bili

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bili"

Languages (26)

English

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English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɪli/

Noun

bili (uncountable)

1. (medicine, informal) Clipping of bilirubin.

Derived terms

• bili light

Aklanon

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəli. Compare Malay beli.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biˈli/ [biˈli]
• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: bi‧li

Noun

bilí

1. price; cost; value; worth

   Synonyms: haega, presyo

Barngarla

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbili/

Noun

bili

1. egg white

See also

• bibi

References

• Page 61 of Zuckermann, Ghil'ad, Emmalene Richards and the Barngarla (2021), Mangiri Yarda (Healthy Country: Barngarla Wellbeing and Nature), Adelaide: Revivalistics Press.
• Zuckermann, Ghil‘ad and Clamor Wilhelm Schürmann (2018). Online Barngarla Dictionary.
• Zuckermann, Ghil‘ad (2016). Barngarla Aboriginal Language Dictionary App.
  https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.regenr8.dictionary.barngarla
  https://apps.apple.com/au/app/barngarla/id1424856161

Cebuano

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bili. Compare Tagalog bili.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: bi‧li
• IPA^(key): /biˈli/ [bɪˈl̪i]

Noun

bilí (Badlit spelling ᜊᜒᜎᜒ)

1. price

   Synonym: presyo

2. worth

   Synonyms: bale, balor, katakos

Derived terms

• bililhon

Cornish

Etymology

From Old French bille (“small ball”), from Proto-West Germanic *bikkil (“chip, pebble”). Cognate with Breton bili.

Noun

bili (collective, singulative bilien f)

1. pebbles

   Synonyms: kelesteryow, grow

Mutation

Mutation of bili

radical	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed
bili	vili	unchanged	pili	fili, vili*

* after 'th
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɪlɪ]
• Rhymes: -ɪlɪ
• Hyphenation: bi‧li
• Homophones: byly, byli, bily

Participle

bili

1. masculine animate plural past active participle of bít

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbili]
• Hyphenation: bi‧li
• Rhymes: -li

Noun

bili (plural bilik)

1. (colloquial) chamber pot, jerry, po

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	bili	bilik
accusative	bilit	biliket
dative	bilinek	biliknek
instrumental	bilivel	bilikkel
causal-final	biliért	bilikért
translative	bilivé	bilikké
terminative	biliig	bilikig
essive-formal	biliként	bilikként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	biliben	bilikben
superessive	bilin	biliken
adessive	bilinél	biliknél
illative	bilibe	bilikbe
sublative	bilire	bilikre
allative	bilihez	bilikhez
elative	biliből	bilikből
delative	biliről	bilikről
ablative	bilitől	biliktől
non-attributive possessive – singular	bilié	biliké
non-attributive possessive – plural	biliéi	bilikéi

Possessive forms of bili

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	bilim	bilijeim (or biliim)
2nd person sing.	bilid	bilijeid (or biliid)
3rd person sing.	bilije	bilijei (or bilii)
1st person plural	bilink	bilijeink (or biliink)
2nd person plural	bilitek	bilijeitek (or biliitek)
3rd person plural	bilijük	bilijeik (or biliik)

Further reading

• bili in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• bili in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2026).

Icelandic

Noun

bili

1. indefinite dative singular of bil

Italian

Noun

bili f

1. plural of bile

Latin

Noun

bīlī

1. dative/ablative singular of bīlis

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbʲilʲi]

Verb

bili

1. plural of bił

Lower Tanana

Etymology

From Russian мы́ло (mýlo).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pili/

Noun

bili

1. soap

Derived terms

• bili be'aɬ detotr'elyaghi (“face soap”)

References

• Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 77

Mansaka

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəli, compare Malay beli.

Verb

bili

1. to buy

Pronunciation

• Approx. IPA: /bi.ˈli/
• Hyphenation: bi·li

NOTE: Based on personal notes in Mansaka-speaking communities (Pantukan, Davao De Oro, Philippines), 2025.

Northern Ndebele

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-bàdɪ́.

Adjective

-bilí

1. two

Inflection

Adjective concord, tone LH

	modifier	copulative
1st singular	engimbili	ngimbili
2nd singular	ombili	umbili
1st plural	esibabili	sibabili
2nd plural	elibabili	libabili
class 1	ombili	mbili
class 2	ababili	babili
class 3	ombili	mbili
class 4	emibili	mibili
class 5	elibili	libili
class 6	amabili	mabili
class 7	esibili	sibili
class 8	ezimbili	zimbili
class 9	embili	imbili
class 10	ezimbili	zimbili
class 11	olubili	lubili
class 14	obubili	bubili
class 15	okubili	kubili
class 17	okubili	kubili

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʲi.lʲi/

Noun

bili

1. vocative singular of bile
2. genitive singular of bile
3. nominative plural of bile

Mutation

Mutation of bili

radical	lenition	nasalization
bili	bili pronounced with /βʲ-/	mbili

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbi.li/
• Rhymes: -ili
• Syllabification: bi‧li

Verb

bili

1. third-person plural virile past of bić

Sakizaya

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi.ˈli/, [bi.ˈli]

Noun

bili

1. (anatomy) abdomen; belly

Salar

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *birle. Cognate to Azerbaijani belə (“together”), Gagauz bilä (“together”), Turkish and Turkmen bile (“together”).

Pronunciation

• (Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA^(key): /pili/
• (Ili, Xinjiang) IPA^(key): /pillæ/

Adverb

bili

1. together

   senla bili

   together with you

   Bugün men ma u bili gelci.

   Today he and I came (here) together.

References

• 林莲云 [Lin Lianyun] (1985), “bili”, in 撒拉语简志 [A Brief History of Salar]‎^[1], Beijing: 民族出版社: 琴書店, →OCLC, pages 85-86
• Yakup, Abdurishid (2002), “bili”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon‎^[2], Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 59

Etymology 2

From Salar biligüsi. Cognate to Turkish bileği.

Alternative forms

• bilidaş

Pronunciation

• (Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA^(key): /pili/, /pily/

Noun

bili

1. grindstone

References

• Potanin, G.N. (1893), “bili”, in Тангутско-Тибетская окраина Китая и Центральная Монголия [Tangutsko-Tibetskaja okraina Kitaja i Centralʹnaja Mongolija] (in Russian), page 426
• 林莲云 [Lin Lianyun] (1985), “bili”, in 撒拉语简志 [A Brief History of Salar]‎^[3], Beijing: 民族出版社: 琴書店, →OCLC, page 129
• 马伟 [Ma Wei] (2016), “bili”, in 濒危语言——撒拉语研究 [Endangered Languages ​​- Salar Language Studies], 青海 [Qīnghǎi, Qinghai]: 青海师范大学 [Qinghai Normal University], unpublished finalized project manuscript (国家社会科学基金项目结项稿, 定稿; National Social Science Fund of China), page 279

Serbo-Croatian

Participle

bili (Cyrillic spelling били)

1. masculine plural active past participle of biti

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biʎi/, (high register) [ˈbiʎi], (common) [ˈbili]
• Rhymes: -iʎi
• Hyphenation: bi‧li

Verb

bili

1. inflection of biť:
   1. plural l-participle
   2. third-person plural past indicative
   3. plural l-participle

Southern Ndebele

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-bàdɪ́.

Adjective

-bilí

1. two

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from English bill.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Noun

bili class IX (plural bili class X)

1. bill, invoice

   Synonym: ankara

Swazi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-bàdɪ́.

Adjective

-bilí

1. two

Inflection

Adjective concord, tone LH

	modifier	copulative
1st singular	lengimbili	ngimbili
2nd singular	lombili	umbili
1st plural	lesibabili	sibabili
2nd plural	lenibabili	nibabili
class 1	lombili	mbili
class 2	lababili	babili
class 3	lombili	mbili
class 4	lemibili	mibili
class 5	lelibili	libili
class 6	lamabili	mabili
class 7	lesibili	sibili
class 8	letimbili	timbili
class 9	lembili	imbili
class 10	letimbili	timbili
class 11	lolubili	lubili
class 14	lobubili	bubili
class 15	lokubili	kubili
class 17	lokubili	kubili

Tagalog

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Austronesian *bəli

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəli

Tagalog bili

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəli, from Proto-Austronesian *bəli. Compare Kapampangan abli, Tausug bī, and Malay beli.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /biˈli/ [bɪˈlɪ], (colloquial) /biˈle/ [bɪˈlɛ]
• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: bi‧li

Noun

bilí (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜎᜒ)

1. purchase; act of buying
2. purchase price; amount paid for something one bought

   Synonyms: halaga, presyo

   Magkano ang bili mo dito?

   How much is the purchase price when you bought this?

3. (dated or uncommon) sale; act of selling

   Synonyms: benta, tinda

Derived terms

• bilhan
• bilhin
• bilihan
• biling-hari
• bumili
• ibili
• ipagbili
• ipamili
• kabili
• kabilihan
• mabibili
• mabili
• magbibili
• magbili
• magkabilihan
• maipagbibili
• maipagbili
• makabili
• mamili
• mamimili
• napagbilhan
• pabili
• pagbibili
• pagbilhan
• pagbili
• pagkabilhan
• pagkakapagbili
• pambili
• pamilihan
• pamilihang-bayan
• pamimili
• pinagbilhan
• pinamili
• tagapagbili
• tagapamili

Adjective

bilí (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜎᜒ)

1. bought; paid for

Verb

bilí (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜎᜒ)

1. immediate imperative mood of bumili
2. immediate imperative mood of bilhin

Further reading

• “bili”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “bili”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Serrano Laktaw, Pedro (1914), Diccionario tagálog-hispano (overall work in Tagalog and Spanish), Intramuros, Manila: Ateneo de Manila., page 129
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de; Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860), Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves, y coordinado por…, ultimamente aumentado y corregido por varios religiosos de la Orden de Agustinos calzados.‎^[4] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: Ramírez y Giraudier.
• Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835), Vocabulario de la lengua Tagala, primera y segunda parte. En la primera, se pone primero el Castellano, y despues el Tagalo. Y en la segunda al contrario, que son las raíces simples con sus acentos.‎^[5] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: La Imprenta nueva de D. José María Dayot, por Tomás Oliva.
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.‎^[6] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag.
  • page 177: “Compra) Bili (pc) en comun qual quier coſa que ſea”
  • page 419: “Mercar) Bili (pc) qualquier coſa”
  • page 493: “Preçio) Bili (pc) de compra o benta”
  • page 596: “Vender) Bili (pc) qualquier coſa”
  • page 596: “Venta) Bili (pc) de algo”

Talysh

Etymology

Derivated from bil (swamp), hence literally "belonging to the swamp".

Noun

bili

1. duck

   Synonym: siko

Zulu

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-bàdɪ́.

Adjective

-bilí

1. two

Inflection

Adjective concord, tone LH

	modifier		copulative
	positive	negative	positive	negative
1st singular	engimbili	engingembili	ngimbili	angimbili
2nd singular	ombili	ongembili	umbili	awumbili
1st plural	esibabili	esingebabili	sibabili	asibabili
2nd plural	enibabili	eningebabili	nibabili	anibabili
class 1	ombili	ongembili	mbili	akambili
class 2	ababili	abangebabili	babili	abababili
class 3	ombili	ongembili	mbili	awumbili
class 4	emibili	engemibili	mibili	ayimibili
class 5	elibili	elingelibili	libili	alilibili
class 6	amabili	angemabili	mabili	awamabili
class 7	esibili	esingesibili	sibili	asisibili
class 8	ezimbili	ezingezimbili	zimbili	azizimbili
class 9	embili	engembili, engeyimbili	imbili, yimbili	ayiyimbili
class 10	ezimbili	ezingezimbili	zimbili	azizimbili
class 11	olubili	olungelubili	lubili	alulubili
class 14	obubili	obungebubili	bubili	abububili
class 15	okubili	okungekubili	kubili	akukubili
class 17	okubili	okungekubili	kubili	akukubili

Derived terms

• isibili