bique

Chibcha

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /βike/

Noun

bique

1. face, countenance
2. 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

Inherited from Middle French bique, originally dialectal (northern France), of obscure origin. Likely of North Germanic origin related to Icelandic bikkja (“old mare, nag”). Compare Norman biche (“goat", also "drunken woman”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bik/

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Noun

bique f (plural biques)

1. (colloquial) she-goat
2. female horse, mare
3. (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

1. inflection of bicar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Portuguese

Verb

bique

1. inflection of bicar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative