bija

See also: biją and bīja

English

Noun

bija

1. (Hinduism, Buddhism) The origin or cause of things.

Anagrams

• baji

Garo

Etymology

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Noun

bija

1. bee

References

• Burling, R. (2003) The Language of the Modhupur Mandi (Garo) Vol. II: The Lexicon‎^[1], Bangladesh: University of Michigan, page 127

Indonesian

Etymology

From Sanskrit बीज (bīja, “seed”). Doublet of biji.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbi.d͡ʒa]
• Hyphenation: bi‧ja

Noun

bija (plural bija-bija)

1. (archaic) seed.

   Synonym: biji

2. (Hinduism) a part of offering.

Derived terms

• bijan

 

Further reading

• “bija” 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.

Latvian

Verb

bija

1. (he, she, it) was; third-person singular past indicative of būt
2. (they) were; third-person plural past indicative of būt

Maltese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiː.ja/

Adverb

bija

1. first-person singular pronominal form of b’: with me

Northern Sami

Verb

bija

1. inflection of bidjat:
   1. present indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular imperative
   3. imperative connegative

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Taíno *biha.

Noun

bija f (plural bijas)

1. (Dominican Republic, Cuba) annatto

Further reading

• “bija”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10