-be

See also: Appendix:Variations of "be"

Bangi

Etymology

See Bangi be.

Adjective

-be

1. bad
2. evil
3. wicked

Chichewa

Etymology

Cognate with Tumbuka -ve

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɓe/

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɛ]

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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	-ként1
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

¹ Stem-final -a/-e changes to -á-/-é-, respectively, except before -ként.
    alma — almában, but almaként
    zene ― zenében, but zeneként

Related terms

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

See also

• Category:Hungarian terms taking -ba/-be
• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

Hungarian pronominal adverbs from case suffixes (see also postpositions)

case	suffix	who?	what?	this	that	he/she (it)1	verbal prefix	category
nominative	–	ki	mi	ez	az	ő* / -∅ az / -∅	–	–
accusative	-t / -ot / -at / -et / -öt	kit	mit	ezt	azt	őt* / -∅ azt / -∅	–	c1 c2
dative	-nak / -nek	kinek	minek	ennek	annak	neki	neki-	category
instrumental	-val / -vel	kivel	mivel	ezzel/ evvel	azzal/ avval	vele		category
causal-final	-ért	kiért	miért	ezért	azért	érte	–	category
translative	-vá / -vé	kivé	mivé	ezzé	azzá	–	–	category
terminative	-ig	–	meddig	eddig	addig	–	–	category
essive-formal	-ként	(kiként)	(miként)	ekként	akként	–	–	category
essive-modal	-ul / -ül	–	–	–	–	–	–	category
inessive	-ban / -ben	kiben	miben	ebben	abban	benne	–	category
superessive	-n/-on/-en/-ön	kin	min	ezen	azon	rajta	(rajta-)	category
adessive	-nál / -nél	kinél	minél	ennél	annál	nála	–	category
illative	-ba / -be	kibe	mibe	ebbe	abba	bele	bele-	category
sublative	-ra / -re	kire	mire	erre	arra	rá	rá-	category
allative	-hoz/-hez/-höz	kihez	mihez	ehhez	ahhoz	hozzá	hozzá-	category
elative	-ból / -ből	kiből	miből	ebből	abból	belőle	–	category
delative	-ról / -ről	kiről	miről	erről	arról	róla	–	category
ablative	-tól / -től	kitől	mitől	ettől	attól	tőle	–	category

¹Ő and őt refer to human beings; the forms below them might be construed likewise.
Forms in parentheses are uncommon. All Hungarian pronouns / edit this template

Japanese

Romanization

-be

1. Rōmaji transcription of べ

Lingala

Etymology

See Lingala be.

Adjective

-be

1. bad
2. ugly
3. wicked

Murui Huitoto

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [-bɛ]

Classifier

-be

1. Classifier for leaf-shaped objects.

Derived terms

Murui Huitoto terms suffixed with -be

jaɨrabe

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

• IPA^(key): /bɪ/

Adjective

-be

1. bad, evil
2. ugly

Declension

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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