bij

Dutch (Brabantic)

/bɛi̯/

preposition
Definitions
  • at, with
  • by, close to
  • to, towards
  • (obsolete) by, through, by means of, through the action or presence of

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch bi inherited from Old Dutch bī inherited from Proto-Germanic *bi (near, by, around, about, be-).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*bi

Gloss

near, by, around, about, be-

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Property

Kanji

近

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