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English
Etymology 1
From Hawaiian mele .
Pronunciation
Noun
mele (plural mele or meles )
A chant in Polynesia , especially Hawaii , typically in praise of a leader or to commemorate some significant event .
2012 , Julia Flynn Siler , Lost Kingdom , Grove Press, page 49 :Lili‘u set to work assisting Fornander by translating mele and legends for him.
Etymology 2
Variant forms.
Noun
mele (plural meles )
Alternative form of mell
Verb
mele (third-person singular simple present meles , present participle meling , simple past and past participle meled )
Alternative form of mell
Anagrams
Aiwoo
Verb
mele
to fly
References
Ross, M. & Næss, Å. (2007 ) “An Oceanic origin for Äiwoo, the language of the Reef Islands?”, in Oceanic Linguistics , volume 46 , number 2 . Cited in: "Äiwoo " in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R. , & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics . Evolutionary Bioinformatics , 4:271–283.
Corsican
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *melem m or f , from Latin mel n .
Noun
mele
honey
Czech
Pronunciation
Verb
mele
third-person singular present of mlít
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse mjǫl , from Proto-Germanic *melwą .
Pronunciation
Verb
mele (imperative mel , infinitive at mele , present tense meler , past tense melede , perfect tense har melet )
flour ( to apply flour to something )
Gothic
Romanization
mēlē
Romanization of 𐌼𐌴𐌻𐌴
Hausa
Pronunciation
Noun
mēlē m (possessed form mēlen )
loss of pigmentation
Hawaiian
Etymology
From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *umele .
Noun
mele
chant , song , poem
Usage notes
May take either ke (for etymological reasons) or ka , however, ke is more common.
Verb
mele
( transitive ) to sing , chant
( stative ) to be yellow
( stative ) to be merry
References
Mary Kawena Pukui - Samuel H. Elbert, Hawaiian Dictionary , University of Hawaii Press 1986
Italian
Noun
mele f
plural of mela
Latin
Noun
mēle
ablative singular of mēlēs
References
Latvian
Etymology
From melis ( “ liar ” ) + -e ( “ fem. ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
mele f (5th declension , masculine form: melis )
(female) liar , deceiver ( someone who is tells lies , who deceives others )
nekaunīga mele ― shameless (female) liar
Declension
Declension of mele (5th declension)
Derived terms
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English melu , from Proto-West Germanic *melu , from Proto-Germanic *melwą .
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈmɛːl(ə)/ , /ˈmæːl(ə)/
Noun
mele (uncountable )
Flour , especially that of wheat .
The meal of wheat or other grains .
Derived terms
Descendants
References
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
mele
Alternative form of medle
Etymology 3
Noun
mele
Alternative form of mylne
Neapolitan
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *melem m or f , from Latin mel n .
Pronunciation
Noun
mele m (uncountable )
honey
References
AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz – map 1159: “il miele” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
Giacco, Giuseppe (2003 ) “mèle ”, in Schedario Napoletano
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
Etymology
From mel ( “ flour ” ) .
Pronunciation
Verb
mele (imperative mel , present tense meler , passive meles , simple past mela or melet or melte , past participle mela or melet or melt , present participle melende )
to flour ( to apply flour to something )
Related terms
References
“mele” in The Bokmål Dictionary .
“mele ” in The Ordnett Dictionary
Portuguese
Etymology
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
Verb
mele
inflection of melar :
first / third-person singular present subjunctive
third-person singular imperative
Romanian
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈme.le/
Rhymes: -ele
Hyphenation: me‧le
Pronoun
mele
inflection of meu :
feminine / neuter plural
genitive / dative feminine singular
Sardinian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *melem m or f , from Latin mel n .
Noun
mele m (plural meles )
honey
References
AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz – map 1159: “il miele” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
Serbo-Croatian
Participle
mele (Cyrillic spelling меле )
feminine plural active past participle of mesti
Yola
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle English mele ( “ flour ” ) , from Old English melu , from Proto-West Germanic *melu , from Proto-Germanic *melwą .
Alternative forms
Noun
mele
meal ( coarse flour )
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Noun
mele
Alternative form of meale ( “ feast, dinner ” )
References
Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland , London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867 , page 56 & 61
Zazaki
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Iranian *madaxa . Cognate to Persian ملخ ( malax ) , Ossetian мӕты́х ( mætýx )
Noun
mele
( zoology ) grasshopper , locust