different between abi vs little

Aisi

Noun

abi

1. woman

Further reading

• Don Daniels, Magi: An Undocumented Language (in a comparative wordlist)

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a?bi

Verb

abi

1. to misconstrue; to interpret erroneously, to understand incorrectly; to misunderstand

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:abi.

Usage notes

Often confused with ambi.

Anagrams

• iba

Chickasaw

Verb

abi

1. to kill
2. to abort

Choctaw

Alternative forms

• ?bi (traditional)
• ?bi (Byington/Swanton)

Etymology

Cognate with Alabama ibi (“to kill”), Chickasaw abi (“to kill”)

Noun

abi

1. killer, murderer
2. killing, slaughter

Verb

abi

1. to kill, to murder
2. to be sick or infected (usually with a skin disease)

Related terms

• abichi

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *api.

Noun

abi (genitive abi, partitive abi)

1. help

Declension

Finnish

Etymology

Shortened form of abiturientti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??bi/, [??bi]
• Rhymes: -?bi
• Syllabification: a?bi

Noun

abi

1. (colloquial) A candidate for the matriculation examination.

Declension

Garo

Noun

abi

1. elder sister

Synonyms

• abigipa (formal)
• abitang (formal)

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French habit(s)

Noun

abi

1. clothes

Synonyms

• rad
• lenj

Hiligaynon

Adverb

ábi

1. for instance

Verb

ábi

1. imagine
2. think
3. say aloud

Indonesian

Etymology

From Arabic ?????? (?ab?, “father”), genitive construct state of ???? (?ab, “father”), from Proto-Semitic *?ab- (“father”). Doublet of aba, abu, and abbas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abi/
• Hyphenation: a?bi

Noun

abi

1. father

   Synonyms: ayah, bapak

Related terms

Further reading

• “abi” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Japanese

Romanization

abi

1. R?maji transcription of ??
2. R?maji transcription of ??

Kalasha

Pronoun

abi

1. Alternative spelling of ábi

Determiner

abi

1. Alternative spelling of ábi

Latin

Verb

ab?

1. second-person singular active imperative of abe?

Latvian

Etymology

From an earlier abu, still dialectally attested (abi was originally the feminine/neuter dual form), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *abu, from Proto-Indo-European *a(m)-b?ow, where the initial part is an old deictic pronoun or particle, reinforcing the meaning “two, both” of the second part. Cognates include Lithuanian abù, abì, Old Prussian abbai, Old Church Slavonic ??? (oba), Russian ???? (óba), Belarusian ???? (óba), ??????? (óbadva), Ukrainian ???? (óba), Bulgarian ???? (óba), Czech, Polish oba, Gothic ???????????? (bai), German beide, Sanskrit ??? (ubháu), Ancient Greek ???? (ámph?), Latin amb?, Tocharian A ?mpi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [abi]

Adjective

abi (no def., no comp., no sup., no adv.)

1. both (one and the other of two)

2. (used pronominally) both (the two previously mentioned)

Declension

Derived terms

• abinieks

References

Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

From Yoruba àbí.

Conjunction

àbi

1. or

   Synonyms: or, weda

Usage notes

In "either...or" sentences, this word can optionally be placed in the "whether" position as well.

Particle

àbi

1. Interrogative particle placed at the beginning or end of a yes/no question.

   Synonym: weda

Ojibwe

Verb

abi (changed conjunct form ebid, reduplicated form ayabi)

1. be at home

   Abi go awe gaa-pi-andwewemind awasonaago.

   The person they asked about the other day was home.

2. sit in (a certain place)

Conjugation

Related terms

• ab-
• namadabi (“sit”)

See also

• ate
• ayaa (vai)

References

• The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/main-entry/abi-vai

Palu'e

Etymology

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *api, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapuy, from Proto-Austronesian *Sapuy.

Noun

abi

1. fire (oxidation reaction)

Sardinian

Etymology

Compare Italian ape.

Noun

abi

1. (Campidanese) bee

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English have or Portuguese haver.

Verb

abi

1. to have

Talysh

Etymology

Compare Persian ???? (âbi).

Noun

abi (Cyrillic ???)

1. light blue

References

• Pirejko, L. A. (1976) , “???”, in Talyšsko-russkij slovar? [Talysh–Russian Dictionary], Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 20

Turkish

Etymology

Contraction of a?abey.

Noun

abi (definite accusative abiyi, plural abiler)

1. (colloquial) elder brother

Usage notes

The term is a common respectful form of address for any non-elderly adult man.

Declension

Venetian

Verb

abi

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of aver
2. second-person singular imperative of aver

Volapük

Conjunction

abi

1. but also

See also

• noe

Võro

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *api.

Noun

abi (genitive abi, partitive api)

1. help, aid, assistance

Declension

Yoruba

Alternative forms

• tàbí

Conjunction

àbí

1. or

English

Etymology

From Middle English litel, from Old English l?tel, from Proto-Germanic *l?tilaz (“tending to stoop, crouched, little”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewd- (“to bend, bent, small”), equivalent to lout +? -le. Cognate with Dutch luttel, regional German lütt and lützel, West Frisian lyts, Low German lütt, Old High German luzzil, Middle High German lützel, Old English l?tan (“to bow, bend low”); and perhaps to Old English lytig (“deceitful, lot deceit”), Gothic ???????????????????? (liuts, “deceitful”), ???????????????????????? (lutjan, “to deceive”); compare also Icelandic lítill (“little”), Swedish liten, Danish liden, lille, Gothic ???????????????????????????? (leitils), which appear to have a different root vowel. More at lout.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?l?t?l/, [?l?tl?], [?l?.t???]
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?l?tl?/, [?l?.???], [???.??]
• (General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /?l?tl?/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /?l?.???/
• Rhymes: -?t?l
• Hyphenation: lit?tle
• Homophone: Littell

Adjective

little (comparative less or lesser or littler, superlative least or littlest)

1. Small in size.

2. Insignificant, trivial.
   1. (offensive) Used to belittle a person.

3. Very young.

4. (of a sibling) Younger.

5. (also Little) Used with the name of a place, especially of a country or its capital, to denote a neighborhood whose residents or storekeepers are from that place.
   • 1871 October 18, The One-eyed Philosopher [pseudonym], "Street Corners", in Judy: or the London serio-comic journal, volume 9, page 255 [1]:

     If you want to find Little France, take any turning on the north side of Leicester square, and wander in a zigzag fashion Oxford Streetwards. The Little is rather smokier and more squalid than the Great France upon the other side of the Manche.

   • 2004, Barry Miles, Zappa: A Biography, 2005 edition, ?ISBN, page 5:

     In the forties, hurdy-gurdy men could still be heard in all those East Coast cities with strong Italian neighbourhoods: New York, Baltimore, Philadelphia and Boston. A visit to Baltimore's Little Italy at that time was like a trip to Italy itself.

   • 2020, Richa Bhosale, "Croatian Hall in need of repairs to remain open," Timmins Daily Press:

     "The theatre was bought by the Croatian immigrants as so many immigrants came here in the ’30s and mostly for mining jobs, but in Schumacher itself it was called little Zagreb, and Zagreb is the capital city of Croatia. There were so many of them that they wanted to have their own little community, so they bought the theatre and they renovated it at that time, remodelled it and made it into a Croatian Hall," she explained.

6. Having few members.

7. Short in duration; brief.

   I feel better after my little sleep.

8. Small in extent of views or sympathies; narrow; shallow; contracted; mean; illiberal; ungenerous.

   • The long-necked geese of the world that are ever hissing dispraise, / Because their natures are little.

   • 2001, Nicholas Petsalis-Diomidis, The Unknown Callas: the Greek Years, pg 547.

     Showing unmistakably what a little person he really was, in June 1949 he wrote his newly married daughter with nauseating disregard for the truth

Usage notes

Some authorities regard both littler and littlest as non-standard. The OED says of the word little: "the adjective has no recognized mode of comparison. The difficulty is commonly evaded by resort to a synonym (as smaller, smallest); some writers have ventured to employ the unrecognized forms littler, littlest, which are otherwise confined to dialect or imitations of childish or illiterate speech." The forms lesser and least are encountered in animal names such as lesser flamingo and least weasel.

Antonyms

• (small): large, big
• (young): big
• (younger): big

Derived terms

Translations

Adverb

little (comparative less or lesser, superlative least)

1. Not much.

   We slept very little last night.

   • Little disappointed, then, she turned attention to "Chat of the Social World," gossip which exercised potent fascination upon the girl's intelligence. She devoured with more avidity than she had her food those pretentiously phrased chronicles of the snobocracy […] distilling therefrom an acid envy that robbed her napoleon of all its savour.

2. Not at all.

Antonyms

• much

Translations

Determiner

little (comparative less, superlative least)

1. Not much, only a little: only a small amount (of).

   There is (very) little water left.

   We had very little to do.

Usage notes

• Little is used with uncountable nouns, few with plural countable nouns.
• Little can be used with or without an article. With the indefinite article, the emphasis is that there is indeed some, albeit not much:

We have a little money, so we'll probably get by.

With no article or the definite article (or what), the emphasis is on the scarcity:

We have little money, and little hope of getting more.

The little (or What little) money we have is all going to pay for food and medication, so we can't save any.

See also

• a little

Antonyms

• (not much): much

Translations

Pronoun

little

1. Not much; not a large amount.

   Little is known about his early life.

Noun

little (plural littles)

1. A small amount.

   Can I try a little of that sauce?

   Many littles make a mickle. (Scottish proverb)

   Little did he do to make me comfortable.

   If you want some cake, there's a little in the refrigerator

2. (BDSM, slang) The participant in ageplay who acts out the younger role.
3. (colloquial, college slang) A newly initiated member of a sorority.

Antonyms

• (BDSM): big

Derived terms

• little space

Related terms

• a little
• li'l, li'l', lil
• little by little
• little old
• belittle (cognate verb)

Anagrams

• tillet