bende
See also: Bende
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Dutch bende, from Old French bende, from Frankish *bend, from Proto-Germanic *bandiz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to tie; bond, band”). Cognate to English band.
Noun edit
bende f (plural bendes or benden, diminutive bendetje n)
- gang, squad
- mess as in: a disagreeable mixture of a large quantity of objects in disorder resulting from people misbehaving or animals stampeding.
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From bent gij, by analogy of other -de verb contractions. The personal agreement is ungrammatical in standard Dutch, and is based on contamination with ben jij.
Contraction edit
bende
Usage notes edit
The contraction is sometimes reinforced with an additional gij, giving bende gij.
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bende f
References edit
- ^ benda in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Anagrams edit
Kabuverdianu edit
Alternative forms edit
- vendê (Barlavento)
- bendi (Santiago)
Etymology edit
From Portuguese vender.
Verb edit
bende
References edit
- Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN
- Veiga, Manuel (2012) Dicionário Caboverdiano-Português, Instituto da Biblioteca Nacional e do Livro
Papiamentu edit
Etymology edit
From Portuguese vender and Spanish vender and Kabuverdianu bendi.
Verb edit
bende
- to sell
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bende
Pronoun edit
bende
Usage notes edit
- Very often ben de ("me too") is misspelled as bende.