"bī" meaning in Proto-West Germanic

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Preposition

Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *bi. Etymology templates: {{inh|gmw-pro|gem-pro|*bi}} Proto-Germanic *bi Head templates: {{head|gmw-pro|preposition|cat2=adverbs}} *bī
  1. by, at [with accusative or dative] Tags: reconstruction
    Sense id: en-bī-gmw-pro-prep-CErPlDGX Categories (other): Proto-West Germanic prepositions Disambiguation of Proto-West Germanic prepositions: 50 50
  2. near, around [with accusative or dative] Tags: reconstruction
    Sense id: en-bī-gmw-pro-prep-Sl90KktE Categories (other): Proto-West Germanic prepositions Disambiguation of Proto-West Germanic prepositions: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 0 Disambiguation of Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header: 0 0
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    },
    {
      "_dis": "0 0",
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w+disamb"
    }
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
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        }
      ],
      "text": "Old English: bi, be\nMiddle English: by, be, bi\nEnglish: by\n→ Mandarin: by (bāi), BY (bāi)\nScots: by, bye, bi', be, b'\nYola: bee, be, bie, by"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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            "1": "ofs",
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        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Frisian: bi, be"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "frr",
            "2": "bi"
          },
          "expansion": "North Frisian: bi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "North Frisian: bi"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "stq",
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          },
          "expansion": "Saterland Frisian: bie",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Saterland Frisian: bie"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fy",
            "2": "by"
          },
          "expansion": "West Frisian: by",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "West Frisian: by"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
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          },
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      ],
      "text": "Old Saxon: bī"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
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          },
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        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Low German: bî"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
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            "2": "bi"
          },
          "expansion": "Low German: bi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Low German: bi"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "bi",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Swedish: bi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Swedish: bi"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "odt",
            "2": "bī"
          },
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        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Dutch: bī\nMiddle Dutch: bi\nDutch: bij\nLimburgish: bie"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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          },
          "expansion": "Old High German: bī, pī",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old High German: bī, pī"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
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          "args": {
            "1": "gmh",
            "2": "bī"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle High German: bī",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle High German: bī"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gsw",
            "2": "bii"
          },
          "expansion": "Alemannic German: bii",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Alemannic German: bii"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "bei"
          },
          "expansion": "German: bei",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "German: bei"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "wym",
            "2": "by"
          },
          "expansion": "Vilamovian: by",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Vilamovian: by"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "yi",
            "2": "בײַ"
          },
          "expansion": "Yiddish: בײַ (bay)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Yiddish: בײַ (bay)"
    }
  ],
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      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *bi",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *bi.",
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        "cat2": "adverbs"
      },
      "expansion": "*bī",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "gmw-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bī",
  "pos": "prep",
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        {
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          "parents": [],
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        }
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      ],
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          "by",
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          "at",
          "at"
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        "by, at [with accusative or dative]"
      ],
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      ],
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        "near, around"
      ],
      "id": "en-bī-gmw-pro-prep-Sl90KktE",
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          "args": {
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          "around",
          "around"
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      ],
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    "Proto-West Germanic lemmas",
    "Proto-West Germanic prepositions",
    "Proto-West Germanic terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Proto-West Germanic terms inherited from Proto-Germanic"
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
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          },
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        }
      ],
      "text": "Old English: bi, be\nMiddle English: by, be, bi\nEnglish: by\n→ Mandarin: by (bāi), BY (bāi)\nScots: by, bye, bi', be, b'\nYola: bee, be, bie, by"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Frisian: bi, be"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
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          },
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          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "North Frisian: bi"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
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      "text": "Saterland Frisian: bie"
    },
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      "text": "West Frisian: by"
    },
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            "2": "bī"
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Saxon: bī"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
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            "2": "bî"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Low German: bî"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nds",
            "2": "bi"
          },
          "expansion": "Low German: bi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Low German: bi"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
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        {
          "args": {
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            "2": "bi",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Swedish: bi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Swedish: bi"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "odt",
            "2": "bī"
          },
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          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Dutch: bī\nMiddle Dutch: bi\nDutch: bij\nLimburgish: bie"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "goh",
            "2": "bī",
            "3": "pī"
          },
          "expansion": "Old High German: bī, pī",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old High German: bī, pī"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmh",
            "2": "bī"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle High German: bī",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle High German: bī"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
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          "args": {
            "1": "gsw",
            "2": "bii"
          },
          "expansion": "Alemannic German: bii",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Alemannic German: bii"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "bei"
          },
          "expansion": "German: bei",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "German: bei"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "wym",
            "2": "by"
          },
          "expansion": "Vilamovian: by",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Vilamovian: by"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "yi",
            "2": "בײַ"
          },
          "expansion": "Yiddish: בײַ (bay)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Yiddish: בײַ (bay)"
    }
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *bi.",
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  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bī",
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}

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