beri

See also: Beri, berî, bêrî, bēri, bērī, berī, and bəri

Basque

Noun

beri

1. dative indefinite of be

Faroese

Verb

beri

1. first-person singular present of bera

Iberian

Etymology

Unambiguously connected to Proto-Basque *beRi (“new”), compare Basque berri and Aquitanian *berri, possibly a direct borrowing

Adjective

beri

1. new

   Tas beŕi un erna bor aka u

   The importance of a new help

2. recent
3. first-time

   Tigirs beŕi

   First-time pregnant

References

• Villamor, Fernando (2020) A basic dictionary and grammar of the Iberian language

Icelandic

Etymology 1

Noun

beri m (genitive singular bera, nominative plural berar)

1. bearer, carrier (usually in compounds)

   ‎bréf (“letter (mail)”) + ‎beri → ‎bréfberi (“mailman, letter carrier”)

   ‎boð (“message”) + ‎beri → ‎boðberi (“messenger, harbinger”)

Declension

Declension of beri (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	beri	berinn	berar	berarnir
accusative	bera	berann	bera	berana
dative	bera	beranum	berum	berunum
genitive	bera	berans	bera	beranna

Etymology 2

Noun

beri n

1. indefinite dative singular of ber

Etymology 3

Verb

beri

1. first-person singular active present subjunctive of bera
2. third-person singular active present subjunctive of bera
3. third-person plural active present subjunctive of bera

Indonesian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay beri, from Proto-Malayic *bəri, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀay, from Proto-Austronesian *bəʀay.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /bəˈri/ [bəˈri]
• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: be‧ri

Verb

bêri (active memberi, passive diberi)

1. (chiefly formal or dialectal) to give

   Synonyms: berikan, (colloquial) kasih

Derived terms

• beri-memberi
• berian
• berikan
• pemberi
• pemberian

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English berry, from Middle English berye, from Old English berġe, from Proto-West Germanic *baʀi, from Proto-Germanic *bazją.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈberi/ [ˈbe.ri]
• Rhymes: -eri
• Syllabification: be‧ri

Noun

beri (plural beri)

1. berry (a small succulent fruit, of any one of many varieties)
2. (botany) berry (a soft fruit which develops from a single ovary and contains seeds not encased in pits)

References

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*beRay”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Further reading

• “beri” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈbeː.riː/, [ˈbeːriː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbe.ri/, [ˈbɛːri]

Adjective

bērī

1. inflection of bērus:
   1. nominative/vocative masculine plural
   2. genitive masculine/neuter singular

Malay

Alternative forms

• berek (Sambas)

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *bəri, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀay, from Proto-Austronesian *bəʀay (“to give”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bəri/
• Rhymes: -əri, -ri, -i

Verb

beri (Jawi spelling بري)

1. to give (transfer the possession of something to someone else)

   Synonym: bagi

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• pemberi [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
• pemberian [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
• berian [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
• berikan [causative benefactive] (-kan)
• memberi [agent focus] (meN-)
• memberikan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
• diberi [patient focus] (di-)
• diberikan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)

Descendants

• Indonesian: beri

References

• "beri" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.
• “beri” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *baʀi, see also Old English berġe, Old Norse ber.

Noun

beri n

1. (botany) A berry

Descendants

• Middle High German: ber
  • Alemannic German: Berri
  • Bavarian:

    Cimbrian: per

    Mòcheno: per

  • German: Beere
  • Hunsrik: Beer
  • Luxembourgish: Bier
  • Pennsylvania German: Beer
  • Vilamovian: bjēr

Old Norse

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

beri

1. positive degree weak masculine nominative singular of berr (“bare”)

Noun

beri

1. indefinite dative singular of ber (“berry”)

Verb

beri

1. third-person present subjunctive active of bera (“to carry”)
2. third-person present subjunctive active of bera (“to make bare”)
3. third-person present subjunctive active of berja (“to beat”)

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [berʲ]

Noun

beri f pl

1. plural of bere

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English bury.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeɾi/, [ˈbɪ̞ɾi], [ˈbe̝ɾi]

Noun

beri

1. burial, funeral

Verb

beri

1. to bury

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from English berry.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

beri class IX (plural beri class X)

1. berry

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish بری (beri, berü). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰋𐰃𐰼𐰏𐰼𐰇 (b²ir²gr²ü /⁠bérgerü, birigerü⁠/, “since, towards here, southward”). Compare ileri (“forward”), geri (“backward”), dışarı (“outside”).

Cognate to Gagauz beeri, Turkmen beri.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beˈɾi/

Postposition

beri (+ ablative)

1. since

   Antonym: kadar

   1993'ten beri burada çalışıyorum.

   I have been working here since 1993.

   Sen doğduğundan beri burada yaşıyoruz.

   We have been living here since you were born

Adverb

beri

1. onwards

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	beri
Definite accusative	beriyi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	beri	beriler
Definite accusative	beriyi	berileri
Dative	beriye	berilere
Locative	beride	berilerde
Ablative	beriden	berilerden
Genitive	berinin	berilerin

See also

• -eli

Further reading

• “beri”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu

Vietnamese

Chemical element
Be
Previous: liti (Li)
Next: bo (B)

Alternative forms

• berili

Etymology

Ultimately from New Latin beryllium.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɛ˧˧ ɹi˧˧] ~ [ʔɓɛ˧˧ zi˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɛ˧˧ ɹɪj˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɛ˧˧ ɹɪj˧˧]
• Phonetic spelling: be Ri

Noun

beri

1. beryllium