# bina
## Alune
### Noun

bina
* woman
** 1995, Story of Joseph in the Alune language, page 17:Mokwai ata bina esa.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

### References

* Paideuma: Mitteilungen zur Kulturkunde, volumes 21-22 (1975), page 202: Bina, "Frau"
* Struktur bahasa Alune (1996) (in phrases)

## Azerbaijani
### Etymology

From Arabic بِنَاء (bināʔ, “building, construction”).

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

bina (definite accusative binanı, plural binalar)
* building
    Synonyms: tikili, tikinti
    şərq üslubunda tikilmiş bina ― a building built in the Oriental style
* (colloquial) foundation (of a building)
    Synonyms: əsas, özül, təməl, bünövrə, bünyad, yaradılış

#### Related terms

* bani
* bənna
* binaən
* binaən əla haza

### Further reading

* “bina” in Obastan.com.

## Crimean Tatar
### Etymology

From Arabic بِنَاء (bināʔ, “building, construction”).

### Noun

bina
* building

#### Declension
### References

* Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎, Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
* “bina”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

## Gamilaraay
### Etymology

From Proto-Central New South Wales *bina, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *pina.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bina/

### Noun

bina
* ear

#### Synonyms

* manga

#### Derived terms

* bina gaarr

### References

* Barry Alpher Proto-Pama-Nyungan etyma, in Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method, edited by Claire Bowern and Harold Koch (Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2004)
* Peter Austin, A Reference Dictionary of Gamilaraay, northern New South Wales (1993)

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Malay bina, from Arabic بِنَاء (bināʔ, “building; construction (act of)”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbina/
* Rhymes: -na, -a
* Hyphenation: bi‧na

### Verb

bina
* (transitive) to build (nonphysical object)
    Antonym: musnah (“to destroy”)
* (transitive) to develop and improve on something
** 2017 September 12, Kiye Lakone, “Memaknai Keteladanan [To Define An Exemplar]”, in Suara Merdeka‎, archived from the original on 12 July 2019:Banyak karakter keteladanan yang diajarkan melalui organisasi tersebut sehingga bagi seorang anggota pramuka, keteladanaan harus dimaknai dengan selalu bina diri, bina satuan dan bina masyarakat.Many characteristics of an exemplar were taught through that organization until a scout member must be able to define an exemplar by always developing oneself, developing oneness and developing the community.

#### Usage notes

The word is part of false friends between Standard Malay and Indonesian due to shared etymology. The Brunei, Malaysia and Singapore usage can be seen in Malay bina.

#### Derived terms

Regular affixed derivations:
* membina [agent focus] (meN-)
* pembina [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
* pembinaan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + repetition / reciprocity] (peN- + -an)

### References

* ↑ Erwina Burhanuddin, Abdul Gaffar Ruskhan, R.B. Chrismanto (1993) Penelitian kosakata bahasa Arab dalam bahasa Indonesia [Research on Arabic vocabulary in Indonesian]‎, Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, →ISBN, →OCLC

### Further reading

* “bina” 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.

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbi.na/
* Rhymes: -ina
* Hyphenation: bì‧na

### Adjective

bina
* feminine singular of bino

## Javanese
### Romanization

bina
* Romanization of ꦧꦶꦤ

## Kashubian
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Bühne.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbi.na/
* Rhymes: -ina
* Syllabification: bi‧na

### Noun

bina f
* stage
    Synonyms: zdrzadniô, scena

### Further reading

* “bina”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈbiː.na/, [ˈbiːnä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈbi.na/, [ˈbiːnä]
* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈbiː.naː/, [ˈbiːnäː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈbi.na/, [ˈbiːnä]

### Numeral

bīna
* inflection of bīnus:
** nominative/vocative feminine singular
** nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

### Numeral

bīnā
* ablative feminine singular of bīnus

### References

* bina in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

## Malay
### Etymology

From Arabic بِنَاء (bināʔ, “building, construction (act of)”).

### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -a

### Verb

bina (Jawi spelling بينا)
* to build

#### Usage notes

The word is part of false friends between Standard Malay and Indonesian due to shared etymology. The Indonesian usage can be seen in Indonesian bangun.

#### Antonyms

* musnah (to destroy)

#### Descendants

* Indonesian: bina

### Further reading

* “bina” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Maltese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbiː.na/

### Adverb

bina
* first-person plural pronominal form of b’: with us

## Northern Sotho
### Verb

bina
* to sing

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بنا (bina), from Arabic بِنَاء (bināʔ, “building, construction”).

### Noun

bina f (plural binale)
* (dated) building
* building under construction

#### Declension
## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Bühne.

### Noun

bina f (Cyrillic spelling бина)
* stage
    Synonym: pozornica

## Sotho
### Verb

bina
* to sing

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbina/ [ˈbi.na]
* Rhymes: -ina
* Syllabification: bi‧na

### Verb

bina
* inflection of binar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Sundanese
### Etymology

From Sanskrit भिन्न (bhinna, “broken, split, divided”).

### Adjective

bina
* different

### Noun

bina
* difference; distinction

#### Derived terms

* kabina-bina

### References

* Coolsma, S (1913) Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij

## Swedish
### Noun

bina
* definite plural of bi

## Tswana
### Verb

bina
* to sing

## Turkish
### Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish بنا (bina), from Arabic بِنَاء (bināʔ, “building, construction”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bi.naː/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

bina (definite accusative binayı, plural binalar)
* building

#### Descendants

* → Romanian: bina