-be

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "be"

Chichewa

Pronunciation

Suffix

-be

  1. Used only for the verb -li ndi (“to have”) to form the negative.
    Alibe banja.
    He does not have a family.
  2. still, nevertheless (used as a clitic at the end of a verb)
    Sindinapitebe ku sukulu.
    I still have not gone to school.

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

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  • Rhymes: -bɛ

Suffix

-be

  1. (illative case suffix) Front-vowel variant of -ba. See details there.
    kert (“garden”) → a kertbe (“into the garden”)
  2. Eye dialect spelling of -ben.

Usage notes

  • (illative case suffix) Variants:
    -ba is added to back-vowel words. Final -a changes to -á-.
    alma (“apple”) → Beleharapott egy almába. ― He/she has bitten into an apple.
    -be is added to front-vowel words. Final -e changes to -é-.
    zene (“music”) → Variációkat dolgoztunk bele a zenébe. ― We worked variations into the music.
   Hungarian case suffixes
Case Back vowel
a, á, o, ó, u, ú 		Front vowel
unrounded
e, é, i, í 		rounded
ö, ő, ü, ű
nominative —
accusative -t
-ot / -at -et -öt
dative -nak -nek
instrumental -val -vel
causal-final -ért
translative -vá -vé
terminative -ig
essive-formal -ként
essive-modal -ul -ül
inessive -ban -ben
superessive -n
-on -en -ön
adessive -nál -nél
illative -ba -be
sublative -ra -re
allative -hoz -hez -höz
elative -ból -ből
delative -ról -ről
ablative -tól -től
Note for all endings:
Stem-final -a/-e changes to -á-/-é-, respectively, except -ként.
    alma — almában, but almaként
    zene ― zenében, but zeneként

Related terms

See also

Murui Huitoto

Etymology

Cognate with Minica Huitoto -be and Nüpode Huitoto -be.

Pronunciation

Classifier

-be

  1. Classifier for leaf-shaped objects.

Derived terms

Murui Huitoto terms suffixed with -be

References

  • Shirley Burtch (1983) Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎ (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 194

Tswana

Pronunciation

Adjective

-be

  1. bad, evil
  2. ugly

Declension

Class Singular Plural
1 / 2 o mobe ba babe
3 / 4 o mobe e mebe
5 / 6 le lebe a mabe
7 / 8 se sebe di mpe (pred.)
tse mpe (attr.)
9 / 10 e mpe di mpe (pred.)
tse mpe (attr.)
11 lo lobe
14 bo bobe
15 go gobe
Wikious
Boobota
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