BasqueEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /bele/, [be̞.le̞]
  • (file)

NounEdit

bele anim

  1. crow

DeclensionEdit

EsperantoEdit

EtymologyEdit

From bela (beautiful) +‎ -e.

PronunciationEdit

AdverbEdit

bele

  1. beautifully

HungarianEdit

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- 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 »

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Lexicalization of the noun bel (a variant of bél) + -e.[1]

Alternative formsEdit

PronounEdit

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 notesEdit

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.

DeclensionEdit
Related termsEdit

See alsoEdit

Etymology 2Edit

bél (intestines) +‎ -e (possessive suffix)

NounEdit

bele

  1. third-person singular single-possession possessive of bél
DeclensionEdit
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

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Eőry, Vilma. Értelmező szótár+ (’Explanatory Dictionary Plus’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2007. →ISBN

Further readingEdit

  • 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 ZapotecEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

bele

  1. Alternative form of beḻe

LinduEdit

NounEdit

bele

  1. can
  2. a kind of kerosene lamp

Middle EnglishEdit

AdjectiveEdit

bele

  1. Alternative form of bel

Old FrenchEdit

Alternative formsEdit

AdjectiveEdit

bele

  1. feminine nominative/oblique singular of biau

SahuEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

bele

  1. banana
    Synonym: koi
  2. plantain

ReferencesEdit

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

SalarEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Cognate with Azerbaijani belə.

PronunciationEdit

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

NounEdit

bele

  1. like this
Related termsEdit
  • ele (like that)

ReferencesEdit

  • 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 2Edit

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

PronunciationEdit

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

VerbEdit

bele

  1. to grow, increase

ReferencesEdit

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

Serbo-CroatianEdit

AdjectiveEdit

bele

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

TetumEdit

EtymologyEdit

Akin to Malay boleh.

VerbEdit

bele

  1. can, to be able

TumbukaEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Bantu *ìbéèdè.

NounEdit

bele class 5 (plural mabele class 6)

  1. breast

TurkishEdit

NounEdit

bele

  1. dative singular of bel

VolapükEdit

NounEdit

bele

  1. dative singular of bel

West MakianEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

bele

  1. (stative) to be hungry
    de ti beleI am hungry

ConjugationEdit

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

ReferencesEdit

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