1”, in Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes

Anagrams[edit]

Sicilian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin bene.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛ.ni/
  • Hyphenation: bè‧ni

Adverb[edit]

beni

  1. well

Antonyms[edit]

Noun[edit]

benim (plural beni)

  1. good

Antonyms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Sranan Tongo[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English bend.

Noun[edit]

beni

  1. bend
    Synonym: boktu

Verb[edit]

beni

  1. to bend
    Synonym: boigi
  2. to make a turn (change direction)

Adjective[edit]

beni

  1. bent, crooked, curved (not straight)

Turkish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /beni/
  • Hyphenation: be‧ni

Pronoun[edit]

beni

  1. me
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