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| Language | Expression | English Translation or Definition |
| Anishinaabe | bi | towards the speaker, here, hither. |
| Basque | bi | two. |
| Chewa | bi | causing leaf, or dark. |
| Chiga | bi | bad. |
| Creole | bi | aim. |
| Croatian | bi | would, should. |
| Danish | bi | bee. |
| Earth Minimal | bi | multiply. |
| Finnish | BI | Republic of Burundi, Burundi. |
| Fon | bi | completely, all. |
| Ganda | bi | bad. |
| Geordie | bi | by. |
| Greek | BI | Burundi, Republic of Burundi. |
| Haitian Creole | bi | aim. |
| Haya | bi | wicked, bad. |
| Italian | BI | Burundi, Republic of Burundi. |
| Kalanga | bi | bad, ugly. |
| Kerebe | bi | wicked. |
| Khowar | bi | seed, going. |
| Kimbu | bi | bad. |
| Kurdish (Transliterated) | bi | by. |
| Lydian | bi | give, he, this. |
| Maltese | bi | by. |
| Mator | bi | ten. |
| Ndebele | bi | worse, wicked, inferior, evil, bad. |
| New Guinea Pidgin English | bi | beer, bean, been. |
| Nyambo | bi | wicked, bad. |
| Nyamwezi | Bi | wicked, rotten, bad. |
| Portuguese | BI | Burundi, republic of Burundi, id card. |
| Romani | Bi | without. |
| Rundi | bi | bad, wicked. |
| Runyankore | bi | bad, wicked. |
| Scottish | bi | besides, begone, by, exist, in comparison with, than, will be, be. |
| Slovenian | bi | would. |
| Slovio | bi | would have, would. |
| Soga | bi | bad, wicked. |
| Spanish | BI, bi | Burundi, bi, republic of Burundi. |
| Sumbwa | bi | wicked, bad. |
| Sursilvan | bi | beautiful, lovely, nice, pretty. |
| Sutsilvan | bi | beautiful, already, nice, lovely, pretty. |
| Swahili | bi | Mrs. |
| Swedish | bi | bee, by, beside, near, nearby, at, next to, honeybee, near to. |
| Taino | bi | first, beginning, life. |
| Taiwanese (Transliterated) | bi | flavor, conundrum. |
| Urdu (Transliterated) | bi | in, into, with, near, from, for, by, on. |
| Venda | bi | be finished. |
| Wolof | bi | the, this. |
| Yao | bi | black. |
| Zarma | bi | yesterday, scab, shade, shadow, sores, spin cotton, black. |
Source: compiled by the editor from the definition of bad; see credits. | ||
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