“Waves” (third-person) (verb) in Tunisian Arabic

In Tunisian Arabic, “Waves” (the verb, in the third-person participle) is written using the Latin script as:

(m) Ybaybi

(f) Tbaybi

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

يبيبي (m)

تبيبي (f)

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Examples in sentences or statements

 
“He waves everytime he leaves his grandparent’s home.”

Ybaybi kol ma yrawa7 mn dar jadtou.

.يبيبي كل ما يروح من دار جدتو

 
“That politician waves a lot.”

(m) El syesi ybabi barsha.

(f) El syesya tbaybi barsha.

.السياسي يبيبي برشا (m)

.السياسية تبيبي برشا (f)

 
“He waves with both hands.”

Ybaybi bidih ezzouz.

.يبيبي بيديه الزوز

 
“He always waves with his right hand.”

Dima ybaybi byedou limin.

.ديما يبيبي بيدو اليمين

 
“The cook always waves when an order is ready.”

(m) El tabbe5 dima ybaybi ki ta7dhar el commande.

(f) El tabbe5a dima tbaybi ki ta7dhar el commande.

.الطباخ ديما يبيبي كي تحضر الكوموند (m)

.الطباخة ديما تبيبي كي تحضر الكوموند (f)