big

Etymology 1
,, possibly from a dialect of. Ultimately perhaps a derivative of, from , , in which case big would be related to , , and.

Compare dialectal 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬,.

Adjective

 * 1) Of great size, large.
 * 2)  Fat.
 * 3)  Large with young; pregnant; swelling; ready to give birth or produce.
 * 4)  Well-endowed; with a desired body part notably large.
 * 5) Specifically, big-breasted.
 * 6) Having a large penis.
 * 7) Having large muscles, especially visible ones such as the chest and arm muscles.
 * 8)  Adult; (of a child) older.
 * 9) * 1931,, Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer, Montgomery Ward (publisher), draft:
 * By midnight, however, the last light had fled / For even big people have then gone to bed[.]
 * 1)  Old, mature. Used to imply that someone is too old for something, or acting immaturely.
 * 2)   Mature, conscientious, principled; generous.
 * 3)  Important or significant.
 * 4) Popular.
 * 5)  Populous.
 * 6)  Operating on a large scale, especially if therefore having undue or sinister influence.
 * 7)  Enthusiastic (about).
 * 1) Having large muscles, especially visible ones such as the chest and arm muscles.
 * 2)  Adult; (of a child) older.
 * 3) * 1931,, Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer, Montgomery Ward (publisher), draft:
 * By midnight, however, the last light had fled / For even big people have then gone to bed[.]
 * 1)  Old, mature. Used to imply that someone is too old for something, or acting immaturely.
 * 2)   Mature, conscientious, principled; generous.
 * 3)  Important or significant.
 * 4) Popular.
 * 5)  Populous.
 * 6)  Operating on a large scale, especially if therefore having undue or sinister influence.
 * 7)  Enthusiastic (about).
 * 1)  Old, mature. Used to imply that someone is too old for something, or acting immaturely.
 * 2)   Mature, conscientious, principled; generous.
 * 3)  Important or significant.
 * 4) Popular.
 * 5)  Populous.
 * 6)  Operating on a large scale, especially if therefore having undue or sinister influence.
 * 7)  Enthusiastic (about).
 * 1)  Important or significant.
 * 2) Popular.
 * 3)  Populous.
 * 4)  Operating on a large scale, especially if therefore having undue or sinister influence.
 * 5)  Enthusiastic (about).
 * 1) Popular.
 * 2)  Populous.
 * 3)  Operating on a large scale, especially if therefore having undue or sinister influence.
 * 4)  Enthusiastic (about).
 * 1)  Populous.
 * 2)  Operating on a large scale, especially if therefore having undue or sinister influence.
 * 3)  Enthusiastic (about).
 * 1)  Operating on a large scale, especially if therefore having undue or sinister influence.
 * 2)  Enthusiastic (about).
 * 1)  Enthusiastic (about).
 * 1)  Enthusiastic (about).
 * 1)  Enthusiastic (about).
 * 1)  Enthusiastic (about).
 * 1)  Enthusiastic (about).
 * 1)  Enthusiastic (about).
 * 1)  Enthusiastic (about).

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Assamese: ডাঙৰ
 * Azerbaijani: ,
 * Bulgarian:, ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 大人
 * Hakka: 大人
 * Hokkien:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:
 * Ewe: gã
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Inuktitut: innark, aktok
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kapampangan: tua, tanda, dinagul
 * Korean: ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Latin:
 * Macedonian: го́лем, во́зрасен
 * Malay: orang dewasa, dewasa
 * Norman: grand
 * Ojibwe: gichi-aya'aa
 * Pashto: ,
 * Persian: بزرگسال
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:
 * Slovak: ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili: pevu,
 * Swedish:
 * Thai:
 * Ukrainian:


 * Gujarati:
 * Haitian Creole:
 * Sindhi:

Adverb

 * 1) In a loud manner.
 * 2) In a boasting manner.
 * 3) In a large amount or to a large extent.
 * 4) On a large scale, expansively.
 * 5)  Hard; with great force.
 * 1) On a large scale, expansively.
 * 2)  Hard; with great force.
 * 1) On a large scale, expansively.
 * 2)  Hard; with great force.
 * 1) On a large scale, expansively.
 * 2)  Hard; with great force.
 * 1)  Hard; with great force.
 * 1)  Hard; with great force.

Noun

 * 1) An important or powerful person; a celebrity; a big name.
 * 2)  The big leagues, big time.
 * 3)  An initiated member of a sorority or fraternity who acts as a mentor to a new member (the little).
 * 4)  The participant in ageplay who acts out the older role.
 * 1)  An initiated member of a sorority or fraternity who acts as a mentor to a new member (the little).
 * 2)  The participant in ageplay who acts out the older role.
 * 1)  The participant in ageplay who acts out the older role.
 * 1)  The participant in ageplay who acts out the older role.
 * 1)  The participant in ageplay who acts out the older role.
 * 1)  The participant in ageplay who acts out the older role.

Etymology 2
From, , from , , a secondary form of 🇨🇬, related to 🇨🇬. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1)  To inhabit; occupy.
 * 2)  To locate oneself.
 * 3)  To build; erect; fashion.
 * 4)  To dwell; have a dwelling.

Etymology 3
From, from , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) One or more kinds of barley, especially.

Etymology
From, , from , from. Originally a word exclusive to the Northern Dutch dialects.

Noun

 * 1) piglet, little pig

Etymology
, a clipping of.

Noun

 * 1) star (entertainment)
 * 2) big shot, big noise

Etymology
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Adjective

 * 1) great; to a great extent
 * 1) great; to a great extent
 * 1) great; to a great extent

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) important person
 * 2) * "rgn"

- Agnëli l'è un big dl'indóstria e dla finânza.

Etymology
From.

Verb

 * 1) to build

Etymology
From, cognate with (the first part of) 🇨🇬, , 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Adjective

 * 1) big

Etymology
From.

Cognates: 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) belly, stomach, abdomen

Usage notes

 * The form -big occurs in the White Mountain varieties; -bid occurs in San Carlos and Dilzhe’eh (Tonto).

Etymology
From.

Adjective

 * 1) great, big