veve

See also: véve and vevé

English edit

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Alternative forms edit

vévé, vèvè, vever

Etymology edit

From Haitian Creole vèvè, from Portuguese viver (“to live”).

Noun edit

veve (plural veves)

(voodoo) Any of various symbols, like line diagrams, that have religious significance in voodoo, serving as a representation of the loa. [from 20th c.]
- 1953, Maya Deren, Divine Horsemen, McPherson & Company, published 2004, page 69:
  The vever, as a cabbala-like method of invoking the gods, was included as a primary ceremonial device in Rada.
- 1995, Robert Farris Thompson, in Cosentino (ed.), Sacred Arts of Haitian Vodou, South Sea International Press 1998, p. 103:
  The vèvè for Simbi, lord of healing, bristles with all sorts of allusions to the Kongo medicines of God, leaves, horns, water, and stars.
- 2007, Kevin Filan, The Haitian Vodou Handbook, Destiny Books, page 15:
  The indigenous practice of sand painting was preserved in the practice of creating vévés, intricate drawings in cornmeal that were used to call various spirits.

Ewe edit

Adjective edit

veve

bitter

Guaraní edit

Etymology edit

Compare Old Tupi bebé.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ʋeˈʋe/

Noun edit

veve

flight

Verb edit

veve

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Conjugation edit

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Conjugation of veve

		singular			plural
		1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person	1^st person inclusive	1^st person exclusive	2^nd person	3^rd person
active
	indicative	che aveve	nde reveve	ha'e oveve	ñande javeve	ore roveve	peẽ peveve	ha'ekuéra oveve/oveve hikuái
	hortative	taveve che	tereveve nde	toveve ha'e	tajaveve ñande	taroveve ore	tapeveve peẽ	toveve ha'ekuéra/hikuái
	imperative	-	eveve	-	-	-	peveve	-
passive
	indicative	che ajeveve	nde rejeveve	ha'e ojeveve	ñande jajeveve	ore rojeveve	peẽ pejeveve	ha'ekuéra ojeveve/ojeveve hikuái
	hortative	tajeveve che	terejeveve nde	tojeveve ha'e	tajajeveve ñande	tarojeveve ore	tapejeveve peẽ	tojeveve ha'ekuéra/hikuái
	imperative	-	ejeveve	-	-	-	pejeveve	-
reciprocal
	indicative	-	-	-	ñande jajoveve	ore rojoveve	peẽ pejoveve	ha'ekuéra ojoveve/ojoveve hikuái
	hortative	-	-	-	tajajoveve ñande	tarojoveve ore	tapejoveve peẽ	tojoveve ha'ekuéra/hikuái
	imperative	-	-	-	-	-	pejoveve	-
coactive
	indicative	che amboveve	nde remboveve	ha'e omboveve	ñande ñamboveve	ore romboveve	peẽ pemboveve	ha'ekuéra omboveve/omboveve hikuái
	hortative	tamboveve che	teremboveve nde	tomboveve ha'e	tañamboveve ñande	taromboveve ore	tapemboveve peẽ	tomboveve ha'ekuéra/hikuái
	imperative	-	emboveve	-	-	-	pemboveve	-
objective
	indicative	che aroveve/agueroveve	nde reroveve/regueroveve	ha'e oroveve/ogueroveve	ñande jaroveve/jagueroveve	ore roroveve/rogueroveve	peẽ peroveve/pegueroveve	ha'ekuéra oroveve/ogueroveve//oroveve/ogueroveve hikuái
	hortative	taroveve/tagueroveve che	tereroveve/teregueroveve nde	toroveve/togueroveve ha'e	tajaroveve/tajagueroveve ñande	taroroveve/tarogueroveve ore	taperoveve/tapegueroveve peẽ	toroveve/togueroveve ha'ekuéra/hikuái
	imperative	-	eroveve/egueroveve	-	-	-	peroveve/pegueroveve	-
subsuntive¹
	indicative	che aporoveve/amba'eveve	nde reporoveve/remba'eveve	ha'e oporoveve/omba'eveve	ñande japoroveve/ñamba'eveve	ore roporoveve/romba'eveve	peẽ peporoveve/pemba'eveve	ha'ekuéra oporoveve/omba'eveve//oporoveve/omba'eveve hikuái
	hortative	taporoveve/tamba'eveve che	tereporoveve/teremba'eveve nde	toporoveve/tomba'eveve ha'e	tajaporoveve/tañamba'eveve ñande	taroporoveve/taromba'eveve ore	tapeporoveve/tapemba'eveve peẽ	toporoveve/tomba'eveve ha'ekuéra/hikuái
	imperative	-	eporoveve/emba'eveve	-	-	-	peporoveve/pemba'eveve	-
		¹: the subsuntive forms with -poro- are used with humans, while the forms with -mba'e- are used with animals.

Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

From the ve- stem of vesz +‎ -e with an added -v-.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [ˈvɛvɛ]
Hyphenation: ve‧ve
Rhymes: -vɛ

Verb edit

veve

Archaic third-person singular indicative past indefinite form of vesz. For the full paradigm, see the usage template.
Synonym: (modern form) vett

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse vefa, from Proto-Germanic *webaną, from Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- (“to weave”). Compare with Danish væve, Swedish väva, Faroese veva, Icelandic vefa.

Verb edit

veve (imperative vev, present tense vever, passive veves, simple past veva or vevet or vevde, past participle veva or vevet or vevd, present participle vevende)

to weave (form something by passing strands of material over and under one another)

Derived terms edit

References edit

“veve” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Verb edit

veve (present tense vev, past tense vov, supine vove, past participle voven, present participle vevande, imperative vev)

e-infinitive form of veva

Samoan edit

FWOTD – 4 July 2016

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈve.ve/

Noun edit

veve

leaves placed over an oven as insulation
(in the presence of a chief) a pig's liver

Verb edit

veve

(of something animate) to be numerous

References edit

Pratt, George. A Samoan Dictionary. 1862. Page 373.