Afrikaans edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Dutch beven, from Middle Dutch bēven, from Old Dutch *bivon, from Proto-Germanic *bibāną.

Pronunciation edit

  • (file)

Verb edit

bewe (present bewe, present participle bewende, past participle gebewe)

  1. tremble; shiver

Middle English edit

Adjective edit

bewe

  1. Alternative form of beau

Nias edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bibiʀ.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

bewe (mutated form mbewe)

  1. lip

References edit

  • Sundermann, Heinrich. 1905. Niassisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Moers: Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen, p. 34.