Dictionary:bi-

Besoh

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Andusian *ᵐbi-, through Proto-South-Andusian bi-; the same word as bi (“give”) and the dative postposition.

Prefix

bi-

1. causative: the causee stands in the dative — avsobi humme bivus “makes the traveler take off the garment” (literally “to-the-traveler gives-the-taking of the garment”)