bele

See also: belé, bêle, beḻe, bełe, bele-, bélé, bêlé, běłe, and беле

Basque

Etymology

932; from Proto-Basque *beLe, from *bel- (“black, dark”) (compare beltz).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bele/, [be̞.le̞]

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

bele anim

1. crow

Declension

Declension of bele (animate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	bele	belea	beleak
ergative	belek	beleak	beleek
dative	beleri	beleari	beleei
genitive	beleren	belearen	beleen
comitative	belerekin	belearekin	beleekin
causative	belerengatik	belearengatik	beleengatik
benefactive	belerentzat	belearentzat	beleentzat
instrumental	belez	beleaz	beleez
inessive	belerengan	belearengan	beleengan
locative	—	—	—
allative	belerengana	belearengana	beleengana
terminative	belerenganaino	belearenganaino	beleenganaino
directive	belerenganantz	belearenganantz	beleenganantz
destinative	belerenganako	belearenganako	beleenganako
ablative	belerengandik	belearengandik	beleengandik
partitive	belerik	—	—
prolative	beletzat	—	—

Esperanto

Etymology

From bela (“beautiful”) +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Adverb

bele

1. beautifully

Hungarian

Pronominal adverbs from case suffixes (cf. postpositions)
ed	suffix	who?	what?	this	that	he/she (it)*
case							v. pr.	c.
nom.	–	ki	mi	ez	az	ő* / -∅ az / -∅	–	–
acc.	-t / -ot / -at / -et / -öt	kit	mit	ezt	azt	őt* / -∅ azt / -∅	–	c1 c2
dat.	-nak / -nek	kinek	minek	ennek	annak	neki	neki-	c
ins.	-val / -vel	kivel	mivel	ezzel/ evvel	azzal/ avval	vele		c
c-f.	-ért	kiért	miért	ezért	azért	érte	–	c
tra.	-vá / -vé	kivé	mivé	ezzé	azzá	–	–	c
ter.	-ig	–	meddig	eddig	addig	–	–	c
e-f.	-ként	(kiként)	(miként)	ekként	akként	–	–	c
e-m.	-ul / -ül	–	–	–	–	–	–	c
ine.	-ban / -ben	kiben	miben	ebben	abban	benne	–	c
sup.	-n/-on/-en/-ön	kin	min	ezen	azon	rajta	(rajta-)	c
ade.	-nál / -nél	kinél	minél	ennél	annál	nála	–	c
ill.	-ba / -be	kibe	mibe	ebbe	abba	bele	bele-	c
sub.	-ra / -re	kire	mire	erre	arra	rá	rá-	c
all.	-hoz/-hez/-höz	kihez	mihez	ehhez	ahhoz	hozzá	hozzá-	c
el.	-ból / -ből	kiből	miből	ebből	abból	belőle	–	c
del.	-ról / -ről	kiről	miről	erről	arról	róla	–	c
abl.	-tól / -től	kitől	mitől	ettől	attól	tőle	–	c
*: Ő and őt refer to human beings; the forms below them might be construed likewise. – Forms in parentheses are uncommon. All »

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɛlɛ]

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: be‧le
• Rhymes: -lɛ

Etymology 1

Lexicalization of the noun bel (a variant of bél) + -e.

Alternative forms

• belé, beléje (folksy)

Pronoun

bele

1. in/into him/her/it

   Tegyél még bele egy kis cukrot. ― Add more sugar to it.

   Szerelmes bele. ― He is in love with her.

   Ez majd bátorságot önt bele. ― This will instill courage into him.

Usage notes

This term may also be part of the split form of a verb prefixed with bele-, occurring when the main verb does not follow the prefix directly. It can be interpreted only with the related verb form, irrespective of its position in the sentence, e.g. meg tudták volna nézni (“they could have seen it”, from megnéz). For verbs with this prefix, see bele-; for an overview, Appendix:Hungarian verbal prefixes.

Declension

Inflection of bele person singular plural 1st belém / énbelém belénk / mibelénk 2nd beléd / tebeléd belétek / tibelétek 3rd belé / őbelé bele / őbele beléje / őbeléje beléjük / őbeléjük

Related terms

• -ba / -be
• -ban / -ben
• be → be-
• bél (and archaic bel)
• bel-
• bele (belé, beléje)
• -beli (-béli)
• beljebb (bellebb)
• bellebbez (beljebbez)
• belőle
• belső (benső)
• belül (belől, bévül)
• benne
• bennünket, -eteket
• bent (benn)
• -ból / -ből

See also

• Appendix:Hungarian pronouns

Etymology 2

bél (“intestines”) +‎ -e (possessive suffix)

Noun

bele

2. third-person singular single-possession possessive of bél

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	bele	—
accusative	belét	—
dative	belének	—
instrumental	belével	—
causal-final	beléért	—
translative	belévé	—
terminative	beléig	—
essive-formal	beleként	—
essive-modal	beléül	—
inessive	belében	—
superessive	belén	—
adessive	belénél	—
illative	belébe	—
sublative	belére	—
allative	beléhez	—
elative	beléből	—
delative	beléről	—
ablative	belétől	—
non-attributive possessive - singular	beléé	—
non-attributive possessive - plural	belééi	—

Further reading

• bele in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• bele in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (’A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2023)

Isthmus Zapotec

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbèlːè]

Noun

bele

1. Alternative form of beḻe

Lindu

Noun

bele

1. can
2. a kind of kerosene lamp

Middle English

Adjective

bele

1. Alternative form of bel

Old French

Alternative forms

• belle

Adjective

bele

1. feminine nominative/oblique singular of biau

Sahu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /be.le/

Noun

bele

1. banana

   Synonym: koi

2. plantain

References

• Leontine Visser, Clemens Voorhoeve (1987) Sahu-Indonesian-English Dictionary, Brill

Salar

Etymology 1

Cognate with Azerbaijani belə.

Pronunciation

• (Jiezi, Gaizi, Jishi, Baizhuang, Xunhua) IPA^(key): [pele]
• (Daisho, Mengda, Xunhua) IPA^(key): [peːleː]

Noun

bele

1. like this

Related terms

• ele (“like that”)

References

• 林 (Lin), 莲云 (Lianyun) (1985), “bele”, in 撒拉语简志 [A Brief History of Salar], Beijing: 民族出版社: 琴書店, →OCLC, page 51
• Tenishev, Edhem (1976), “bele”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 442, 443

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Chahandusi, Xunhua) IPA^(key): [pele], [peli]

Verb

bele

1. to grow, increase

References

• Tenishev, Edhem (1976), “bele”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 443

Serbo-Croatian

Adjective

bele

1. inflection of beo:
   1. masculine accusative plural
   2. feminine genitive singular
   3. feminine nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Tetum

Etymology

Akin to Malay boleh.

Verb

bele

1. can, to be able

Tumbuka

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *ìbéèdè.

Noun

bele class 5 (plural mabele class 6)

1. breast

Turkish

Noun

bele

1. dative singular of bel

Volapük

Noun

bele

1. dative singular of bel

West Makian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbe.l̪e/

Verb

bele

1. (stative) to be hungry

   de ti bele ― I am hungry

Conjugation

Conjugation of bele (stative verb)
		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		tibele	mibele	abele
2nd person		nibele	fibele
3rd person	inanimate	ibele	dibele
	animate	mabele
imperative		—, bele	—, bele

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[1], Pacific linguistics