abe

See also: Abe, ABE, abé, Abé, abeʼ, a-be, abe-, and abe'

English

Etymology

Probably a- +‎ be.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈbi/

Verb

abe

1. (intransitive, infinitive, regional, Britain) Be.
   • 1839, The New Monthly Magazine, volume 1, page 527:

     Let it abe, I say.

   • 1864, Charles Dickens, Household Words‎^[1], page 186:

     But if it amuses her I let it abe.

   • 1885, Charles Gibbon, Heart's Delight‎^[2], page 154:

     But let that abe.

References

• Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 3

Anagrams

• AEB, BAe, BEA, Bae, Bea, EAB, aeb, bae, eba

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Abinomn

Noun

abe

1. elder sister

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Albanian

Etymology

Possibly related to avë.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aˈbɛ]

Noun

abe f (indefinite plural abe, definite singular abeja, definite plural abet)

1. (regional) spectre, phantasm
2. (regional) gracefulness
3. (regional, colloquial) alphabet

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Cimbrian

Etymology

The sense “south” may be reinforced by or a semantic loan from Venetian: vago zò a Roma (“I go south to Rome”, literally “I go down to Rome”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Adverb

abe (Sette Comuni)

1. down
2. south, down south

   Ich ghéa abe kan Ròome.

   I'm going down south to Rome.

Synonyms

• abar, iidar

Antonyms

• au

Derived terms

• denaabe

References

• “abe” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

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Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːbə/, [ˈæːb̥ə]

• Audio (Copenhagen)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aːbə

Etymology 1

From Old Norse api (“fool”).

Noun

abe c (singular definite aben, plural indefinite aber)

1. monkey
2. ape

Inflection

Declension of abe

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	abe	aben	aber	aberne
genitive	abes	abens	abers	abernes

Synonyms

• abekat

Derived terms

• fjeldabe

Etymology 2

From Old Norse apa, from api (“fool”).

Verb

abe (imperative ab, infinitive at abe, present tense aber, past tense abede, perfect tense har abet)

1. mimic, ape

Synonyms

• abe efter
• efterabe

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Kom (Cameroon)

Adverb

abe

1. outside (of)

References

• Randy Jones, Provisional Kom - English lexicon (2001, Yaoundé, Cameroon)

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Lun Bawang

abe

Noun

abe

1. earring.

See also

• abey

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Mirandese

abe

Etymology

From Latin avis, avem (“bird”), from Proto-Italic *awis (“bird”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwis (“bird”).

Noun

abe f (plural abes)

1. bird

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Picard

Etymology

From Old French arbre.

Noun

abe m (plural abes)

1. tree

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Sardinian

Etymology

From Latin apis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.bɛ/, [ˈaːβ̞ɛ]

Noun

abe f (plural abes)

1. bee

   S'abe faghet su mele. ― The bee makes honey.

Further reading

• Abe on the Sardinian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^sc

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Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈbiː/

Verb

abe (third-person singular present abes, present participle abein, past abet, past participle abet)

1. to let alone, let be, leave undisturbed

References

• Andy Eagle, ed., (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.