bebe
See also: Appendix:Variations of "bebe"
Casiguran Dumagat Agta edit
Noun edit
bebe
References edit
- A Dumagat (Casiguran) - English Dictionary, Pacific Linguistics: Series C, No. 28 (as bébe)
- ABVD (as bɨ'beq)
- Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (as bə-be)
Fijian edit
Noun edit
bebe
Galician edit
Verb edit
bebe
- inflection of beber:
German edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Verb edit
bebe
- inflection of beben:
Haitian Creole edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bebe
Interlingua edit
Noun edit
bebe
Synonyms edit
Kapampangan edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From earlier bebai, from Proto-Philippine *baybay. Compare Tagalog baybay.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bébé
Derived terms edit
Makasar edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bebe (Lontara spelling ᨅᨙᨅᨙ)
Derived terms edit
Papiamentu edit
Etymology edit
From Portuguese beber and Spanish beber and Kabuverdianu bebi.
Verb edit
bebe
- to drink
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
bebe
- inflection of beber:
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French bébé and also influenced by English baby.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bebe m (uncountable)
Declension edit
declension of bebe (singular only)
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Variant of bebé.
Noun edit
bebe m (plural bebes, feminine beba, feminine plural bebas)
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
bebe
- inflection of beber:
Further reading edit
- “bebe”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Ternate edit
Etymology edit
From Indonesian bebek.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bebe
- a duck
References edit
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
Tiruray edit
Noun edit
bebe
Turkish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bebe (definite accusative bebeyi, plural bebeler)
Declension edit
Inflection | ||
---|---|---|
Nominative | bebe | |
Definite accusative | bebeyi | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | bebe | bebeler |
Definite accusative | bebeyi | bebeleri |
Dative | bebeye | bebelere |
Locative | bebede | bebelerde |
Ablative | bebeden | bebelerden |
Genitive | bebenin | bebelerin |
West Makian edit
Etymology edit
Reduplication of be (“water”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
bebe
- (transitive, informal) to drink
- Synonym: joube (polite)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of bebe (action verb) | ||||
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singular | plural | |||
inclusive | exclusive | |||
1st person | tebebe | mebebe | abebe | |
2nd person | nebebe | febebe | ||
3rd person | inanimate | ibebe | debebe | |
animate | ||||
imperative | nebebe, bebe | febebe, bebe |
References edit
- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[1], Pacific linguistics (as bebé)