wele

Bambara

Verb

wele

1. to call
2. to invite

Derived terms

• welebaa
• weleli
• welewele

Fijian

Noun

wele

1. indifference

Adjective

wele

1. careless, unconcerned
2. reckless (vakawelewele to specify connotative sense)
3. neuter

Manipa

Noun

wele

1. water

References

• James T. Collins, The Historical Relationships of the Languages of Central Maluku, Indonesia (1983), page 70

Middle English

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old English wela, from Proto-West Germanic *welō, *walō, from Proto-Germanic *walô. For more; see English weal.

Alternative forms

• weole

Noun

wele

2. prosperity; happiness; well-being
   • c. Late 14th Century, Pearl, Lines 340-343

     Ofte mony mon forgos þe mo. // Þe oȝte better þyseluen blesse // And love ay God in wele and wo, // For anger gaynez þe not a cresse;

Related terms

• comune wele
• weleful
• welthe
• wely

Descendants

• English: weal
• Scots: weal, weel

Etymology 2

Adverb

wele

1. alternative form of wel

Adjective

wele

1. alternative form of wel

Etymology 3

Noun

wele

1. (Late Middle English, Lincolnshire) alternative form of welle

Etymology 4

Noun

wele

1. alternative form of whel (“wheel”)

Polish

Pronunciation

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Kuyavia) IPA^(key): [ˈvɛ.lɛ]
• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Kielce) IPA^(key): [ˈvɛ.lɛ]
  • (Lasovia) IPA^(key): [ˈvɛ.lɛ]
  • (Western Lublin) IPA^(key): [ˈvɛ.lʲɛ]

Preposition

wele

1. (Kuyavia, Kielce, Western Lublin, Wrotków) alternative form of wedle (“next to, near, beside”)

Further reading

• Oskar Kolberg (1867), “wele”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 278
• Zygmunt Wasilewski (1895), “wele”, in “Słowniczek wyrazów ludowych we wsi Jaksicach”, in Prace Filologiczne (in Polish), volume 5, Warsaw: skł. gł. w Księgarni E. Wende i Ska, page 96
• Oskar Kolberg (1865), “wele”, in Lud. Jego zwyczaje, sposób życia, mowa, podania, przysłowia, obrzędy, gusła, zabawy, pieśni, muzyka i tańce. Serya II. Sandomierskie (in Polish), page 265
• Hieronim Łopaciński (1892), “wele”, in “Przyczynki do nowego słownika języka polskiego (słownik wyrazów ludowych z Lubelskiego i innych okolic Królestwa Polskiego)”, in Prace Filologiczne (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw: skł. gł. w Księgarni E. Wende i Ska, page 262

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈwe.le]

Verb

wele

1. (transitive) to hang (something)

Conjugation

Conjugation of wele

		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		towele	fowele	miwele
2nd person		nowele	niwele
3rd person	masculine	owele	iwele yowele (archaic)
	feminine	mowele
	neuter	iwele

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Welsh

Alternative forms

• gweled

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈwɛlɛ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈweːlɛ/, /ˈwɛlɛ/

Verb

wele (not mutable)

1. (literary) third-person singular imperative of gweld

Yoruba

Etymology

Perhaps related to Olukumi gwẹ́lẹ́

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wé.lē/

Verb

wéle

1. (Ekiti) to follow

   Synonym: tẹ̀lé