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bibi

Pronunciation: [ˈbibi]

“bibi” is a Hungarian word. Its 3 meanings in English:

noun

  1. disease, illness, especially a minor injury or wound
  2. weak spot, vulnerability
  3. snag, hitch (problem or difficulty with something)

Etymology

Probably a nominalization of the present participle (formed with -i, a variant of -e (obsolete present-participle suffix)) of an unattested stem. The stem is of onomatopoeic origin and is possibly the same as in bíbelődik; it may also be related to the stem of babrál and babirkál. First attested in 1566. The term developed alongside bibe through a semantic split. For phonetically similar…

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