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See also: Appendix:Variations of "bele"

Basque

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bele/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ele
  • Hyphenation: be‧le

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 — —

Further reading

  • "bele" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia , euskaltzaindia.eus
  • “bele” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia , euskaltzaindia.eus

Esperanto

Etymology

From bela (“beautiful”) +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

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

See also

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 —

References

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

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 2024)

Isthmus Zapotec

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

bele

  1. feminine nominative/oblique singular of biau

Sahu

Pronunciation

Noun

bele

  1. banana
    Synonym: koi
  2. plantain

References

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

Salar

Etymology

Cognate with Azerbaijani belə.

Pronunciation

  • (Jiezi, Gaizi, Jishi, Baizhuang, Xunhua) IPA(key):
  • (Daisho, Mengda, Xunhua) IPA(key):

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, pages 442, 443

Serbo-Croatian

Adjective

bele

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

Verb

bele (Cyrillic spelling беле)

  1. third-person plural present of beleti

Verb

bele (Cyrillic spelling беле)

  1. third-person plural present of beliti

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

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, Pacific linguistics
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