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See also: Appendix:Variations of "abe"

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Abenaki or French abénaquis.

Symbol

abe

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Western Abenaki.

See also

English

Etymology

Probably a- +‎ be.

Pronunciation

Verb

abe

  1. (intransitive, infinitive, British, uncommon) To be.
    • 1839, The New Monthly Magazine, volume 1, page 527:
      Let it abe, I say.
    • 1864, Charles Dickens, Household Words‎, page 186:
      But if it amuses her I let it abe.
    • 1885, Charles Gibbon, Heart's Delight‎, page 154:
      But let that abe.

References

  • Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 3

Anagrams

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Abinomn

Noun

abe

  1. elder sister

Afar

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈbe/ [ʔʌˈbɛ]
  • Hyphenation: a‧be

Verb

abé (causative absiisé, autobenefactive abité)

  1. (transitive) do
  2. (transitive) make
  3. (transitive) operate
  4. (transitive) execute

Conjugation

More information Conjugation of (type II verb), 1st singular ...

Derived terms

References

  • E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “abe”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015), L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)
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Albanian

Etymology

Possibly related to avë.

Pronunciation

Noun

abe f (plural abe, definite abeja, definite plural abet)

  1. shadow
  2. (regional) spectre, phantasm, ghost, horror
  3. (regional) gracefulness
  4. (colloquial) alphabet

Further reading

  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎, 1980
  • Oda Buchholz, Wilfried Fiedler, Gerda Uhlisch (2000), Langenscheidt Handwörterbuch Albanisch, Langenscheidt Verlag, →ISBN, page 27 (abé)
  • Mann, S. E. (1948), “abe”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 1
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Alemannic German

Alternative forms

  • aba (Graubünden)
  • ache, achi (some Bern)
  • ai, ahi, aahi (Fribourg, some St.Gallen)

Adverb

abe

  1. down, downwards
    Antonym: ufe
    Wetsch scho wider abe? ― Do you already want down / off (i.e. alight) again?

Usage notes

See also

Further reading

  • “ab-hin”, in Schweizerisches Idiotikon. Wörterbuch der schweizerdeutschen Sprache (in German), volume 2, 1891, column 1319
  • “abe”, in Wörterbuch Berndeutsch-Deutsch (in German), berndeutsch.ch, 1999–2025
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Cimbrian

Etymology

The sense “south” may be reinforced by or a semantic loan from Venetan: vago zò a Roma (“I go south to Rome”, literally “I go down to Rome”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Adverb

abe (Sette Comuni)

  1. down
  2. south, down south
    Ich ghéa abe kan Ròome.
    I'm going down south to Rome.

Synonyms

Antonyms

Derived terms

References

  • “abe” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974), Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo
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Danish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse api (“fool”).

Noun

abe c (singular definite aben, plural indefinite aber)

  1. monkey
  2. ape
Inflection
More information common gender, singular ...
Synonyms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse apa, from api (“fool”).

Verb

abe (imperative ab, infinitive at abe, present tense aber, past tense abede, perfect tense har abet)

  1. mimic, ape
Synonyms
  • abe efter
  • efterabe
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Kom (Cameroon)

Adverb

abe

  1. outside (of)

References

  • Randy Jones, Provisional Kom - English lexicon (2001, Yaoundé, Cameroon)

Lun Bawang

Noun

abe

  1. earring.

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Mirandese

Etymology

From Latin avis, avem (“bird”), from Proto-Italic *awis (“bird”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwis (“bird”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈabe/ [ˈa.β̞ɨ]
  • Rhymes: -abe
  • Syllabification: a‧be

Noun

abe f (plural abes)

  1. bird

Picard

Etymology

From Old French arbre.

Noun

abe m (plural abes)

  1. tree

Portuguese

Verb

abe

  1. inflection of abar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Sardinian

Etymology

From Latin apis, apem. Compare Campidanese abi, Nuorese ape.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈabe/, [ˈäː.β̞ɛ]

Noun

abe f (plural abes)

  1. (Logudorese) bee
    S’abe faghet su mele. ― The bee makes honey.
  2. (Nuorese) alternative form of ape

Derived terms

  • abe reina
  • abiare
  • abiolu
  • àbigu

References

  • Wagner, Max Leopold (1960–1964), Dizionario etimologico sardo, Heidelberg
  • Rubattu, Antoninu (2006), Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes

Further reading

Scots

Adverb

abe

  1. alternative form of abee

References

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